This was really more practice of the doing a cable without a cable needle. In my sample, I worked the cable with a cable needle and without a cable needle. Can you tell difference? I worked three sets of the pattern and only one is without the cable needle.
I'm still not loving the cable without a cable needle. However, I can definitely see a use for it and will continue to practice it. When you're crossing one stitch over another or two stitches over one, it is fairly easy to accomplish. I'm still dropping stitches but I suspect that is a matter of practice. Have you ever tried this technique?
I'm still finding chart reading difficult. Maybe this is a matter of practice, also. I suppose it is possible that if I had started out with a very simple knit/purl chart that I would have thought chart reading was easy. This class is going over many types of charts and it could be that I'm not feeling like I getting it because of the lack of consistency. I do appreciate that we are being shown a variety of ways to that a chart can be written and how to interpret them.
On to the next sample...I've been sewing a lot lately which is slowing down the knitting a little bit. I enjoy doing both but it can be difficult to fit both in a day or even a week.
Happy Stitching!
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