Edie Eckman and the Cabled Afghan Knit-Along
Edie Eckman has done us, beginner knitters, the wonderful favour of designing an amazing course on cable knitting. And what's more, it is free. This is the second project I've started and I recommend it wholeheartedly. It is amazing fun and the videos are great.
Here is the link for the Cabled Afghan Knit-Along. The course says it is for intermediate knitters, but don't worry about it. The videos are perfect for someone who has learned to knit and purl and knows nothing more. For example, the first video explains how to do the basic increases and decreases, kfb and k2tog, and that is how I learned them.
Here is another link Cabled-afghan-knit-along with PDF downloads. It includes not only the video lessons, but also the links to the pdf patterns which you'll absolutely need. This one is better than the first link, but I'll keep the two in case you find both useful.
You have to register at Creativebug to take the course, but, unlike most other courses there, you do not need to pay anything.
The end product is a very beautiful Cabled Afghan that works as a cable library too. What I mean is that later if you want to add a cable to a basic sweater, a scarf, a hat, or whatever, you just need to take a look at your afghan and choose your favourite cable. A very hard choice indeed, they all look great.
What I love the most about this project is that even though it is pretty long, which could result in that dreadful never-ending-project anxiety, it is divided in relatively small pieces. Each time I finish one of these I get a 'I'm so proud' kick and want to start a new one right away. Not only that, but as the squares are all different, I'm never bored by doing the same thing over-and-over-and-over again.
I'm thinking that I'd like to do a bigger afghan, to cover my bed, and when I'm finished with the squares I intend to add some more of my own creation before finishing off as suggested in the last video.
Here is the link for the Cabled Afghan Knit-Along. The course says it is for intermediate knitters, but don't worry about it. The videos are perfect for someone who has learned to knit and purl and knows nothing more. For example, the first video explains how to do the basic increases and decreases, kfb and k2tog, and that is how I learned them.
Here is another link Cabled-afghan-knit-along with PDF downloads. It includes not only the video lessons, but also the links to the pdf patterns which you'll absolutely need. This one is better than the first link, but I'll keep the two in case you find both useful.
You have to register at Creativebug to take the course, but, unlike most other courses there, you do not need to pay anything.
The end product is a very beautiful Cabled Afghan that works as a cable library too. What I mean is that later if you want to add a cable to a basic sweater, a scarf, a hat, or whatever, you just need to take a look at your afghan and choose your favourite cable. A very hard choice indeed, they all look great.
What I love the most about this project is that even though it is pretty long, which could result in that dreadful never-ending-project anxiety, it is divided in relatively small pieces. Each time I finish one of these I get a 'I'm so proud' kick and want to start a new one right away. Not only that, but as the squares are all different, I'm never bored by doing the same thing over-and-over-and-over again.
I'm thinking that I'd like to do a bigger afghan, to cover my bed, and when I'm finished with the squares I intend to add some more of my own creation before finishing off as suggested in the last video.
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