Robin Hoodie finished!

After many months of knitting I finally managed to finish the Robin Hoodie.
On a beautiful walk through the botanical garden of Zurich last weekend, I took some pictures of Gabriel wearing it :)

The yarn used for this was Lang Yarns Cashmere Tweed (35% cashmere, 65% merino extrafine). It took me 1170 meters, and I made the size "Robin Hood" (described in the pattern). It really pays off to knit (and wash) a gauge before starting this sweater :)

Cabling Without Cable Needle

About 6 months ago I began to knit this fabulous sweater from Audry Nicklin. It looks rather complex but the pattern is written so well that I would say it is easy to make for knitters who have just a bit of cabling experience.

Up to this project I always did cable patterns with the help of a cable needle.
In this sweater you need to cross stitches almost in every round, so I thought it would be helpful to find a way of speeding this up - cabling without the help of a cable needle!

There are several ways to do that. Here are some good videos that show different techniques:

From the DROPS tutorial library:

Or this one by elizzza which I liked most (sorry, it's in German):

 I used a mix of different techniques for the different kinds of stitch crossings in this pattern. I hope you will find this useful :)