Harry Wells
Friday AM
One can spend a knitting lifetime exploring the various lovely twists and turns that make up regular cable combinations. Now add color to that mix! One-color cable patterns against a different background color, different color cable strands meandering all over and among each other, striped cables, and bi-color rope cables are some of the combinations covered. You will be amazed at how the same cable pattern can produce very different visual experiences by changing which stitch columns receive color. And discover the fun of experimenting with color placement as you learn how to convert a cable chart into a color cable chart using graph paper and/or a charting program.
Skill Level: Intermediate. Participants should be able to accomplish long tail cast-on, and stitches such as knit, purl, K2tog, SSK, YO, and know how to do a basic rope cable. Knowledge of how to read knitting chart with cable symbols.
Student Supplies:
4 balls of worsted weight yarn (25 grams each) in four different colors, with at least two colors being medium or light colors. Wool or predominantly wool blend yarn recommended. Needles in size you normally use for worsted weight. (For most people, that means US size 6, 7, or 8.) Stitch markers, locking stitch markers, cable needle. Colored Pencils (at least 10 colors) and graph paper.
Optional: Reference books/stitch dictionaries with cable stitch patterns
Homework: None
Materials Fee: None