Cables 101
Learn how to knit cables in this course for beginners with Tabetha Hedrick: including best yarns, cable tools, reading charts and demonstrations.
There is something magical about the swirl and dance of cables. There are so many different kinds of cables, so the possibilities are are endless! If you’ve always wanted to learn how to knit cables, but have hesitated to do so, the Cables 101 course is for you!
In this workshop, Tabetha Hedrick teaches you:
- What is a cable
- The tools you’ll need to achieve cable success
- How to read cable abbreviations and cable charts
- How to knit 3, 4, and 5 stitch cables
- How to knit without a cable needle
- How to fix cable mistakes
Included in this workshop is a handout containing two cable sample patterns for you to work along with Tabetha’s lessons and some suggestions of cable patterns found on our SweetGeorgia Yarns shop! Check out the Class Resources and Handouts page before you get started!
All of the chat and progress will be shared over at the forum, with social media posts shared using the tags: #sosknitting and #schoolofsweetgeorgia.
The tubular cast on is an invisible cast on that’s great for hems, cuffs, and ribbing edges where you want to have a bit of elasticity. It creates a super stretchy and beautiful edging for your knit pieces, and in Tabetha`s @tabismiles new How to Work a Tubular Cast On post, you can find a step-by-step tutorial on how to work these cast on stitches!
Find the new Tubular Cast On post at the School – link in bio »
Shown in the image is Kristen`s @kristentendyke Drifter pattern, knit in @sweetgeorgia Superwash Worsted.
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Lisa Congdon calls it loud quitting: an assertive and unapologetic no to everything in her life she finds draining, feels done with, one-sided, obligatory, without purpose or joy. Sounds cathartic. If project management is a matter of managing our motivation, then loud quitting is the decision to face our setbacks and hang-ups, evaluate the project, and get rid of it completely. It is time to get frogging.
At Amanda Buckley`s @mandythephilomath new article `Frogging & The Art of Project Management`, continue reading about frogging and the anatomy of a quit. We can undo a little bit to fix an error, or we can undo the whole lot and reclaim the yarn. Both options are valuable tools in the art of project management. Find the article link in our link in bio!
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Have you ever wished you knew exactly what yarn to get in a rush order or trip to an LYS, that you could predict the finished drape and feel of your project, or (gasp) could skip gauge swatching? I have some tips and tricks on creating a gauge library to help you with all three of the objectives above. (Okay, you might not be able to skip gauge swatching; Tabetha Hedrick, SweetGeorgia’s guru of gauge, is watching me! But having a gauge library will make that step go by just a little quicker!)
Continue reading Ruth Nguyen`s @redearthdesignstudio new How to Create a Gauge Library article, where we hope you are inspired to start your own. Knowledge is power, and knowledge that is catalogued and easy to access is that much more powerful—especially when it comes to our knitting and crochet projects!
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How do you learn to design a sweater? Where would you even start? What features would you want your garment to have? These are the questions our SOS video editor, Leah @thecraftycolon, brought to Tabetha @tabismiles when she thought of a cardigan she just had to make.
With the final lesson now available, it`s time to see the beautiful cabled cardigan Leah desgined from scratch with Tabetha`s help at Leah Learns Design! Leah shares her custom design sweater, what she would improve the next time she designs a garment, and what she learnt from the design process.
Watch the lesson video at the Leah Learns Design workshop »
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Sweater knitting can be a daunting task as there seems to be so many steps and so many places where it can all go wrong. But, just like any life challenge, if you break the large task into small manageable ones, you can start knitting sweaters like a pro!
Part of the Knit Your First Sweater course at the schoolofsweetgeorgia, the Flannery sweater pattern (also available for individual download) has recently been updated by Tabetha tabismiles. Now including a handy-dandy little spreadsheet (on Google Sheets), it will enable you to plug in your stitch and row gauge, along with your own measurements, to get completely customized stitch and row counts for the pattern!
All you have to do is buy Flannery and click the “Customize Your Sweater” link and that’ll take you to the spreadsheet. Copy it over to your own Google Drive and you’ll be able to use it over and over again (without having to do any math). AND, to make it even easier, you can get Flannery for 20% off with the code HOLDALONGSWEATER until the end of February 14th. It’s the perfect oversized, cozy sweater!
I have been trying to design a triangular shawl. I can’t stop making charts, finding bunch of mistakes and fixing them! This is so addicting 😍 I took designing course at schoolofsweetgeorgia and it has been very helpful ❤️
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We’re excited to kick off our February Hold-Along tomorrow and hope you’re just as eager to join in. Last week, we talked about why double (triple, quadruple) stranding is awesome, so hopefully your imagination is running away with you on all the options you can try out. Have you made your Hold-Along plans yet?
If a sweater is in your Hold-Along plans, then guess what?! The Flannery sweater pattern has been updated with a handy-dandy little spreadsheet (on Google Sheets) that will enable you to plug in your stitch and row gauge, along with your own measurements, to get completely customized stitch and row counts for the pattern. It’s the perfect oversized, cozy sweater.
You can find all of the info at today`s blog post (link in bio) along with the discount code to get the Flannery pattern for 20% OFF! Plus, check back at the SweetGeorgia blog tomorrow, February 1st, for our Hold-Along official cast on!
Flannery – design by Tabetha Hedrick tabismiles
Shown knit in SweetGeorgia Superwash Worsted in Lilac and modelled by Charlotte charlotte_milkteacup at SweetGeorgia!
If there’s a universal truth in the world of fibre arts, it’s that fibre artists love colour! Embroidery on knit fabric is one of the oldest methods of adding colour because it works perfectly with the structure. As multicraftual makers, we have the skills (or the ability to learn) to combine crafts for that much more joy and colour!
Continue reading Ruth Nguyen`s @redearthdesignstudio new article `Add Colour with Embroidery on Knit Fabric` where Ruth hopes the demo will leave you feeling inspired and excited about the possibilities for embroidering your knits!
Find the new post at the SOS Articles section—direct link in bio »
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Cables 101 Worksheet
Cable Pattern Ideas
- Adamello (Use two strands of SweetGeorgia Superwash Worsted held double with a 6.0 mm (US 10) or 8.0 mm (US 11) to substitute for Superwash Six)
- Evening
- Oatland
- Duplin Mitts
- Saru (Use two strands of SweetGeorgia Superwash Worsted held double with a 6.0 mm (US 10) or 8.0 mm (US 11) to substitute for Superwash Six)
Remember your 15% off discount as a SOS member available here: https://www.schoolofsweetgeorgia.com/sweetgeorgia-discount/
Course Content
About Instructor
Course Includes
- 17 Lessons
- Course Certificate
