Also, I put cables down the centre of the sleeves which pulled them in slightly and made them a little tighter than they should have been. It’s not really a problem but I think I should have added a couple of extra stitches to compensate for the cables pulling it in.

The jumper does fit me though so at least I will still be able to wear it.

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Susan.

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After trying cables using the Bond Ribber and finding it a bit of a stuggle, I decided not to use it for the cables on the sleeves doing  them instead just on the main bed, dropping a stitch at either side and latching up every so often.

I did make a mistake on the decreases at the sleeve top and ended up with one less stitch than I should have but I don’t think it will make much of a difference.

I’m hoping to get it finished next week.

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Susan.

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The video doesn’t show the number of times the stitches on the ribber came off and had to be latched up manually, or the swearing every time it happened.

I have decided that I in future I will do the cables using just the main bed, putting the stitch either side of the cable onto a holder then latching up the ladders after every crossover. It will be much less stressful and probably quicker than having those stitches on the ribber.

The cable I did in the video is  over four stitches. I originally tried to do it over six stitches but it was impossible as the stitches had to stretch too far. Even the four stitch cable was a struggle.

I’ve come to the conclusion that the Bond Ribber isn’t really suitable for knitting cables.

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Susan.

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It looks the same colour as the basket stitch cardigan that I finished a few weeks ago but that was green, this is grey with a strand of green and some different coloured nobbles (is that proper word?):

The sleeves are going to be cream/off-white, possibly with a cable down the middle.

I’ll post more updates when I get some more of it done.

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Susan.

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Some of you might have noticed that I got some of my words mixed up – it’s an age thing. I didn’t realise I’d done it until I was editing the video so it was too late to re-record it (and I couldn’t be bothered). I’m sure you knew what I meant to say.

I might have a go at doing cables on the Bond Ribber so I’ll probably make a video showing how to do it.

I have to say that I’m quite enjoying using this machine at the moment – I never thought I would say that about the cursed ribber but there you go.

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Susan.

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The grey and cream in the top photo I think will end up as a short sleeved top. I watched a programme on the telly the other day and a woman who was in it was wearing a dark V neck blouse with light coloured sleeves and what looked like saddle shoulders. I thought I might try to knit something similar using the grey and cream. It won’t look anything like the one I saw on the telly but there you go.

The stuff in the middle photo is textured cotton or cotton-look yarn so I thought I might make some sort of Summer top with it. Summer? Yes, I remember that – vaguely. Maybe we’ll have one in this country sometime. Next year, perhaps? Anyway, I’m not sure exactly what style of top to make with it but it will be either short sleeved or sleeveless and definitely striped.

The odd balls in the bottom photo I will probably just use for practice as there’s not really much else I can do with them. They’ll more than likely be used in the Bond Ribber video that I’m hoping to make at the weekend.

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Susan.

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Here’s how you voted:

So it looks like the camcorder will be coming out again.

Thanks to all who voted.

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Susan.

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I ended up using the five green buttons and two clear buttons that I already had rather than buy seven new ones. I think you all knew that I would do that – I’m so stingy!

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Susan.

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It feels a little bit stiff at the moment but I’m sure once it’s been washed it will soften up.

I had a look in my button box and found seven green buttons which would have been ideal but they were too big to go through the buttonholes. Typical! I think I’ll probably end up using the five smaller green buttons I found along with a couple of clear ones. I could always push the boat out and actually buy some but that wouldn’t be like me at all, would it?

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Susan.

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