Rohan Cardigan

Lots of knitting getting done around here! I designed a pair of mittens to match my son's Coronet Hat. If you'd like a copy of the pattern, you can find it on the sidebar of my blog.

Here's (finally) a picture of me wearing my Rohan Cardigan. It's my first cable design, and I'm fairly pleased with the results, although I'd change things if I did it again. The cables are a bit hard to see in this picture, but you can see a better picture of them here. My SiL took the pictures, and she chopped off my head. Too bad she can't erase some of those fat rolls, too!

Rohan Cardigan

Well, I'm slowly slogging away at my green cardigan. I've finished the back, fronts, one sleeve, and am 95% done on the last sleeve. Once that sleeve is done I get to do the fun part of sewing it all up and knitting the collar.

At first, I didn't care for the arrangement of cables I chose, but it's starting to really grow on me. I think I might name it my "Rohan Cardigan".

Now, I realize that's a bit gradiose for a simple cardigan, but as it's my first cable design, I figured it merited some sort of majestic name! (For those poor, uninitiated readers, "Rohan" is a place in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien.)

If you've seen the Lord of the Rings movies directed by Peter Jackson, you might have noticed the Celtic/Saxon influences in his depiction of the Riders of Rohan. I thought my cables are vaguely reminiscent of the design motif of Rohan.

All this to say that I figured if I named my sweater after something I really like, perhaps that'll give me the urge to actually finish it, so I can wear it! (Perhaps I should rename my kitchen, "The Palace of Galadriel"; maybe then I'll have an easier time keeping it clean!)

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