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Crafts. Nonfiction. HTML: Knitted cables, with their three-dimensional twists and turns, are a common element in lots of patterns �?? but most patterns don't include directions for executing them. Cable Left, Cable Right, by expert knitter Judith Durant, eliminates the mystery with detailed, in-depth instructions for creating 94 different styles of cable, from perfectly plain to fantastically fancy. Close-up photos and clear instructions teach you the techniques you need, including design options like braids, diamonds, and pretzels so you can make your cables truly one-of-a-kind. This book is the perfect companion to any knitting pattern featuring cables, giving you the information and skills to make polished, beautiful, and unique cables for any project.… (more)
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LibraryThing member MontzaleeW
Cable Left, Cable Right by Judith Durant is a very detailed and charming book on knitting patterns. The book is not for the very beginner who is just picking up a knitting needle for the first time but for the knitter who wants to learn some cool patterns and do them properly. She starts the book
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off by showing the tools and cable symbols that will be used in the book then goes on to show several close up and detailed images of the real knitting performed for that symbol. She does this with all the symbols so the reader knows what each one of the symbol is referring to. A handy tool to have! Next come the tips that are useful also. Soon she shows many patterns from simple to difficult, braiding, pretzels, combining, one to two colors, adding texture, fillers and bobbles, reversible, adding beads, all with patterns and wonderful close up images. I am not sure how many patterns are in the book but it is filled! She ends with design considerations such as increasing and decreasing patterns, calculating take-up and splay. I found it very interesting and informative. I received this book from NetGalley for a honest review and it in no way effected my rating or review content. Show Less
LibraryThing member Dokfintong
"Cable Left, Cable Right" is a feeble offering compared to the Mon Tricot knitting dictionaries I use when designing fancy knitting projects. Too few patterns, too many words, assembled in drab Storey Publishing colors. Ms Durant prefers charted patterns over written ones so watch out if you have
If you want to knit cables, Mon Tricot knitting dictionaries can be found for nearly nothing in used book shops, library or community fundraising sales, or estate sales of people who knit. Even new online they are inexpensive. I think you will find them to be a much better value than this book.
I received a review copy of "Cable Left, Cable Right: 94 Knitted Cables" by Judith Durant (Storey) through NetGalley.com.
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an astigmatism.If you want to knit cables, Mon Tricot knitting dictionaries can be found for nearly nothing in used book shops, library or community fundraising sales, or estate sales of people who knit. Even new online they are inexpensive. I think you will find them to be a much better value than this book.
I received a review copy of "Cable Left, Cable Right: 94 Knitted Cables" by Judith Durant (Storey) through NetGalley.com.
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LibraryThing member kirstenlund
I''m so glad this isn't a written version of the patterns. It open several possibilities for me. I can easily incorporate this into my pattern chart when needed without twisting my head and wonder how to do it understandably.
LibraryThing member jjmcgaffey
Interesting and useful, I think - I knit, but I've never done cables. I found several patterns here that I'd like to do (just need to think of a project they'd work on). The instructions seem clear - I prefer the written ones to the charts, but I can see the utility of the charts for a pattern with
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a long repeat. And I suspect I'll like the charts better when I'm more familiar with them. Besides the patterns, each accompanied with a knitted and nicely photographed swatch, there's several chapters of discussion of what cables are and how to use them, and tips and tricks for working with them, including one at the end on dealing with the fact that cables draw in the work - since they cross over, a piece with cables in it will be narrower than a piece with the same number of stitches and no cables. There are methods of dealing with that, and the author goes over them pretty thoroughly. I received a copy through NetGalley for review. Show Less
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