I worked up another cuff yesterday and I do like this one better.
Cabled mitten cuff, redux :)
I went with 8 repetitions of the cable pattern - mostly to give the garter cuff a skosh more ease and did do it all in one piece with a provisional cast-on and a three-needle bind off. Look at the difference between the seam sides of the first try and the second:
Left, first try. Right, second try.
My plan is to pick up 32 sts around the top of the cuff, increase to 42 or 43 stitches on the next row and proceed from there for the hand. I’m working out thumb placement because of the seam - I want the seam to be in the center of the “down” side of the mitten - so it matters where the thumb goes. It did occur to me that this will make for a right-hand mitten and a left-hand mitten - as opposed to two interchangeable any-hand mittens - not that it matters :).
Now - do I cable a bit on the back of the mitten or leave the cable to the cuff? Heheh…
Row two, complete!
Actually, it’s only row 2 in terms of quantity. That is, I have enough squares now to make two rows of the afghan. I’m not going to assemble as I go along because I don’t know what I’m going to have when I finish. For example, while the colors I’m using at the moment are pleasant, they are all dark or muted tones. I’d like to get a few brights in there :) Then, when I have all the squares I need, I’ll clear the kitchen floor and start arranging them until I have something I like. This seems mostly to be a weekend project, but it’s nice to do a square once in a while between knitting things - just for a bit of a break.
Nice to have Smallville back so I can get my weekly Tom Welling fix :)
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Maybe it’s just me but whenever I look at the cuffs, I think you should be knitting the cable band, seaming it, and then picking up stitches around the edge of the cable band and knitting the cuff in the round with dpns. That way you’d get rid of at least half of your seam.
I can’t take credit for this idea. It’s the way you knit the Coronet hat pattern from knitty.com.
BTW, love the photo of the crocheted squares! Love the photo, love the colors, love the arrangement!
the mitten looks quite ‘(g)loverly’- i love that cabled cuff! inho, i’d cable only the cuff and let it speak for itself-
your squares are amazing- so many nice colors- you must have a really interesting assortment of yarn sniglets to pick and choose from- what kind of brights do you have in mind?
it’s back to that bear thingy for me today- cute project, but the yarns are not the softest (washing should do wonders) and the ‘h’ hook isn’t fun either-
stay happy-
Ryan - If I had wanted to do stsndsrd type ribbing, that’s exactly how I would have gone about it. But I wanted to do the vertical garter ribbing that the hat uses and I couldn’t think of a way to manage that on DPNs. Horizontal garter stitch wasn’t what I was after.
I’m fond of the squares myself; I think they’re reasonably attractive and encompass a wide range of really nice materials - little bits, certainly, but still nice stuff :)
Barb - I have some deep, hot pink Tahki Cotton Classic that I’d like to use - but it’s too thin by itself and I need a go-along yarn. I don’t want to dim or diffuse the pink, so I’m going to have to be careful what I pair it with - something DK or sport weight. I’m trying not to buy yarn for the afghan; this is supposed to be a stash exercise…but it may need a little help :)
