Knitted Cable Sourcebook: A Breakthrough Guide to Knitting with Cables and Designing Your Own

280 Pages·2016·57.283 MB·English

by  Norah Gaughan

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Norah Gaughan has served as design
director for Berroco Yarns and JCA Yarns,
designed for Adrienne Vittadini, and
published patterns in all the leading knitting
and textile magazines. Currently a member
of the Brooklyn Tweed Design team, she also A Breakthrough
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works as an independent designer and teacher.
Knitting
She is the author of Knitting Nature, Comfort with Cables
Knitting & Crochet: Afghans, and Comfort Knit- and Designing
Your Own
ting & Crochet: Babies & Toddlers. She has
been knitting with cables for nearly 40 years.
Cover photographs by Jared Flood
Cover design by Mary Jane Callister
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Norah Gaughan’s
Kni t ted Cable
Sourcebook
A Breakthrough Guide to Knitting with Cables and Designing Your Own
Photographs by Jared Flood
Abrams / New York
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Contents
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Introduction PAGE 8 GROUP 9 2 7 Double Zigzag
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2 8 Zigzag Atop Twists
Essentials GROUP 10 2 9 Basic 4-Step
PAGE 10
3 0 4-Step Swing
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Basics: Ropes, Braids, GROUP 11 3 1 Double O
and Horseshoes 3 2 Open Double O
PAGE 24
3 3 Fancy Double O
GROUP 1 01 Basic 3/3 Rope
GROUP 12 3 4 2/2 Over 2/2
02 Cable Center 3/3
3 5 Broken X 2/2
03 Rib Twist 3/3
04 Mini Twist 3/3 GROUP 13 3 6 Rib Mega
05 Broken Mini Twist 3/3 3 7 Slip Mega
3 8 Seed Mega
GROUP 2 06 Purl Center 2-Step
3 9 Lace Mega
07 Eyelet 2-Step
4 0 Braid Mega
GROUP 3 08 Basic 4/4 Rope
GROUP 14 4 1 Big Braid
09 Rib 4/4
4 2 Garter Fill Big Braid
1 0 Reverse Rib 4/4
1 1 Lace 4/4 GROUP 15 4 3 Horseshoe Combo
4 4 Contrast Horseshoe
GROUP 4 1 2 Basic Flat Braid
4 5 Horseshoe Mix
1 3 Purl Center Flat Braid
4 6 Rib Triplet Horseshoe
1 4 Open Flat Braid
Projects Vest PAGE 61
GROUP 5 1 5 Basic Globe
Hat PAGE 65
1 6 Lace Globe
Sideways Pullover PAGE 67
1 7 Globe Braid 3
GROUP 6 1 8 Large 2-Step
Adding Breadth
PAGE 72
1 9 Large Purl Center 2-Step
2 0 Ladder 2-Step
GROUP 1 4 7 Small Center Stable
GROUP 7 21 Garter Fill 3-Step 4 8 Expanded 4/4
2 2 Twist 3-Step 4 9 Garter Center Stable
5 0 Lace Center Stable
GROUP 8 2 3 Basic 3/3/3 Braid
51 Big O Sampler
2 4 Rib 3/3/3
2 5 3/3/3 Mix GROUP 2 52 Seed Ridge Horseshoe
2 6 Knot 3/3/3 53 Seed Ridge Expansion
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Expanding
GROUP 3 54 Stable Braid PAGE 122
55 Twist Stable Braid
GROUP 1 8 3 Seed Rib Half Drop
5 6 Rib Braid
57 Mega Rib Braid GROUP 2 8 4 Rib Mock Mega
8 5 Twist Mock Mega
5 8 Double Twist Braid
5 9 Rope Braid GROUP 3 8 6 Rib Braid Combo
8 7 Twist Braid Combo
GROUP 4 6 0 Stable Lace
6 1 Stable Twist GROUP 4 8 8 Herringbone Lattice
6 2 Twist Center Lattice 8 9 Herringbone Composition
6 3 Stretch Twist Lattice 9 0 Swing Diamonds
6 4 Snug Lattice 9 1 Linked
GROUP 5 6 5 2/2 Share GROUP 5 9 2 Knot Lattice
6 6 Eyelet 2/2 Share 9 3 O Knot Lattice
6 7 Rope 2/2 Share 9 4 O Knot Singles
6 8 Drop Center 2/2 Share 9 5 O Knot Ogee
GROUP 6 6 9 1/1 Share Drop GROUP 6 9 6 Ribbon Weave
7 0 Share Center Drop 9 7 Uneven Weave
GROUP 7 71 2/2 Share Extend GROUP 7 9 8 Center Lattice
7 2 Chevron Share Tight
GROUP 8 9 9 Rib Share Lattice
7 3 Chevron Share Loose
1 00 Distant Share Lattice
GROUP 8 7 4 Medallion 1 01 Twist Share Lattice
7 5 Rope & Lasso 1 02 Cross Wave Rib
1 03 Perforated Rib Share
GROUP 9 7 6 1/1 Travel Share
7 7 Twist 1/1 Travel Share GROUP 9 1 04 1/1 Diamonds
7 8 Fancy 1/1 Travel Share 1 05 1/1 Diamond Twist
1 06 1/1 Diamond Fancy
GROUP 10 7 9 Rib Fantasy
8 0 Duel Rib Diamond GROUP 10 1 07 Medallion Expansion
GROUP 11 8 1 Rib & Rope GROUP 11 1 08 Dolled-Up Share
8 2 Elaborate Rib & Rope 1 09 Dolled-Up Separates
Projects Cloche PAGE 113
Projects Balaclava PAGE 161
Scarf PAGE 115
Wrap/Poncho PAGE 163
Top-Down Pullover PAGE 119
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Finding Motifs
PAGE 166 GROUP 11 1 42 Tilted Argyle
1 43 Open Butterfly
GROUP 1 1 10 To & Fro Fave
1 11 Incline Fave Projects Batwing Pullover PAGE 223
1 12 Fusion Poncho PAGE 227
1 13 Rib Blossom Chunky Cardigan PAGE 229
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1 14 Weeping Blossom
