Diminishing Cables by Annie Modesitt

Diminishing Cables

Knitting
20 stitches and 27 rows = 4 inches
in textured rib pattern from chart with two strands of yarn held together
US 7 - 4.5 mm
2604 - 4092 yards (2381 - 3742 m)
English
This pattern is available from interweave.com for $7.99.

Finished size:
35 (38.5, 41, 44, 47, 50.5)“
89 (98, 104, 112, 119.5, 128.5) cm

Annie Modesitt’s softly colored cable pullover is a lovely example of how to marry garment shaping to stitch structure. Instead of preserving the integrity of her cable panels by working increases and decreases in the adjacent background stitches, Annie deliberately plays with the stitches within the cable to shape the body and yoke. Waist shaping disrupts the predictable cable crossings to create a completely new stitch detail. To form the round yoke, subtle decreases diminish the cable stitches as they approach the neck.