Capping a Cable with Barbara G Walker’s method from A third treasury of Knitted Patterns

Barbara G Walker and Melissa Leapman both use this method for “capping a cable” AKA closing a ring design.  I think it’s sheer brilliance.  Elsebeth Lavold uses a different method, someday I want to make a medallion combining the two Continue reading Capping a Cable with Barbara G Walker’s method from A third treasury of Knitted Patterns

A Tutorial on Combined Kitchener’s Stitch/Swiss Darning for attaching knit applique

I love the way knit stitches can flip over and camouflage themselves, so that they mimic themselves upside-down.   Continuous Cables (called Ring Cables in the 3rd Treasury of Knitting Patterns) are a great example of this, so are provisional cast Continue reading A Tutorial on Combined Kitchener’s Stitch/Swiss Darning for attaching knit applique

Christmas Tree Increases – a variation on Barbara G Walker’s technique for increasing in one stitch.

(Note: I now have a Knitting Design Blog with this information in a tidier format at http://www.christineguestdesigns.com/blog/ring-cables/ July 24, 2015) I think that the closed ring designs in Barbara G Walker’s Charted Knitting Designs are ingenious.  I’m a bit surprised Continue reading Christmas Tree Increases – a variation on Barbara G Walker’s technique for increasing in one stitch.