In Stitches: Cable Workshop

Today my mum, our friend, Elaine and I went to a cable knitting workshop at a yarn shop in York. The overall aim of the workshop was to make a cushion cover out of patches of different cable patterns (although there is a second part to this course that I won't be able to attend in which the cover is completed).
It was really good fun! There was us three and three other women and the girl running the course, who was lovely!
We just had to bring our own 4mm needles and then we were able to choose 4 balls of yarn to work with, amazingly they had two grey-browns and 2 muted blues that work perfectly with the room my parents just had decorated at home, so I grabbed those quick!
We were then given cable needles and print outs of 8 patterns and worded instructions.

We started with simple S and Z cables, then moved on to things a little more complicated like braids and honeycomb.

S-spin cable

 my yarns 

The first half of a diamond pattern (see the navy blue on the sample cushion)

Braid cable (it looks like plaits in your hair) 

 The sample cushion made by our instructor 

(s-spin, braid, honeycomb, diamond, z-spin, stockinette stitch, X's & O's, owls, moving cables)

S-spin cable

Owl cables

Yes, Owls! 

Noughts and Crosses 

Diamond Cable

As you can see, we only did small amounts of each patch during the workshop, so this is a work in progress! I'm hoping to finish this pretty soon, it's really satisfying work and I feel really proud of myself for creating such cool and difficult patterns! So, I will keep you posted and let you know when it's done!

We did the workshop at the wonderful Knit & Stitch and I'm hoping I'll be able to attend another soon.