Heather Madrone’s Cable Tee

List member Heather Madrone made a lot of fun modifications to her Cable Tee. The Cable Tee was a very popular group knit-a-long. You'll find many examples in this gallery.

Heather knit her tee in Amazon DK cotton. She decided to knit it in the round from the bottom up. She also used rolled hems for the edges.

Here are Heather's notes, “ Recently, I've been using rolled hems a lot. I like the way they look, and I like the fact that they eliminate a cast-on (or bind-off) edge. Rolled ribbed hems are nice and stretchy, and rolled ribbed necks are warm and cozy.

I'm using a baby cable rib for the edges of my Cable Tee, which is a cabled k2p2 ribbing. I used a reversible cast on and knit the turned-under part of the hem in simple k2p2 ribbing with the knits and purls in place for the horseshoe cable at the center. I used a size 4 needle for the turned-under part of the hem, then switched to a size 5 for the purl fold line and the rest of the bottom ribbing.

I like the baby cable rib so much that I've decided to do the sleeves for the Cable Tee all in baby cable rib. I'm using a sock technique for the sleeves that I haven't tried before — knitting both sleeves at once using the magic loop method on two circular needles. This is supposed to ensure that the sleeves (or socks, if one was knitting them) match, but I'm not sure that the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. It is kind of cool to see both sleeves grow at once. Click for close-up of Heather's cabled sleeve (will open in pop-up window).

I'm enjoying knitting the Amazon DK cotton quite a bit. It's smooth and doesn't tend to split. It has body, but it's also nice and soft. It's also quite reasonably priced. It's knitting up to 4.6 stitches per inch on size 6 needles.”

For additional photos and details, check out Heather's Cable Tee Page!