Unbend Cabled Baby Cardigan pattern

Unbend Cabled Baby Cardigan pattern

This sweater is knit in one piece from the top down. There is no seaming as the sleeves are knit in the round.

Size: 3 month, (chest circumference about 20 inches)

Gauge: 26 stitches and 4 inches

Materials:
1 - 100g ball DK weight Yarn.
Needles to get Gauge, both Straight and DPN.
2 Stitch Holders,
Stitch Marker

Sample was knit with Sirdar Country Style DK on 3.75mm needles.

Abbreviations:
C6B = Place 3 stitches on cable needle, hold at back, knit next three stitches, knit three stitches from cable needle.
K = Knit
P = Pearl
YO = Yarn over
K2tog = Knit 2 together.

Note: Button holes can be added by changing the first three stitches in the pattern row to: K1, YO, K2tog. Evenly space button holes on the appropriate side of the sweater)


Pattern:
CO 82 stitches

Knit ½ - ¾ inch in 2x2 ribbing. Before starting pattern rows.

Row 1: K3, P1, K6, P1, PM, K4, YO, K1, YO, K14, YO, K1, YO, K 22, YO, K1 YO, K14, YO, K1, YO, K13 (90 Stitches)

Row 2: (and all even rows): K3, P to marker, K1, P6, K4.

Row 3: K3, P1, K6, P1, K5, YO, K1, YO, K16, YO, K1, YO, K24, YO, K1, YO, K16, YO, K1, YO, K14

Row 5: K3, P1, C6B, P1, K6, YO, K1, YO, K18, YO, K1, YO, K26, YO, K1, YO, K18, YO, K1, YO, K15

Row 7: K3, P1, K6, P1, K7, YO, K1, YO, K20, YO, K1, YO, K28, YO, K1, YO, K20, YO, K1, YO, K16

Row 9: K3, P1, K6, P1, K8, YO, K1, YO, K22, YO, K1, YO, K30, YO, K1, YO, K22, YO, K1, YO, K17

Row 11: K3, P1, C6B, P1, K9, YO, K1, YO, K24, YO, K1, YO, K32, YO, K1, YO, K24, YO, K1, YO, K18

Row 13: K3, P1, K6, P1, K10, YO, K1, YO, K26, YO, K1, YO, K34, YO, K1, YO, K26, YO, K1, YO, K19

Row 15: K3, P1, K6, P1, K11, YO, K1, YO, K28, YO, K1, YO, K36, YO, K1, YO, K28, YO, K1, YO, K20

Row 17: K3, P1, C6B, P1, K12, YO, K1, YO, K30, YO, K1, YO, K38, YO, K1, YO, K30, YO, K1, YO, K21

Row 19: K3, P1, K6, P1, K13, YO, K1, YO, K32, YO, K1, YO, K40, YO, K1, YO, K32, YO, K1, YO, K22

Row 21: K3, P1, K6, P1, K14, YO, K1, YO, K34, YO, K1, YO, K42, YO, K1, YO, K34, YO, K1, YO, K23

Row 23: K3, P1, C6B, P1, K15, YO, K1, YO, K36, YO, K1, YO, K44, YO, K1, YO, K36, YO, K1, YO, K24

Row 25: K3, P1, K6, P1, K16, YO, K1, YO, K38, YO, K1, YO, K46 YO, K1, YO, K38, YO, K1, YO, K25

Row 27: K3, P1, K6, P1, K17, YO, K1, YO, K40, YO, K1, YO, K48, YO, K1, YO, K40, YO, K1, YO, K26

Row 29: K3, P1, C6B, P1, K18, YO, K1, YO, K42, YO, K1, YO, K50, YO, K1, YO, K42, YO, K1, YO, K27

Row 31: K3, P1, K6, P1, K19, YO, K1, YO, K44, YO, K1, YO, K52 YO, K1, YO, K44, YO, K1, YO, K28

Row 33: K3, P1, K6, P1, K20, YO, K1, YO, K46, YO, K1, YO, K54, YO, K1, YO, K46, YO, K1, YO, K27

Row 35: K3, P1, C6B, P1, K21, YO, K1, YO, K48, YO, K1, YO, K56, YO, K1, YO, K48, YO, K1, YO, K28

Row 37: K3, P1, K6, P1, K23, Slip 50 stitches to holder, K60, slip 50 stitches to holder, K30.

