Back at home, I did a tuck stitch swatch, trying to come up with the texture of the garter stitch but it didn't go what I wanted - I tried a 3X3 cable, it was difficult to do and looked ugly anyway. Then, I remembered the supercable from 'Knit Big or Go Home' from KW#36. Actually, this spring a new-ish machine knitter contacted me about that pattern - she had tried it out and was having a problem - I checked it over and there was an error! I was devastated! Obviously no one else tried this or even worse, they tried, it didn't work and they never asked! The really sad thing is, I did make this sweater a few times and I never caught the mistake! yikes!
Anyway,
here is the correction:
Supercable:
16 stitch shortrowed cable, positioned at 8-0-8 ns. CAR. RC000. Set to hold. Bring
left of 0 to hold. K1R. Remove/turn off row counter. Bring all right of 0, except 1-8 to HP.
Put a claw weight under the 8 working sts.
K6R on these sts only, ending CAL. There are 7 rows on right side of cable.
Put all to HP. Break yarn, leaving 3 inch tail at centre – this will end up on left side of cable later.
Place CAR. Bring 8-1 left of 0 to UWP. With new yarn, K6R, ending CAR.
Do not break yarn, but remove from feeder (it will be easier to move cable).
Pick up the 8 sts at left and the 8 sts at right.
Put the right hand side down to left first and then place the left side to the right of 0.
Bring ns out to D. Return all cable sts and left side to UWP.
Put yarn in feeder and knit row. This completes the row at the left side so there are the same number of rows on the garment piece on either side of the cable.
Replace row counter, cancel hold. K19R. RC020. Repeat these 20 rows for pattern.
There will be two ends of yarn at either side of cable. Use these ends to close up gap at sides of cable while darning them in.
YARN: Plymouth Yarns Baby Alpaca Grande, finished weight,
60g/2.1 oz.
MACHINE: LK150
11-0-11 ns to work. Cast on waste yarn, knit
several rows. Ravel cord, K1R. CAR. RC000.
MC, T9, K2R. At each side, drop 2nd st from edge and reform to purl st.
Drop 3rd st, reform. Do this every time CAR to make garter stitch border – no need
to do on outside edge stitch.
Knit to RC010. *Make Supercable as above. K20R.*
Repeat 5X in all and end with 10 rows stockinette. Remove on waste yarn. Graft
ends to join or as desired.
1 comment:
So cute Mary Anne... love it!
Thanks for the pattern :)
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