Here are the back and left front piece of the Starsky sweater before blocking. It’s amazing that they will (and believe me, they will) block out to be almost double their size & then some!
Here is a close up of the banana leaf cable pattern. I just took these, bad flash at night. Forgive the shadows.
It is all so jumbled and messy before blocking. I am not using the yarn suggested in the pattern, Sierra from Knitpicks. I am using some Lamb’s Pride worsted weight yarn that was factory seconds due to being overspun. The nice thing about it being overspun is that no matter how much you wash it, the swatch just got softer & softer without felting, without changing size or shape. So this will be 100% wool & mohair, washable!! Yippee!! I am just about done with the first sleeve. That leaves the second sleeve, the right front, assembly, the collar and belt! Not too bad! I have rather enjoyed this cable pattern even though it’s not one that could be easily memorized. I am following it line by line and have found it to be simple enough. Partially due to the fact that you don’t have that many stitches to deal with since it’s in a larger gauge.
I also joined the Starskyalong yahoo group started by the author of the pattern, Jordana Paige. If you are interested in knitting this sweater I highly recommend signing up for the group. There are plenty of messages with answers to questions & I even caught a mistake in the pattern today! I was the first to catch it (and say something about it)! I am pretty sure that is a first for me. I usually just gripe to myself, fix the problem & get on with things but seeing how this is such a new pattern I thought I would post on the group message board & see if anyone else had the same problem. Nope, just me so far & Jordana went through her notes on the original pattern and she found the printed mistake on knitty. The editor will go over it & add the correction I am sure. I was just shocked to be the first one to come across the mistake! All in all, it’s a fun pattern & a pretty quick knit.