Monica Knits

The "How-to: J-hook Cable Needle" video featured in Sunday's article also introduced a tool that, strictly speaking, I haven't used before: the point protector. The tip for using point protectors in conjunction with cable knitting came from Shilda, who took up knitting a few months ago, and has already knitted more than 12 cabled wrist warmers in a rainblow of hues, and a headband and legwarmers in a matching hugs and kisses cable pattern. Read more ... for additional information and links ...

This beautiful 11" x 12" size cross stitch was completed by my mother-in-law and hangs in the living room of their home. The design is by Karen Marie Zabroski whose work I greatly admire. Read more ... for kit details and a link to another work by the same designer.

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Small touches change the appearance of the hugs and kisses wristwarmers. In the first photo, the mother-of-pearl buttons are used so that they coordinate with the lacy blue leg warmers shown on the right. Read more for photos showing two additional variations: a) heart-shaped buttons, and without embellishment. Click on a thumbnail to view a larger image.

This pair of wrist warmers features an "O X O" cable pattern for each wrist and 1 x 1 ribbed cuffs. With 4.0 mm circular needles they knit up as quickly as a swatch. This is a variation of the pattern in the Hugs and Kisses Wrist warmers article with two changes. Instead of a 24 row pattern, 25 rows were used to keep the second "O" from being compressed by the ribbing. Also a different yarn was used. Read more ... for additional information. Click on the thumbnail to view a larger image.