Progress on Old Man and the Sea

I have made progress on knitting the Old Man and the Sea sweater.  I purchased a piece of jewelry that also doubles as a cable needle from Leslie Wind.  This is called tewelry and I got the piece that has a sheep on it.

Here it is in use while working a cable.

I also learned a new technique to join yarns.  I usually knit with a wool based yarn so I just felt the ends together.  However with a cotton bamboo yarn, felting does not work.  I found the magic knot solutions which you can see here.

It is ingenious and is a tight join with barely any notice.  The yarn is knitting up pretty fast.