Jim and I had a difference of opinion. I said The General, a modern easy care cat, would prefer acrylic. Jim disagreed. He said, “The General is a high ranking cat; he will surely prefer a luxury fiber like mohair.”
To resolve this important issue, we decided to ask The General himself. We plopped him on the table, allowed him to inspect a brown skein of acrylic and a peach skein of mohair and asked him which he preferred.
Since The General doesn’t speak English well, we anticipated it might be difficult to determine his preference. So, we watched The General’s every move, carefully interpreting them for clues.
He picked up the mohair, moved it toward the edge of the table and sat next to it. What could that mean?
Jim shouted, “See! He prefers mohair!”
I said, “No way! That’s just a random move!”
Jim raised his right eyebrow and gave me a look.
We watched a few more minutes. The General embraced the mohair between his paws. Jim laughed and pointed.
I groaned, moved toward the table, and whispered, “Come on General baby. Show us you prefer acrylic!”
The General then made his preference clear:
That darn cat. He always sides with Jim!
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No surprise, I’m swatching chevrons. After all, I said I’m thinking of knitting a chevron sock. 
Ok. That’s how I knit this chevron. But there are zillions of ways to knit chevrons. What’s the key? Work single increases near the edges, and a double decrease near the center. You’ll form a single chevron that dips at the double decrease. Pretty easy, huh? 
