Here again.

  Ello folks, just a short post today while I try and get back into the habit of blogging. I managed 4 rows of knitting on the five fold aran braid cable for the pocket. Its still only half done I think, the more I knit it the more I think it should be a deep warm pocket, or maybe that's because of the really cold temps we are having at the moment.

  I've really been struggling to get back into knitting recently, seems more of a chore than a hobby and chores are never any fun. Hopefully once this very late Christmas present scarf is finished I can relax and start to enjoy knitting again. I do have plans for some future projects, I want to finish up spinning some yarn and knit myself some fingerless gloves.

  Hope you all have a great day, take care folks.

Simple plait cable knitted bookmarks

Knitted Bookmarks.

Simple plait cable

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   Picture post today are some bookmarks I knitted with a simple plait cable. A very easy and good looking cable to knit.

Instructions. Cast on 13 stitches.

1.  (RS) P2, K9, P2.
2.  K2, P9, K2.
3.   P2, Slip next 3 sts to front on cable needle, K3, then K3 from cable needle, K3, P2.
4.  As 2nd row.
5. As 1st row.
6. As 2nd row
7. P2, K3, Slip next 3 sts. to back on cable needle, K3, then K3 from cable needle, P2.
8. As 2nd row.

Repeat these 8 rows for the pattern.

knitted bookmarks

  I added a few extra stitches for boarders, prefer a moss/seed stitch boarder and think the green/bluey one stands out best. The green one is knitted in a cotton yarn.


  The red one looks fine but doesn't picture very well, the cable is very pronounced in real life.


  The variegated one is knitted in sock yarn and is a lot thinner. In good light the cable is easy to see but in dull light you can't make it out fully and it doesn't show up in the picture very well.


  Have a play around with different yarns and colours, bookmarks are great to knit as there fast and make great presents to give.

simple plait cable knitted bookmarks.

  All the bookmarks are unfinished, they need weaving in and blocking.


  Hope you all have a great weekend, take care folks.

Next scarf is....

   I did the flame scarf in double knit yesterday on 4 mm needles and think it works great so have ordered some red yarn. I've gone for the Jarol heritage again, its what I used for the test knit and the other pocket scarf. Plus I really like knitting with this yarn. It was a little more expensive than the other 2 times I've bought some but worth it seeing as red was hard to come by.

  Made a swatch attempt on the other scarf, the one with the cabled pockets. I really need to play around some more as the cable I chose isn't working out very well. 5 fold aran braid, the 2 rows that are cabled don't make a lot of sense to me so I'll work on that more today than maybe choose another simpler cable to do. Christmas is fast approaching for me to be messing around too much.

  Still waiting for my homespun to dry so I can wind it into a ball, I've moved it closer to the radiator but don't want to apply too much heat. Think I'm overly worried about felting it.

  Short post today, I need to go play with cables. Have a good day and keep warm.

Cable Bookmark

Cable bookmark

    This is my first attempt at cables. I did this bookmark from here . Lesley was kind enough to contact me and congratulate me on finally getting around to cables. There a lot easier then they look and now I'm hooked.

cable bookmark

This bookmark hasn't been blocked yet, still not blocked and it was a couple of months ago when I knitted it. 
  I first wrote about this book mark back in August. But didn't get around to taking pictures until now.

cable bookmark

 Cables are pretty simple to do and this one is very easy and makes a great starting point.
  I used the same cotton as I used on the baby bib. I've used this cotton on loads of little projects and have a fair bit left, half a cone and one unopened cone. I love this yarn and it was free too.


  I'm pretty impressed with my first cable work, it does look better pulled out(ie blocked). I will get around to blocking it and take more pictures for you folks.

Cabled Bookmark

    Have a great weekend and stay warm folks, hit minus 5c here last night. Brrrrr