Here in Houston, we’ve had a strange week.  Or at least I have.  For health and weather reasons, I wasn’t able to get a new collection of Blog Reader Specials done this week.  Four days in a row of freezing temperatures, with a wintry mix of rain, sleet, and snow for part of it.  YUCK!!!

But, there are some  cool deals on the Blog Reader Specials page anyway, just for this weekend:

Pick your discount!

Valid for Saturday and Sunday, January 20-21 only:

• Any two items on this page, get 20% OFF
• Any three items on this page, get 25% off
• Any four or more items on this page, get 30% off

And while I wasn’t able to dye anything, I was able to work with the New England Wool I showed last week.    My intention is to make this a scarf, but I may get burnt out on cables long before then, so it may become a cowl.  🙂

It is a reversible cable with a half-drop repeat.  Because some people in one of the Men Who Knit groups on Facebook asked, I went ahead and wrote up a sort of “pattern”.   It’s not a formal pattern for a specific finished garment, but just the steps for what I am making here.  I tried to write it in a way that almost any knitter can adapt it for whatever they want — drop the side borders, make it longer or wider or narrower.  For someone not utterly sick of cables, this would make an awesome baby blanket, for example!  I included both a chart and row-by-row text instructions.    If you would like my instructions, just send me an email and request  it.

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