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Custom Cables, Cat's Paw & Finnish Midsummer

Notes from the Needles #3

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Jonathan Lasham
Jun 21, 2026
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Three projects at very different stages this week: a machine-knit sweater that’s almost done (if I can face the seaming), a hand-knit cabled sweater where I threw out the pattern and designed my own motif, and a Shetland lace scarf that’s already cost me one needle. Plus, a Midsummer weekend on a Finnish farm (goats included).

WIP: Summer Diamond Sweater

A black machine-knit sweater laid flat on a grey sofa, showing a diamond stitch texture across the body. The two completed sleeves extend out to either side.
Both sleeves finished. Now I just need to face the seaming.

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