cable stitch

Related to cable stitch: Stem stitch

cable stitch

n.
A stitch in knitting that produces a twisted, ropelike design.
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cable stitch

n
(Knitting & Sewing)
a. a pattern or series of knitting stitches producing a design like a twisted rope
b. (as modifier): a cable-stitch sweater.
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ca′ble stitch`



n.
1. a series of knitting stitches to produce a cable pattern.
2. the pattern so produced.
[1885–90]
ca′ble-stitch`, v.i., v.t.
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Translations

cable stitch

npunto treccia
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
References in periodicals archive ?
Sara Louise Harper's Cable Confidence: A Guide to Textured Knitting furnishes a range of projects, intended to aid knitters and dispel the ambiguity encountered when first learning to read stitch charts, use cable stitch holders, and unscramble all the tricky subtlety built-into creation of lovely cable rich items.
Mix your knits - cable stitch, stockinette, crochet, even plaited rope - for a variety of touchable textures that create a room you just want to snuggle up in.
Knitting has an almost mathematical quality; it's a technical skill involving just the right amount of creativity and repetition to be meditative while practising my cable stitch or a simple intarsia.
Anja Bull knit a shawl with a complicated cable stitch in a dark shade of brown.
The following Christmas I finished knitting, just in time, a surprise cardigan of thick Aran wool in cable stitch. At that time I quite enjoyed doing 's2 k2 psso' and all that stuff.
If it was a film about a knitting circle, you'd be talking about cable stitch.
That full-length, hide-everything, woollen coat wasn't in cable stitch - it was in gable stitch.
Blankets offer color and texture on the bed through chevron, rib, cable stitch and herringbone designs.
Each chapter of "Heirloom Knitting Skills" is organized around a different stitch type, such as textured stitches, twisted stitches, raised stitches, cable stitches, lace stitches, and colorwork.
The procurement process will be undertaken by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), which plans to Purchase rough this notice, UNOPS announces its intent to purchase: hot rolled steel, Cold rolled steel, Steel and cable stitched wire, Chemicals for foam mattress manufacture (Polyol and TDI), Wood for furniture manufacture.