Archive for June, 2007

And a sweater for my son…

June 1, 2007

This has been a very busy month. In January I had a successful repair operation on the carpal tunnel in my right wrist and last month my left wrist was also repaired. It has meant interrupting my favourite pastime for a good, and very necessary, cause. My right wrist has healed and the left one is also healing quickly and well.

Before the last operation I had started knitting a new sweater for my son. As the last one I made for him was knitted in Aran weight he asked for a thinner one for more moderate weather. The front is knitted in three parts with the central panel in a cable design and the side panels worked in a variation of fisherman’s rib.

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It is designed with a raglan sleeve and the shaping is fully fashioned. This time I bought a pattern instead of designing my own.

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The central panel has a background of reverse stocking stitch and is a quite intricate “rope cable” design.

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When the sweater is completed the sleeves will be in fisherman’s rib with a single rope twist cable running from the cuff to the neckband. The back is knitted in fisherman’s rib.