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6 HD Video Lessons
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Fiona Ellis
Lifelong knitter and fashion knitwear designer Fiona Ellis is an author of two books ("Inspired Cable Knits," and "Inspired Fair Isle Knits") and her inspired patterns are widely published in esteemed knitting publications. She has been described by Vogue Knitting Magazine as "a master at combining textures and knitting techniques in new and creative ways." View profile »
Creative Cabled Necklines
with Fiona Ellis
In this free mini-class, knitwear designer and author Fiona Ellis shows you how to bring the focus to your face by adding interesting, dramatic neckline features to cabled garments.
Learn focal point design principles and how to create areas of interest with lines and textures, then discover how to design or modify existing patterns to make your cables run into or around the neckline. Incorporate functional and stylish I-cords into your knitwear, and let Fiona show you how to extend your stitches past the garment's edge for a look that’s off the charts!
Get creative with your neckline – sign up today for Creative Cabled Necklines.
What You’ll Learn
- To extend your cable stitches past the edges of the garment
- To make any neckline a cabled focal point
- To develop your garment design skills
- To modify cable stitch patterns and use them to their best advantage
- Neat applications for I-cords, including bows, buttons and lacing patterns
Also on Craftsy: Mastering Cable Design with Fiona Ellis
What You'll Need:
- Cable patterns (several are included with this class, along with online pattern resources)
Lesson Plan
| 1 | Welcome to Your FREE Mini-Class! | 0:51 |
| 2 | Introduction | 7:07 |
| 3 | Necklines: More Than Neatening | 8:42 |
| 4 | Cable Patterns | 8:40 |
| 5 | Framing the Neckline | 4:05 |
| 6 | Neat Additions | 7:05 |
Skills you should have:
- Imagination for designing new projects!
- Read charts
- Work increases and decreases
- Read a basic pattern
- Cast on
- Bind off
- Knit and purl
Recent 5 star reviews of this class
Average Review:
No More Boring Necklines
Thank You for a wonderful informative class, this is just what I needed. I look forward to making swatches and I cord, and applying it to my garments. I am just starting to use simple cables in my knitting , so far socks and short sleeve summer knits. My next cabling project hopefully will be a sweater for my mother, with cables. I am taking the Celtic Cables class next. This is so much fun, and what you've done is so inspiring, would love to take the designing cables class in the future.
awesome
Just loved all the examples and beautiful designs - - thank you!
Excellent!
Makes me look at necklines in a new way - will apply from every sweater on out. Excellent presentation. Also learned the important role of seams - will reconsider seamless for future knits in lieu of pieced construction. Makes me love cables so much more! Thank you Fiona!!
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
What a wonderful gift. I am in awe of and inspired by the beautiful examples provided and can?t wait to incorporate them into my projects. I will definitely refer to the class notes often. Thank you for sharing ?
I agree - A must for any knitter
I found this class to be a wonderful introduction to the creative possiblities for cabled necklines. The swatches were great visuals and I can't wait to swatch my own ideas. Thank you Fiona! You were very inspiring. I am looking forward to more classes on Craftsy.
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