October Magknits review

Magknits' October issue is up. While I never like things on here quite as well as Knitty I do find things from time to time that I do like.

The Horshoe Cardigan is really cute and would be lovely in any dark color. It just has a few flaws for my body type (note that my body isn't flawed just the patter :D ) The neckline is far too low and the waistline is way too high. On the right body type it would be cute though.

I really think the Lasa Shawl Headband is really cute and may become a Yule gift for one of my girls. It's a simple enough lace pattern for a new knitter to bite her (or his) teeth on. I'm not sure I like the variegated yarn that is used on the edges, but I love the soft colors.

Bitty Boo is just SOOOO adorable. I have a feeling I will be making a few of these for my own Boo! I don't have any good "ghost white" wool though, so may have to go see what is cheap at JoAnn.

Burridge Lake Aran Afghan is, well, just another Aran afghan and I just hae no patience for afghan's. I get absolutely no joy out of making large projects like that. I'd get bored before I was finished even though I adore cables and bobbles. I can definitely see me using parts of this for other things though. Never turn down a good colleciton of Aran braids!

The Rainbow Socks have definitely made the "Must make list" only because 2 days ago I swore I would never knit with self patterning or self striped socks again because they are so boring and you just seem to knit round and round and round. Well, these socks need self-striping sock yarn or else the short rows don't make any sense at all. They are very cool indeed. Knitpicks may just be getting an order from me soon for some of their Felici yarn in Hummingbird or maybe Aurora. Although Firefighter is also pretty cute. Oh decisions decisions!

OK, so that was my review. Check it out.

Now for something totally different: I just got in the book Viking Patterns for Knitting by Elsebeth Lavold. Being a Viking means I had to have this cable-filled book. I'm having some problems with the chart and directions. They aren't your standard American knitting charts or instructions. So if you can tell me what the following mean, I'd appreciate it. My cables are just plain wonky!

Cross 2 knit stitches over 2 knit stitches, to right
Cross 2 knit stitches over 2 knit stitches, to left
Cross 2 knit stitches over 2 purl stitches, to right
Cross 2 knit stitches over 2 purl stitches, to left

Now I THINK that they mean:
Slip 2 st to cn hold to front, K2, K2 from cn
Slip 2 st to cn hold to back, k2, k2 from cn
Slip 2 st to cn hold to font, p2, k2 from cn
Slip 2 st to cn hold to back, k2, p2 from cn

But I think I've messed it up somewhere.