I made an LJ feed for the supper club (bakerst_supper)- I'd like to spend more (read: any) time on the forums, but at least now I know when it's updated!
I haven't done a lot of cable. However, if you can find a copy (Amazon is not providing; it must be out of print) I can't sing enough praises for Vogue Knitting Stitchionary volume 2, Cables. It divides cables into type (starting with "easy") and for every pattern there is a photo, chart, and written instructions (including what the cable abbreviations mean for every single pattern - you don't have to flip to an index). Best, the abbreviation is how you hold the stitches, not how the cable goes: tell me "cable four left" and I'm "dur?" Tell me "cable four front" and that makes complete sense! Even nicer for those of us who try to design a bit, the photos are of swatches, not a detail of a larger piece, so you can see how much any given pattern will pull.
All this and there are 202 different cable patterns/variations.
If you can lay your hands on the thing - It's ISBN 1-931543-89-5 - it's worth its weight in gold for making cables understandable.
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I haven't done a lot of cable. However, if you can find a copy (Amazon is not providing; it must be out of print) I can't sing enough praises for Vogue Knitting Stitchionary volume 2, Cables. It divides cables into type (starting with "easy") and for every pattern there is a photo, chart, and written instructions (including what the cable abbreviations mean for every single pattern - you don't have to flip to an index). Best, the abbreviation is how you hold the stitches, not how the cable goes: tell me "cable four left" and I'm "dur?" Tell me "cable four front" and that makes complete sense! Even nicer for those of us who try to design a bit, the photos are of swatches, not a detail of a larger piece, so you can see how much any given pattern will pull.
All this and there are 202 different cable patterns/variations.
If you can lay your hands on the thing - It's ISBN 1-931543-89-5 - it's worth its weight in gold for making cables understandable.