Why am I making yet another scarf that I won't wear? Because my church knitting circle knits red scarfs for college bound foster kids and I wanted to try something new. Which brings me to...
Cables!
After five years of knitting, I finally learned to knit with cables, which isn't as difficult as it looks. The pattern below is LW4282 from Red Heart. It's described as intermediate but the cabling stitches are easy to understand and now I don't need to look at the pattern. I've also stopped nearly stabbing myself with the cabling needle.
The worst part is dropping a stitch. I have to rip out three rows to get back to the right side of the pattern and hope I don't make another mistake during the fix. Beyond that, this pattern is about as simple as the prayer shawls.
