Peated Whisky, my modern aran cardi...

Peated Whisky!!!!

This one really feels like I've been working on it forever, even though I didn't pick up a pencil until this Fall to begin working on it. But I've been mentally designing my perfect updated Aran for years - turning over details and shaping options in my head.  Long? Short? V-neck or crew? Saddle shoulder or drop? And what cables? It may or may not surprise yout that when I've often evaluated cables and details on this when I couldn't fall asleep for as long as I can remember....

But when this Plucky Knitter Yakkity Aran yarn arrived last Fall - squishy and lofty and in the perfect heather gray - surprisingly NOT so sheepy.  Cause it's 100% YAK, people - soft and light and super wearable.   And then, I just knew that it needed to be knit into the Aran Cardi.  I'd wear this one.

Maybe I'd been holding off for a soft fiber, who knows? But as soon as I swatched this into a few cables, I was sure.

I wanted to keep it simpler than it looks - so with the exception of those two diamonds, the rest of the cable and texture is SUPER SIMPLE. Once it's setup, you'll have it all memorized in no time. And I even found the diamonds to be pretty intuitive, but if you need it, there are charts and written instructions for those!  And in this weight yarn, it knits right up.

Details such as pockets, hidden spots for mods, and armhole shaping that works into the edge detail at each cable pattern make this one really special - and you can knit it to a hip  length, as shown here OR a longer mid-thigh version.

I'll stop now, but all the details and a bunch of photos are up on Ravelry - plus there are some really stunning test knits - and the Rav code PEAT will get you 20% off until 2/24/20.  Enjoy!!!