cables

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 Ok, my lovelies, I have decided to try out dpns and make myself up a pair of fingerless gloves.  After MUCH searching, I found a pattern that fits the bill for my very first pair (oh Ravelry, how many hours I spend with thee), Hope's Fingerless Gloves (lookie, I put in a link for the non-Ravelry crowd, you odd people!) and set to work.

Using the dpns was like driving a clown car full of puppies but I did get the hang of it and the stitches settled down after the first few rows and then...I began to cable.  I like to learn at least two new tricks per project or I am an martyr.  The second row, I noticed that my cabled stitches were abominably tight so I have questions.

Should I be knitting fairly loosely when I cable?  Is it really supposed to hurt this much?

I will fess up that I am using number 6 needles for a project calling for 8's but when I pulled it off the needles, the cuff fit nicely with some excellent stretch and I have small hands.  And for those who like to know these things,  I am using Mirasol Akapana for my yarn.

thanks in advance!

Comments

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I don't know if it's supposed to turn out that way, as I have done precisely two cabled projects ever, but I had the same issue. I too was making fingerless gloves (different pattern, I used Cheryl Niamath's Fetching) and the first pair actually turned out a little too small for me because my knitting-with-cables was tighter than my straight-knitting gauge swatch led me to expect.

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Fetching is on my list but Hope's was infinitely easier for a first time with dpns!

[aedifica]

And that one is pretty, too. I might make that one someday now that I've seen it!