Hearts, Cables and Crochet, Oh My! What I'm Making from the New Rowan Season
PROJECT 1: Jonquille by Martin Storey Let's talk cabled hearts! They're not as simple as you may think. If you simply tried to cable two angled heart sides to meet in the middle, you'd run into a little problem of having to go back in history to a previous row to link them up! Without a time machine, the next best thing is to link the heart at its tops. The problems there are (1) it needs to be done in a single row, and (2) you need to find a way to graft the cables perfectly from both sides, like kitchener stitch would link the toe of a sock. Hmm. When I opened the newest Rowan Magazine 77 , there was a "Retrospective" section with a pattern I had fully intended to make back in 2017, and of course, never did. Lucky me, I was being given a second chance to knit Jonquille ! Jonquille by Martin Storey was originally in Summerlite 4-Ply Collection My plan is to lengthen the torso (add 1.5 more repeats) and make full-length sleeves. Here's the secret on how the ...
