Cable Knits

I love fall and am gearing up for an event that my Church hosts-Renewal of the Heart.  This event is held 2 weeks before Thanksgiving, on a Thursday night and includes a high tea, boutique and inspirational speaker.  I have a booth where I sell my paper crafts, wearable art and fiber wear (mostly scarves).  I love the look of the cable knit-seems so complicated but yest SO easy!  If you can knit and perl--you can Cable!

Cast on 16 stitches
The next row is row 1 (wrong side):  Knit 4 stitches, perl 8 and knit the remaining 4*
Row 2:  Knit ACROSS
*Row 3, 5 and 7-repeat row 1
Row 8:  Knit 4 stitches, remove the next 4 stitches to your cable needle and place to the front of your work
knit the next 4 stitches, knit the next 4 stitches from your cable needle and then knit the remaining 4. *

*Repeat this pattern til your scarf measures about 72 inches or the desired length.
END the scarf on the 7th row!!! to have the same pattern on both ends

 This is an easy scarf, only takes me about 2  hours to knit!  Great for those card rides to cross country meets and football games (I even knit during half time!)

and I add fringe (5 sets using 3 strands each)  This color is a beautiful green but looks washed out in this photo.

And I made one using our high school colors teal and black.

Enjoy!
Happy Crafting-Diana

Yarn Stash shawl

The scrap yarn shawl looked beautiful but I failed to take a picture of it! Sorry! DD wanted to trade her red prayer shawl for the scrap shawl...but I didn't let her since hers had been specifically prayed over with her in mind. I will make her one in the near future to mimic the one I donated. In face, I liked it so much I intentionally purchased yarns that coordinated to make some additional striped shawls and will post photos of those when they are completed.

Yarn Stash Prayer Shawl

I have decided to use up some of the Lion Brand yarn stash I have accumulated while making various other prayer shawls. As you can see from the stash photo, my palate leans toward the earthy colors. I am about half done with the shawl and DD says she likes it better than her solid red one and I have to admit it is looking better than I had hoped. I cast on 80 stitches and will knit rows in varying widths using up my stash of yarn. Can't wait to post the finished project!

Vegetable Soup: self striping yarn

I love this self striping yarn. I had never used it before but it won't be the last time. I purchased this in a discount bin for $1.99 and I know that was a bargain. I'm pleased with this scarf. I name all my scarves and DD suggested Vegetable Soup for this one. What do you think?

Multiple knitting Projects in the Works

I sorted out all my yarn this morning. I have 2 "knifty knitter" loom projects, 2 triangle shawls, a cabled headband, a cabled scarf, a baby prayer-shawl and some glove trims in process. I plan on making a prayer shawl out of "scraps" as soon as I finish these projects and I can't wait to get started on it.

I just learned to cable and feel so smart! I need to "practice" my crochet...since I tore out the first crochet project and used the yarn to make the cable scarf. Can't wait to post some pictures!