New Florence Handbag

New Florence Handbag! Knitted in a traveling cable pattern with bobbles. I based it on a Saxon Braid cable pattern.

panel from Florence handbag

Cables are often used to make braid like patterns. Usually, the cables themselves are with a knit stitch while the background is done in purl or seed stitch. As the number of cables increases, the number of crossing patterns increases as well. Cables create various visual effects by shifting the center lines of the undulating cables, or by changing the space between the cables, making them denser or more open. 

The six-cable braid, meaning made of 6 stitches, is called a Saxon braid. This is a large motif, often used as a centerpiece of an Aran sweaters. See how the cables travel over and under each other in my picture? By changing where the cables intersect one another I can make the cable go under or over each other. Pretty cool huh. 

Florence handbag

Bobbles are the round ball like protrusions in the pattern. They are made by putting many stitches in one stitch and worked in a few rows, then put back on the needle when completed.

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New Hand Knitted Backpack

Chenille Tan Backpack
 
















Hand knitted in an all around cable pattern in 3 different colors, tan, light tan and gold. In soft chenille yarn. The chenille gives the appearance of suede. For more details click here!

Cable Knitting

Aran Sweater Example

I just added the Rome handbag. Inspired by the TV cooking show Faces of Italy.  It is knitted in a cable pattern. A cable is a knitting stitch that you knit the stitches out of order to make the fabric bumpy Most people are familiar with cable  patterns from Aran sweaters or Fisherman sweaters.

Rome handbag detail with cable pattern

I just knitted a simple cable stitch using a 4 stitch multiple. Take 2 stitches off the knitting needle and put those stitches on another needle or cable needle, and hold it in front of my knitting and then I knit the next 2 stitches. Then I knit the 2 stitches from the cable needle. That's it! Oh I did put some other stitches in between the cables.