Disentangled Yoke

I completed my version of the Tangled Yoke cardigan on my birthday weekend. In a genius stroke of rationalization, I decided I wasn't much of a cables girl anyway (wink, wink). So I opted for a simple lace panel--Eyelet V's.

For anyone interested, I only modified the cable section--all other  elements are true to the pattern instructions. From the words: "(WS) Set up Celtic pattern ...", do this instead.

(WS) Purl across. Next row: Start eyelet lace pattern, as follows:

(key: ssk - slip 2 knitwise, return both to left needle, then k2tog through back of both loops; all other abbrev. standard)

Row 1: k, k, k2tog, yo, k, k, k, k
Row 2 (and all even): p across
Row 3: k, k2tog, yo, k, yo, ssk, k, k
Row 5: k2tog, yo, k, k, k, yo, ssk, k
Row 7,9: k across

Repeat rows 1-9 once more, then continue on with the pattern as written from "Dec row: (RS) K14 (12,10, 8, 6) ..."

I'm so happy to be done!

Now I am moving on to the Sunrise Circle Jacket ... to be continued ...

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After much focused, earnest effort at knitting the cable section of the Tangled Yoke cardigan I took a hard look at what a mess the whole thing was becoming, then took a hard right & high-tailed it out of Dodge. Those cables can suck it, seriously.

I first discovered that I didn't know how to read a cable chart properly, and that helped enormously. However, even once I was following the chart as written, I kept screwing up. "Un"-knitting cables is a serious beating, and after you knit then un-knit/frog, whichever the case may be, the same 5-7 rows close to ten times you figure you may as well come up with a plan B. Plan A was a fool's errand. There is a reason those cables look like thorny brambles; they want blood. MAYBE I will attempt this sweater as written some other time, but for now I will be satisfied instead with a simple eyelet pattern to take the place of the cables.

Disentangled Yoke cardi

See that turquoise life line? I totally needed it. Precious arrows, no? So now I've only got the button band left to wrestle. I've already knit & frogged once, and now I'm thinking about doing it double knit, not 100% decided though. I'm really happy with the collar, and I finally got a nice photo of the true color of this lovely yarn ... see?

Disentangled Yoke cardi

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