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

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Here is the long awaited legend for this chart:

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:

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.

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:

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.