Cables, Cables Everywhere!

I finished my capelet/poncho type thing.  The pattern is Ebb Tide and it's actually a fairly easy and fast project.  I knit it in Yarn Love Amy March DK in the Orchid colorway.  I wouldn't recommend this as a first cabled project, but if you've made a cable or two, and understand how they work, I think this would be an easy project.  The pattern isn't charted, but it's so simple that it's easy to knit from written directions.  

The depth and texture of these huge, dramatic cables is amazing.  There's nothing subtle here - you could lose a small animal in the cable twists!  This pattern does have sizing, but there's not a lot of guidance as to how to choose a size.  I measured around my full bust including my arms.  That measurement was almost equal to the small size.  I decided to knit the medium because I'm pretty sure it isn't supposed to have zero or negative ease.  When I finished the main part of the capelet and joined the ends, I tried it on.  It felt huge.  So I knit the neck edging using one size smaller needle than I used for the body and that tightened up the neck perfectly.  You can see that while it has a wide neck, it's not falling off of Fifi's shoulders.

Now I just need to wait six months or so before I can wear it!  Have a great weekend!