#cable knit

[sourcedecay]

Finished this sweater 🧶🍐

[deeply-winter]

quantity over quality is the key when starting a new craft/hobby/whatever

It took me thousands of stitches to figure out the best way to knit, to purl, to tension my yarn. I tried English and continental. Circular and straight needles.

All the advice and videos and tips in the world won’t replace actually doing the thing. Over and over. And ripping it all up and starting over.

[avatar-of-the-vast]

Interested in cool cable knitting patterns?

I've made a site where you can make your own

I learned to knit a while ago specifically to make cool braid patterns with cable knitting and I'm also a web developer

So I made this

You can make a braid and it will create a cable knitting pattern out of it

It starts with this here, you can change the size with the inputs above and when you hover over crossings you can click and it will change how it crosses (right over left, left over right, or parallel)

Every time you do it updates this pattern down here that you can follow to knit that braid

There are notes and abbreviations listed on the site for the specifics

Please tag me if you make things with this I'm so proud of it :)

[17unfinishedprojects]

Vintage Knitting/Crochet Patterns Masterlist

Recently, I’ve been getting really into more older styles of knit and crochet, and in my search for vintage patterns I’ve come across a ton of sites and articles that have been incredibly helpful to me, so I thought I’d share them all with you. The majority of these are free, and this post is still being updated as I find more. Hope you enjoy!

(p.s. most of the places you can get crochet patterns are in the ‘Misc.’ section bc most sites have both knit and crochet patterns)

Knitting:

vintageknittingpatternarchive.com

An archive featuring a variety of patterns from the 1920s-1980s

Pros:

Completely free

You can search by bust size, colorwork, yarn weight, decade, and clothing article

Also features some crochet patterns

Cons:

The site can be hard to navigate

vam.ac.uk

An article featuring a 15 clothing patterns from the 1940s

Pros:

Completely free

Cons:

Only has instructions for one size

sunnystitcher.gumroad.com

A collection of vintage knit clothing patterns from the 1930s-1970s

Pros:

A “name your own price” site, you can choose to pay $0 if you choose

Cons:

Not a lot of patterns

aranpatternarchive.com

A collection of vintage aran knitting patterns

Pros:

Completely free

Has a wide variety of patterns

Crochet:

antiquecrochetpatterns.com

An archive featuring a variety of vintage crochet patterns

Pros:

Completely free

A lot of home décor patterns

Cons:

Most of the clothing patterns are for babies and children

A lot of the patterns are currently unavailable due to the site being updated

Misc:

thevintagepatternfiles.blogspot.com

Pros:

Completely free

Has patterns in different languages, including Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, and Russian

Has patterns dating back to the 1800s

You can search by size, clothing article, and decade

Cons:

The site can be a hard to navigate.

marymaxim.com

A collection of vintage knit/crochet patterns

Pros:

You can filter by pattern type and yarn weight

The patterns are relatively cheap, ranging from $0.99-$4.99

Cons:

No free patterns

You can’t filter by size

trove.nla.gov.au

A blog post featuring 2 vintage knit patterns and 1 vintage crochet pattern

Pros:

Completely free

Cons:

Patterns may be hard to read because they appear as old newspaper/magazine excerpts

antiquepatternlibrary.org

An archive featuring a variety of vintage knitting, crochet, embroidery, sewing, quilting, macrame, weaving, tapestry, and many more pattens.

Pros:

Completely free

Wide variety of patterns across many crafts

Cons:

Website has an older layout and can be hard to navigate

(p.p.s I didn’t put cons on a few of them bc I honestly didn’t find any. If you encounter any problems with any of these sites let me know and I will add that to the con list.)

(p.p.p.s. if you have any other websites you use for vintage patterns please share them I’m always in need of more)

[coolearistrashcollection]

Probably no one is interested in this but like,, it’s knitting season and I already started off strong:

Behold, the sugarplum pullover using langyarn’s orion in blue/green.

I need to buy one more skein and then I’ll be able to finish it. I’ll post the result too.

[loveshetlands]

[crazypercheron]

boo ya, guess who won this round of Yarn chicken, that's right, this old lady lol

like look at how much I had left but I made it, I successfully made it with 6 skeins of yarn. Even though this is my 3rd personal sweater, this is the very first sweater I knitted that’s a cabled sweater.

[icterid-rubus]

A complete panic knit for my friend. I started to think about what would happen if we had another 18° winter and so pumped out this hardy, if unpractical, sweater. It’s non-superwash wool, but I figure it’s better to have as an option on a really cold day than not. I finished it off with some little bone buttons that I love so much.

[textilefile]

First try on of this cable knit project (that’s probably about 80 hours of work so far) plus the yarn winding up into a cool pattern

[toyastales]

Getting Down To Business

[nonbinary-octopus]

hello knitblr?

I am a novice knitter writing a story in which a master knitter is knitting gifts

and I have no grasp of time estimates

initially I was thinking I could have him knitting a project in the background for a month or two and then surprise, it's your Christmas present! But then I looked up reference pics for the sort of hat I was picturing, and one recipe said it could be done in a couple of hours, so he probably wouldn't be working on it for that long.

soooo

then I thought. what if multiple items? Hat, gloves, scarf, maybe even some cozy socks? But would that be too large a project for that time span?

So. Here is my question.

If you were to knit all of those things, all of them with pretty braided cables, how long would it take?

The gloves might be fingered or fingerless, idk.

also they're all in matching yarn, which is soft and warm. (I don't know yarn weights either...)

...also how much measuring would you need? suppose you wanted it to be a surprise, yet fit reasonably well, is that feasible?

A scarf I'm sure is pretty one size fits all, and hats more or less are too, but gloves and socks?

and, related question, how long does a sweater take? This one does not need to fit within any time span, it's more for a "You made this!?" "Yep! Took me [amount of time]" exchange.

Also with braided cables, as it is the appreciation of the sweater that inspires the creation of the other items.

[corruptedeclipse]

Brand new drop from @noirandchocolate over in our Etsy store!

Buy the Seaglass Blanket here!

Get warm and cozy with this hand made blanket. Featuring twenty different cable knit squares in five colors of blue, green and teal. Made with premium, ultra soft wool/acrylic blend yarn, and totaling over 160 hours of work, this piece is perfect for snuggling up under in the cold months to come. You can also use it as a beautiful decorative piece to throw on the bed, the couch or your favorite armchair. This blanket was carefully crafted over many hours, and will last for many years to come — a perfect gift or a special treat for yourself!

[throwing-roses-into-the-abyss]

I started knitting my first ever cable sweater (with hearts!!) about a week ago and now the top of the back is done! it's looking so good!

I'm still not a fan of knitting in the round on cables ngl, it's putting more weight on my hands and actively making my posture worse, plus I get annoyed with the actual cable flopping around and needles constantly unscrewing, so I'll be glad to go back to straight needles after this, but hopefully I'll have a cool sweater at the end of it at least

the next step for now though is doing the top of the front before I can connect it to the back and continue in the round

[raintobe7]

Book Club Cardigan pattern by Sari Nourland

[17unfinishedprojects]

Day 7 progress on my cable knit sweater

Fuck

[twisted--stitches]

Finally finished my second Salty Days Sweater by Kutovakika! It turned out so soft and cozy! (although I accidentally made the sleeves a little too long but thats okay its cozy)