1 15 Cruller Chevron Drawing
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GROUP 2 1 16 Left Bias Weave
GROUP 1 1 44 Bulb
1 17 Right Bias Weave
GROUP 2 1 45 Macramé
1 18 Crosshatch Bias
1 46 Paisley Shadow
1 19 Crosshatch Weave
GROUP 3 1 47 Turnbuckle
GROUP 3 1 20 Alternate Taffy
1 48 Weave & Duck
1 21 Roofline
GROUP 4 1 49 Meander
GROUP 4 1 22 Free Ogee
1 50 Diverge
1 23 Ogee X
1 51 Fennec
1 24 Open Medallion
GROUP 5 1 52 Starburst
GROUP 5 1 25 Twist Argyle
Projects Flared Pullover PAGE 261
GROUP 6 1 26 Encase Diamond
Skirt PAGE 265
1 27 Diamond Stretch
Fitted Pullover PAGE 269
GROUP 7 1 28 Hexa Grid
Afghan PAGE 272
1 29 Hexa Compact
1 30 Hexa Bead Substitution PAGE 42
1 31 Hexa Frieze Reversibility PAGES 51, 83, 131
1 32 Hexa Paisley Alternate Yarns PAGE 95
1 33 Hexa Butterfly Travel Share Variations PAGE 107
Progression of O Knot Cables PAGE 139
GROUP 8 1 34 Moss X
Rib Share Lattice Variations PAGE 149
1 35 Wobble X
Introducing Fave PAGE 168
GROUP 9 1 36 Knots
Hexa Variations PAGE 197
1 37 X Knot Evolution
Rearranging Xs PAGE 209
1 38 X Knot Curve
Sinuous Lines PAGE 242
1 39 Rib X Knot
Mirroring PAGE 248
GROUP 10 1 40 Tilted Cube
Abbreviations PAGE 274
1 41 Tilted Cube Grid
Acknowledgments PAGE 275
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Introduction
I learned to knit the summer after I turned fourteen the night. Because there is a logic to cables, I generally
during a week-long visit with family friends in Princeton, fi nd them easy to memorize. I like when the trajectory
New Jersey. The weather outside was unbearably hot, of the stitches becomes obvious and I am freed from ref-
so my friend Grace and I retreated to her air-conditioned
erencing the chart or instructions too often. Then I
living room, where she taught me the basics.
can breeze through the knitting and enjoy the process
I caught on quickly, and my fi rst project—completed of watching the fabric form in my hands.
during that week—was a two-color hat worked in the After so many years of cable knitting, I admit that
round on size 4 needles. I returned home excited to knit what feels like a breeze to me could be more challenging
more and quickly started trying out textural stitches for you if you have less experience. My goal for this book is
and cables, and then designing my own garments. to share my enthusiasm for cable knitting—and knitting
My fi rst experience with cables came when I knit an in general—and to teach you what I have learned over the
Aran sampler and framed it like a piece of art for a school years so that you can uncover the underlying logic of any
social-studies project. Ever since then, I have been hooked. cable, mix and match cables in any project, and even
Today I love knitting cables, designing with cables, and, design your own cables. I have written it to be useful and
most of all, creating new cable patterns. I also love wearing inspiring for knitters of all levels of experience, whether
cabled garments. My wardrobe tends to be monochro- you are an enthusiastic beginner or a veteran designer.
matic, but cables and other textural work keep it from This is, in the most basic sense, a stitch dictionary
being dull. It probably doesn’t hurt that I am proud of my with 152 diff erent cable patterns and a project book fea-
Irish heritage; though several generations have passed turing 15 garments. But there is so much more. I have
since my relatives found thier way across the sea, the done my best to explain in words and photos how one cable
attraction to cabled fi sherman sweaters has persisted. design leads to the next—for example, how Incline Fave
While I am often inspired to knit because I like the leads to Weeping Blossom (see right and Chapter 5), and
fi nished product, I am, more than anything, a process I hope that this information will inspire you to try out
knitter—that is, I knit at least as much for the challenge many diff erent cables and also give you the confi dence to
and enjoyment of the process as for the pleasure and invent your own. Similarly, I designed the garments
pride of fi nishing. I can fi nd a certain meditative bliss so they can be knitted as is but also serve as templates
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Knitt myself I’ll just fi nish one more cross before I turn in for to use and the cables you are replacing have the same
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