Laurie's Patchwork Cable Sweater

This sweater was inspired by one I saw a woman wearing in

Barnes and Noble as I sat on the floor perusing the new

knitting books. Mine is a bit chunkier than hers, but it embraces the

same principle--four-inch wide cable strips knit from different

yarns, all spun from Romney cross sheep at worsted-to-bulky weight.

Two sections on the body were eight-inch wide textured pattern

to break up the strips. I blocked all the strips

to size before crochet-seaming them together with the darkest yarn

and knitting the cuffs and bottom. Several of these panels came from

a three-color fleece by a sheep named Moxie--thanks to Swiftwater Farm!

Behold!

The front:

the back:

Some detail on the cabling:

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