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Knit Triquetra Cable Chart

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

I’ve had a few requests for a cable chart for the Triquetra cable from my Triquetra gloves.  Well here it is…

Triquetra

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Here is the long awaited legend for this chart:

Triquetra Legend

The Second Triquetra

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

I made a quick trip to the only place open late to get some yarn.  It was a big chain store, so there wasn’t much to choose from.  I ended up with some Paton’s Classic Wool.  It’s pretty good, it’s wool, and it’s inexpensive.  Exactly what I was looking for to use for test swatches.

When I got home I made another alteration to my Triquetra pattern.  Here is what I ended up with:

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I like this one better.  The top is narrower, but it’s still a bit round. for my taste.  Maybe I’ll work on that some more. 

I’m planning to use this as a pattern worked in the back of a pair of fingerless gloves I’m trying to design.  So I worked the knit stitches much closer to the pattern.   It is difficult to see in the picture, but it works well.

The First Triquetra

Friday, November 30th, 2007

I’ve been wanting to start doing cables for a while now.  I mean really doing cables, not just doing simple twists, but designing complex patterns.  So, I started off small a simple Triquetra.  Well, I thought it would be simple, I searched and searched, and searched for a chart or pattern I could follow, with no luck.  Then, I came across something kinda close.  I charted it out, and made some modifications, and I came up with this:

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There are two things wrong with it.

  1. The top loop is way too wide
  2. It’s knit with icky acrylic yarn.

Nothing to be done about the acrylic, but I bet I can improve on the pattern.