After all these years, I’ve finally learned to cable without a cabling needle!

The pattern was very enjoyable and I love how well this yarn worked with it. I was able to easily spit splice new skeins in while working. I ended in the 38th repeat after Row 1 (I weighed my remaining yarn and knew I wouldn’t have enough for another repeat, but liked the look of ending right after the new cables) and followed the advice of bluewillow to knit a decreasing garter section above the cables in Row 2. I used an Icelandic bind-off and just tightened it above the cabled section. For blocking, I was more aggressive with the cabled section and loose with the garter section so it would stay squishy.

I took a few measurements/notes, in case anyone is curious how big the shawl would be with less yarn (but I’m also a tight knitter and kept the same sized needles for bulkier yarn to get a very squishy shawl, so your mileage may vary):

• Tip Set Up: 20 grams
• Added 2nd Skein: 9th repeat, Row 1 (about 20” long along the cabled edge)
• Added 3rd Skein: 17th repeat, Row 5 (30” long)
• Added 4th Skein: 24th repeat, Row 2 (38” long)
• Added 5th Skein: 29th repeat, Row 8 (44” long)
• Added 6th Skein: 34th repeat, Row 7 (48” long)
• Final Blocked Measurements: 56” along the cabled edge, 42” along the bind-off edge, 71” wingspan