Row 39: K3, P1, K6, P1, K to end

Row 41: K3, P1, C6B, P1, K to end

Row 43: K3, P1, K6, P1, K to end

Row 45: K3, P1, K6, P1, K to end

-Repeat Rows 40 – 45 Until piece measures X inches

Knit 1 inch in 2x2 ribbing.

BO loosely in pattern.


SLEEVES

Distribute 50 stitches from holder onto 3 DPNs

Knit 3 rounds
K2tog, Knit to end of round (49 stitches)

Knit 3 rounds
K2tog, Knit to end of round (48 stitches)

Repeat until there are 40 stitches left.

Knit 6 rounds in 2x2 rib

BO loosely in pattern.

Repeat for second Sleeve.

Finishing: Weave in ends.

I went back to school in January so I haven't hardly had any time to knit with all the crazy studying. I have managed to finish a couple of things:

A heart from Mochimochi land


Knit with with 3.5 mm needles in Patons Classic Wool Merino yarn. Stuffed with random yarn bits and a smidge of polyfil. Finished heart is about an inch and a half across.

It was a quick fun knit, took less than 2 hours from start to finish.

It'll be a cute little Valentines Day Present.

Check out the set lists in the Background, they're from a couple of shows by The New Odds.



A baby sweater that I improvised based loosely on a pattern my Gramma taught me.

It's knit from the top down, stitches are placed on holders for the sleeves and it has a snazzy little cable stuck to it.

Knit on 3.75 mm needles with Sirdar Country Style DK yarn.

Here's a close up of the cable.

Knitting Resolutions

Today I went yarn purchasing as a treat to reward myself for actually applying for school

A Semi Local (hour away) Yarn store is going out of business, which sucks cause now the closest decent one is really far away... Anyway Everything was %30-%50 percent off Hooray.
I spent $60 and left with 3 skeins of alpaca paint int blue/green/yellow (I am madly in love with this yarn.). 7 assorted skeins of Wool for crazy toy making (wow could i be any vaguer?) and a couple of circular needles.

now for the knitting resolutions

1. I will finish making my second Fetching Fingerless mitts before I cast on for the hat out of that pretty pink/blue/purple stuff from yesterdays post

2. I will knit at least the ribbed border on said hat before starting another project.

3. I will Frog the beach wrap skirt that I hate so that the pretty maroon and white mercurized cotton can be reincarneted as something non-evil.

4. I will not buy any more yarn until I can actually fit the current batch into my plastic drawers.... This may take months

5. I will not be to hard on myself when I start making a knitted toy immediately after posting this :)

Pictures Sweater and Knitty's Fetching

The previously mentioned little red sweater

Knitty.com Fetching pattern. Fingerless gloves made out of Alpaca paint. Present for my mom, gave to her already, couldn't wait for Christmas.
Ball of yarn. (Twilleys of Stamford Freedom Spirit) I fell in love with it at my LYS they only had one ball in this colorway... purchased with no pattern plan. Look at the pretty colors.. I'm thinking a hat.. a basic pattern to show off the pretty :)

Must finish atleast one of the many projects i have in progress first.... maybe

Sweater

Just finished knitting a sweater. Made it without a pattern, cast on some stiches and knitted till it looked right.

It's a top down Raglan Sweater knit in the round, made out of some disgusting $2 a skein stuff from walmart (Napier by Sean Sheep in Wine). It goes from being as thin as 3 strands of thread twisted around to being thicker than my attempt at home spinning. Made for an interesting bumpy effect.

Only real problem is that its smaller than i wanted it... Oh Well It'll fit somebody :)

I'll stuck a photo up when i'm done blocking (and when i can find the camera)

First attempt at handspinning Yarn

Found a drop spindle and some fibre at the PNE, purchased it and goofed around for a while, here's what i ended up with


After plying but before blocking
Look Yarn :) it ranges from bulky, to super bulky to What is this nautical rope?

Blobb of yarn on couch


it's way to short and blobby to make anything with, it's like 5 yards :)

Felted Needle Case

Yay a finished project.

Here it is before felting.
I decided it needed a little extra Oomph. So it got a single crochet border of sorts. My first atempt at that, hoorah for learning something new.

Hand felting supplies... Big Bowl, Wooden Spoon, Soapy water, and Stargate SG-1 Season 3 DVD.
An episode later....
Then Finally after much Splashing and cold water rinsing Voila.
Here's how it looks tied shut.

And stuffed full of knitting needles.

I finished this yesterday. I haven't knit at all today, spent 3hrs making a vegetarian version of shephards pie an several hours making a costume for Saturday's Zombie walk. Bwahahahaha