Norah Gaughan's Knitted Cable Sourcebook: A Breakthrough Guide to Knitting with Cables and Designing Your Own

by Norah Gaughan, Jared Flood (Photographer)

Overview

A groundbreaking stitch dictionary from a cable master, featuring 150 cable stitch patterns and fifteen garment patterns to test your skills.

This guide for the modern knitter presents more than 150 new and innovative cable stitch patterns ranging from basic to complex and offers enlightening insight into how cables are engineered, how knitters can design their own, and how knitters can mix and match cables in a knitting pattern. Teacher, author, and master knitter Norah Gaughan shares her design principles and offers clear cable-making instruction throughout, always in a conversational, easy-to-understand voice that proceeds naturally, as one cable idea leads to the next. Master the art of cable knitting, then test your newfound skills with the fifteen garment patterns for wraps, sweaters, and accessories.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781613122914
Publisher:	ABRAMS, Inc.
Publication date:	04/22/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	276
Sales rank:	388,929
File size:	66 MB
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About the Author

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. She is the author of Knitting Nature, Comfort Knitting & Crochet: Afghans, and Comfort Knitting & Crochet: Babies & Toddlers.
Norah Gaughan, author of STC’s Knitting Nature and Comfort Knitting & Crochet: Afghans, is Berroco’s design director; her work has been published by almost all of the major yarn companies and knitting magazines in the industry. She lives in New Hampshire.

Editorial Reviews

01/01/2017
Gaughan (Knitting Nature) is a well-known figure in the knitting world whose textured designs bring high-fashion to handknit garments and accessories. Her latest is a cable-focused stitch dictionary featuring over 150 different knitted cables, along with projects that highlight their beauty. Gaughan takes plenty of time to explain cable knitting skills, including chart reading, and the patterns can be customized based on her Stockinette Stitch Equivalent system, which describes cables based on both the number of stitches and on the width of the panel. Each design includes a close-up, full-color photograph, often featuring multiple crosses, as well as written and charted instructions. VERDICT With designs ranging from basic ropes to elaborate cabled panels with multiple crossings, and styles ranging from traditional to eye-catchingly modern, this collection is a must for fans of cable knitting.

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