Working with Cables

I definitely go through phases when it comes to the different kinds of knitting that I love, for instance I went through a really long lace phase where for months I would knit nothing unless it was in a lace pattern, and made a crazy long worsted weight lace scarf. Then I went through a colorwork phase where I was literally not interested in texture at all and could only be happy if I was using two or more colours at a time.

The phase I'm currently in has probably been the longest yet, with no real foreseeable end in sight. For the past six months I have been entirely caught up in cables. I've been making cabled socks, working on my braid hills cardigan, and have been staring shamelessly at all kinds of lovely cables on pinterest. I've even been going through stitch dictionaries to pick out different cables that I really like to swatch up just to see how they look.

These were both done up in Louet 'gems' which I loved using and was really happy with the stitch definition. I loved the middle panel on the first one so much I used it again in the second swatch to see how it looked with different stitches. Playing around with these cables has got me really inspired and I'm even considering the idea of trying to make my very own cabled pullover design. Hopefully that will be in the works over the next little while.

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Flower Cabled Socks WIP (And a little Rain)

This summer has had far more rain than any other summer I can remember. Compared to the record breaking cold winter we had it's not too intolerable, but it's to the point that a thunderstorm is not a surprising thing to happen every second or third day.

While most of the plants on my patio are absolutely loving this new concept of being consistently watered, all of this rain has been keeping me mostly indoors. The only upside to this, I suppose, is that I haven't slowed down my knitting the way I usually do in the summer time.

Lately I've been working on a design for a pair of pretty little socks that have tulips running up the front. I'm basically done designing them, and I now get to actually work on knitting them up, which has been enjoyable. I will say that this yarn I grabbed is way too dark for a detailed cable pattern, but I'm thinking I'll re make them in a lighter colour once I'm sure that the design is exactly what I hoped it would be.

I love how the cabled flowers look going up the front of the sock and the way the little twists interlock the flowers together. ^^ This stitch design is so beautiful and I was so excited when I first saw it. I knew right away I had to make something with it. 

Hopefully we'll get some sunshine soon, but for now, at least I'm on my way to a new pair of socks.