There must have been a hex upon my house - everything I touched on Saturday night turned out wrong. I hit a major snag on my Aran Accent Vest - I dropped an important cable stitch off the needle and it laddered down far into the previous repeat. It was a very bad thing. In a fit of passion, I decided to rip everything I had done.

It was probably for the best - once I started ripping, I realized that it was going to be too wide.

I wish I had the same talent for Aran cabling as Jody.

Maybe it just was bad timing - I think Aran and I will reunite in the future - the match of pattern and yarn is just to perfect to ignore.  Right now, I need some time and a boost of cable-y confidence.

The Aran Accent Vest is coming along so well. It is probably the most difficult thing that I have attempted in my short but lively knitting career (four years next month…) and thus, the most rewarding.

I am 27/31 of my way through the first cable repeat. The side panels have a great textural basketweave stitch, and there are small twisted stitches mirroring the rope cables on the sides. These are my favorite details. Of course, I love the cabling and twisting of the center panel - that one just takes more concentration.

The Tess Designer Yarns Merino worsted weight is everything I wanted it to be - perfect for this project. So soft, and the lightest of variegation adds some great depth to the cables.

I am so happy about this one…

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Many many thanks for the comments on my last post! I stayed up way too late working on it, and it means so much to me that you liked it! I have been using the light box for many photographs lately, including this handcarved chess set we bought in Peru last month…

…in the dark of the café, she casts on for a new project…

A new project that is so utterly perfect for autumn.

A new project that will challenge with the twists and turns of traditional Aran cables. 

Pattern:  Aran Accent Vest, Patons Cables booklet

Yarn:  Tess Designer Yarns Worsted Merino