My Celtic Knot Afghan is finally complete. I finished the knitting last weekend, and now it’s all assembled. I am rather pleased with the outcome. I started this back in January. The main reason for choosing this pattern was that I wanted to learn how to knit cables. And if I was going to do that, I might as well make something that counts.
Well…. I think this counts.
The pattern is by Nicky Epstein and is available here. I used a red yarn, Alfa from SandnesGarn (60 m per 50 g), and 7.0 mm needles.
I learned a number of things while knitting this afghan;
1. Cables are fun
2. I prefer to use a double-pointed needle, slightly smaller than the regular needles, to do the cables (I used a 5.5 mm dpn). This works out better than any of the cable-needles I tried.
3. Patterns sometimes have to be modified slightly, and that’s ok. For this project, I changed the kind of make and decreases used at the top and bottom of the rounded portions of the knots.
4. I learned how to cast on by knitting on stitches – my regular CO method didn’t work for the edging.
5. Edging looks lovely.
Project started: 11 Jan 2007
Completed: 1 April 2007.
