The Knitting Fiend

Celtic Flourish shall be the central panel for Jim’s next sweater!

To simplify determining the gauge, I added vertical ribbing to the sides, then knit one repeat up in Plymouth Galway. It measures about 5″ or 5.5″ across. (Yes, I admit it, those who are familiar with this pattern will recognize I made a mistake when I began the motif. . . ¹)

A chart for this cable can be found in Barbara Walker’s Charted Knitting: Third Treasury Of Knitting Stitches.

I didn’t like the suggested method for creating 5 stitches out of one at the bottom of that loopy part because I found it difficult to work. So, I “unvented” a method which I found easier to do. I don’t quite like the appearance of my method; it has a sort of “gap” at the bottom that doesn’t match the appearance at the top.

I will continue to fiddle.

Anyway, tiny gap or no tiny gap, I love the cable. It’s going to appear on Jim’s sweater.

I’ll finish with a yarn & LYS plug. This swatch is knit Plymouth Galway which normally works up at 5 st/inch in stockinette. It’s 100% wool, and comes in 100 gram balls. I purchased one ball on Saturday at Zora’s Yarn in Naperville. Knitche in Downer’s Grove also carries Plymouth Galway, but they were out of this color on Friday when I visited.²

I’d say the cables are popping nicely, and the yarn has a pleasant feel. However, this yarn doesn’t have the “true Aran” feel you find in tightly knit, authentic fisherman sweaters. (It feels nicer. Authentic fisherman sweaters are knit very densely out of hardwearing yarn with lots of lanolin. They are terrific, but not “comfy”. Jim who is not planning to fish in the North Atlantic, or the Irish Sea, and will not be ice fishing with his brothers next winter, prefers the cozier feel of this yarn! )

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1. I twisted the very first cable after 4 rows instead of 6. That’s why it’s stumpy.
2. I have no affiliation with Plymouth, Knitche or Zora’s. I’m just a satisfied customer.

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Filed in Aran Knitting Stitches.