Brushing up on my French because I dug up a Phildar mag that I bought impulsively last year. I remembered there was a cute cape in it that I wanted to knit! Reading French knitting terms is actually not very difficult once you pick out what all the abbreviations mean. But it’s still a task… I spent an hour last night translating a pattern.  But it was good for practise and adding to my vocabulary, so I’m not complaining!

Anyway, I’m a fiend for cables. As I write this, I’m knitting the most tedious cable cardigan. Yesterday I was swearing I’d never knit cables again because I’m dying of boredom. I’m somewhat of a monogamous knitter; I can’t have two ongoing projects of the same type going on together. I can knit a jumper and a scarf at the same time, but not two jumpers or two scarves. But anyway, my vow against cables won’t last too long because I really can’t help myself when I see something this gorgeous! Cables add so much interest to any piece!

Pull à Torsades

Isn’t this beautiful? These cables, however, are significantly less arduous than the ones I’m working on now. I even love the colour… Charcoal grey is one of favourites, but I want to work in something a little more… I don’t know. Maybe a chocolate heather. This was a really popular shape/trend last winter, but I think it’s still beautiful. I don’t really keep with what in or out anyway; I only care about what looks good!

Veste à Capuche

This is so chic to me. It makes me miss when my hair was long and straight, haha. Because I can’t wear hoods or wrap scarves around my head anymore! I have some yarn that would probably work with this, but it’s 100% alpaca and I hear alpaca tends the grow vertically… so, I don’t want it to end up being a knee-length jacket.

Cape

This is just what I’ve been looking for! I totally forgot that I had it in a book laying around. I still can’t make out some of the instructions for this one, but I’ll look at it more when I’ve finished the cardigan I’m on now.

Gilet

This would look so pretty in a silk/merino blend! I like the colour in which it’s shown, but it would look funny on my skin, I think. Maybe an olive green or mustard yellow… my two new favourite colours. Either would look fabulous with this colour under:

BCBG Silk Charmeuse Top

Which happens to be my favourite colour ever. :)