Lenore's Cable Scarf
Yet another crack at this cable scarf pattern, it knits up thick and chunky and really shows off the shine of this yarn.
| Pattern | Here and There Cables |
|---|---|
| Size | Long |
| Needles | US 7 - 4.5 mm |
| Yarn |
Bernat Satin Solids, Sage - 3 skeins
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Yeah. Another one of these. Before long I’m gonna be able to knit this pattern in my sleep…
I decided to use Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off for this scarf, after having used it on Lenore’s Toe-Up Toe Socks, and without a doubt, the JSSBO has replaced EZ’s sewn bind-off as my BO of choice. No estimating tail length, no fiddling with a stupid tapestry needle, and the result is, at least in my experience, even stretchier than EZ’s while conforming nicely to ribbing. It is, in short, the shizzle.
As an aside, I also decided to slip the first stitch of every row, which really does wonders for creating a nice, clean edge. It does look a tad funny where the edge flips over on a cable (as the edge stitches don’t have the same vertical gauge as the body), but overall I think the result is much nicer than my old, raggedy edges.