{"id":297,"date":"2012-02-04T17:04:34","date_gmt":"2012-02-04T22:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fallingblox.com\/?p=297"},"modified":"2012-02-04T17:12:14","modified_gmt":"2012-02-04T22:12:14","slug":"they-said-it-couldnt-be-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/?p=297","title":{"rendered":"They said it couldn’t be done …"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A tribute to Edward Gorey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… or to be more precise, I<\/strong> said it couldn’t be done, in any practical way, on page 124 of my book. However, unlike most politicians I could name, I’m not afraid to admit I was wrong. So here you have it — true double-knitted cables with negative-space movement. It can be done without a cable needle easily on 1×1-pair cables; 2×2 or 2×1-pair cables are more challenging but still possible, but once you hit cables involving 3 traveling pairs, you’re going to need a cable needle. This is just an exercise to prove it can be done, but it’s going to require me to work out some new vocabulary to explain how I did it. Click here<\/a> to see the opposite side.<\/p>\n

As I’m sure you can tell, this is a subtly-modified version of Barbara Walker’s well-known twining trees pattern from one of her Treasuries, but done in DK with two colors and using lock-stitches instead of DK garter stitch. The yarn is Regia 4-ply, left over from the 52 Pickup scarf. I think that if I had it to do again, I’d use smaller needles. This is done on #3s. The tension needs work but it’s still a good proof of concept.<\/p>\n

In other news:<\/strong><\/p>\n