Knit wit

I confess to doing more knitting than quilting lately, mostly because it's so easy to take a knitting project with me when visiting with my dad.  He came home from rehab about 2 weeks ago and I have been spending as much time as possible with him and with my mom to help with the transition and his continued recovery. 

I have finished the back of my son's sweater, and begun working on the front.  The pattern calls for 2 cables up the front.  I was a little confused with the pattern at first because it is not a traditional, single twist cable.  Instead, it looks more like a braid:

The braid was not hard to do, it just meant paying a little more attention.  I had never really noticed until now how many different kinds of knitted cables there are.

When it came time to start shaping the armholes, I laid it out to measure it against the back:

That's when I saw it. 

Oops!  Three stitches that should have been knit instead of purled.  I managed to fix them without pulling out a dozen rows of work, but it was a nail biter.

While all this was taking place, a certain party took advantage of my distraction and did this:

I don't think he looks particularly sorry....

but I forgave him anyway.