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Rachel Coopey's Areto hat is one of the designs in Something New to Learn About Cables, and is the perfect design for newer cablers to practise their skills. Image © Jesse Wild.
Rachel Coopey's Areto hat is one of the designs in Something New to Learn About Cables, and is the perfect design for newer cablers to practise their skills. Our video will get new cablers started with crossing their stitches.
Read moreSocks Yeah! DK is our chosen yarn for all of the projects in Something New To Learn About Cables. It has all the features we want.
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The show-stopping Pleione blanket by Lucy Hague. Image © Jesse Wild.
Chapter 3 of Something New to Learn About Cables features tutorials for advanced cable techniques such as axis cables and knot cables. Knot cables feature in Lucy Hague's Pleione cowl and Pleione Blanket patterns that accompany the chapter.
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Otrera mitts by Jen Arnall-Culliford. Image © Jesse Wild.
Chapter 2 of Something New To Learn About Cables features tutorials on what to do when something goes wrong with your cable. The accompanying patterns are the Otrera Mittens and Mitts by Jen Arnall-Culliford.
Read moreChapter 1 of Something New To Learn About Cables covers basic cable techniques and is supported by the Areto Hat by Rachel Coopey.
Read moreWe are proud to announce the launch of Something New To Learn About Cables, the second book we have published.
Read moreIt's December so, in the Northern Hemisphere at least, it's going to be cold. Your feet will really appreciate being wrapped up in something thick to keep the cold out and these socks are just the trick. You can find out all about the ideas in the blog post I wrote way back in August.
Read moreThe mornings have turned crisper, and we are rummaging for gloves and scarves before we leave for the school run, so what could be better to be knitting than a cosy cabled scarf?
Read moreWe've been back from Shetland for a fortnight and I'm still daydreaming about when I will get back there. I keep squeezing balls of Shetland wool and thinking about casting on new projects. I designed a hat for this year's Wool Week Annual which I haven't yet shared here. Sumburgh hat is a beanie with fine twisted stitch cables winding seamlessly from brim to crown.
Read moreI've never been in a charity calendar (and never will), but for the purposes of A Year of Techniques, I'm Mr December. The combination of the deep green colour of the yarn we chose for the project and the tangled cable pattern made me think of the ivy that grew up the side of our shed many years ago. Hedera Helix, the Latin name for ivy, seemed apt.
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