cable/braid question

historienne · 06-17-2007, 07:32 PM

hello knitters,

just wondering about how to make a braid in a pattern as opposed to a cable. i've seen knitted stuff with cool looking braids, but i'm not sure how to make them. i can cable until the cows come home, but this has me a bit unsure.

thoughts?

best sunday to all,

historienne

ekgheiy · 06-18-2007, 12:41 AM

Originally Posted by historienne

hello knitters,

just wondering about how to make a braid in a pattern as opposed to a cable. i've seen knitted stuff with cool looking braids, but i'm not sure how to make them. i can cable until the cows come home, but this has me a bit unsure.

thoughts?

best sunday to all,

historienne

What's the difference between a cable and a braid?

I thought a braid was a type of cable, not separate from a cable.

suzeeq · 06-18-2007, 12:54 AM

They're a similar technique just depends how many strands are over/under another.

sue

historienne · 06-18-2007, 12:55 AM

hmmm....

you might be right. i'm not a very experienced knitter. i could be just imagining that i've seen a braid as opposed to a cable. to my mind, a braid looks to sort of have two parts that curve towrds each other whle a cable twists around itself.

who knows?!

best,
h.

historienne · 06-18-2007, 12:56 AM

sue,

can you explain more? i can't quite picture it...

best,
h.

Ingrid · 06-18-2007, 01:01 AM

A braid uses 3 sections where you alternate cabling the sections.

Actually feministmama just posted this chart for a braid

suzeeq · 06-18-2007, 01:03 AM

A cable usually only has two sections that cross over and/or under, while a braid could have more, like a hair braid. However, here's an example of a braided scarf, much like the one in scarf style, but the technique used to make it is cabling - http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=176869.0 There really isn't much difference.

sue

ekgheiy · 06-18-2007, 01:06 AM

Aha ... sounds like a complicated cable ... as if cabling needs to be made more complex ...

historienne · 06-18-2007, 01:07 AM

all,

hooray! i think i'm catching on...thanks for all the links and advice!

best sunday eve,
historienne

suzeeq · 06-18-2007, 01:08 AM

It's no more complicated than a regular cable... if it's written out and not charted.

sue, thinks charts are a pita...