KNITmuch Issue 16

Get that warm feeling with this knitted
cable poncho [free pattern]
So now we have everything
we need, including the special
little extra knitting tools to make
knitting a pleasant experience.
And here we are at last! It's the
reveal of my Wool-Ease Thick
& Quick Lion Brand Cabled
Poncho. It all started with an
online search for an oversized
poncho to keep me warm, which
ended when I found the Cabled
Poncho pattern. I loved the look
of the oversized, but understated
poncho. I kept to the pattern’s
recommended yarn, Lion Brand
Wool-Ease Thick & Quick, and
chose the color ‘Kale’. Trying
to expand the colors in my
wardrobe, which tend towards
blue and black, I chose this
earthy green color for a change.
When I got the yarn, I was really
happy with how soft and squishy
it was, but I was worried it would
be too dark to show the cables. I
shouldn’t have been concerned,
because they look beautiful!!
Once I had the yarn, I printed
up the pattern, put it in my
holder, and started gathering
all the tools I needed to make
my poncho. I was eyeing the
KNITTER’S PRIDE Mindful
Collection for a while, because
I loved the color and I’m
always in need of more knitting
accessories. I have startitis,
which is a condition where one
pathologically starts new projects
without finishing the current
one. Starting a new project is
one of my greatest joys, so I do…
frequently.
This means I have a lot of
unfinished projects. With most of
my tools in different knitting bags,
I needed a few new ones to fill
my project bag for this poncho. I
got the entire collection except
the measuring tape which I
already had on hand. The tools
in the Mindful collection included
stitch markers (with a free
accessory bag), measuring tape,
row counter, and knit blockers.
The rest of the knitting tools I
found around my studio, and I
was ready to start.
Next, I chose my needles and
cable needles, checked my gauge,
and cast on! As I said, the cast on
is always my favorite part. It’s so
exciting; the possibility of a perfect
cabled poncho before me.
The cables look beautiful! Whyever did I worry?
The rest of this poncho was
mostly easy and quick, but there
was one small hiccup at the
beginning. As I began to knit
through the rows of the cable
repeat, I noticed a few small
errors, and I corrected them on
my printed pattern.
After I corrected those few
little mistakes in the pattern, I
breezed through the project.
With big needles and big yarn, it
knit up very fast. I’ll admit that
I made a few small mistakes
especially when I knit tired
or with too many distractions
around, but I was happy they
were all simple fixes.
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