Wheat ear cable

Knitted Textile

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BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library

Name/Title

Wheat ear cable

Entry/Object ID

2020.1.409

Description

From the book: "This is a dense cable having the same basic structure as Double Cable, but with the cabling rows closer together and one additional stitch in the center. The same Wheat Ear pattern may be worked on a panel of 13 sts, with a 9-stitch cable (reading “2" for "3" in Row 3.)"

Collection

Barbara Walker Swatch Project

Category

Chapter 11 : Cables

Acquisition

Accession

2020.1

Made/Created

Artist

Katherine Ellison

Time Period

circa 2020

Place

City

Somerset

State/Province

Michigan

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Notes

Katherine learned to knit from her aunt over 50 years ago. She knits almost everyday, everywhere.

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

knitters, knitting (needlework), knitting (process)

Parts

Count

2

Parts

Swatch, handwritten letter.

Color

Blue

Location

Box

Barbara Walker Swatch Collection

Room

Library