Twist and Shout

Do you own a cable needle? Or are you a cable-hater? Sure, the look is gorgeous, but sliding stitches onto the cable needle and then knitting them off after the twist bugs some people. Then there's another gang that avoids cables because they're bulky.

Today's scarf, "No-Cable Cable" overcomes these hurdles, with its two-stitch cable. It is so easy.

Click here for the instructions for the "No-Cable Cable".

Color vs. Technique

What happens when a cable isn't the primary feature of a scarf? In a single color, cable work takes center stage. Although I'm more of a technique/stitch/process kinda gal, in my mind's eye I saw color taking center stage for this scarf.

Development was easy because, after all, this scarf is nothing but a central cable flanked by seed stitch. I didn't even swatch. The project took way longer than anticipated, however, because people kept buying the scarf before I could take photos of the finished piece. And that's why the yarn for the how-to photos in the pattern are a different color.


Click here to download today's pattern and see how it's done.