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   rjf | Jan 28, 2003 03:31pm | #1

   What kind of ribbing do you have on bottom and sleeves?  I'd do the same on the neck.                                                                        rjf

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   sewphaedra | Jan 28, 2003 05:22pm | #2

   I did a 4x2 cable (it pulled up really tight so next time I'll probably alternate the cables with stockinette ribbing) but the ribbing at the waist is 4" long so I got 3-4 turns of the cables. At the neck it's only going to be 1" so I certainly can't fit any more than one turn, maybe not even that. That's why I'm not sure about cabling it. Plus it pulls it up tight and I don't want the neck to be too tight.

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   rjf | Jan 29, 2003 02:58pm | #3

   What you need is the Feb/Mar 1988 issue of Threads which has directions for invisible cast-off.  It stretches to get over your head but doesn't stay stretched.  Ah, but the other thing you could do is work the ribbing twice as long and fold it in half and sew it to the cast-on row.  Don't bind it off, just sew each stitch to the neck edge.  I did that many times before I found the invisible cast-off.  You might a cable turn right at the edge and that would good, I think.         rjf

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   sanderson | Feb 02, 2003 09:48am | #4

   Would doing the neck cable with larger sized needles give you enough ease?  Or how about doing the cable neck piece as a long strip and then grafting it onto the body. 

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   sewphaedra | Feb 04, 2003 06:15pm | #5

   It's not ease or casting off that I'm worried about so much as the design repeat. I'm not sure I'll get much of a cable look in a 1" neck ribbing. I'm just going to have to try it and see how it works out.

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   rjf | Feb 10, 2003 03:35pm | #6

   Just wondering:

   Have you decided how to do the cable neck ribbing?  Is it done?     rjf

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   sewphaedra | Feb 10, 2003 05:25pm | #7

   No I haven't gotten there yet. Some baby showers pulled me away from this sweater to some other projects...

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   rjf | Feb 10, 2003 06:43pm | #8

   I know how that goes.  Then I forget where I was  when I go back to the project.  Sometimes, though, a better idea occurs and that's good.       rjf