Viking Cables: How they are knit // Technique Tuesday

This video explains the difference between closed-ring cables (originally created by Barbara G Walker) and Viking cables, created by Elsebeth Lavold. Many designers have made minor modifications to Walker's closed-ring cable technique, but Lavold's technique has some significant differences. Buy me a coffee on Ko-fi! https://www.ko-fi.com/roxannerichardson To jump to a specific point in the video, click on the adjacent time stamped link: Introduction: 0:00 What are Viking cables?: 0:27 How to start a Viking cable: Starting a Viking (closed) cable: 1:47 Second increase row: 4:49 How to end a Viking cable: 6:57 Comparing Viking cables to closed-ring cables: 11:20 Pattern for the red shawl with Viking cables available here: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/leif-3 The book which first introduced closed-ring cables Charted Knitting Designs; A Third Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara G. Walker https://amzn.to/2JKDOb0 Elsebeth Lavold's Viking Cables books: Viking Patterns for Knitting https://amzn.to/2NAPhL4 Viking Knits and Ancient Ornaments https://amzn.to/34fgLwK As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Stitchmastery charting software was used to produce the cable charts in this video. Stitchmastery.com You can get a copy of the charts shown in this video here: https://tinyurl.com/y46lbvpj If you have questions about this video, or suggestions for future videos, please let me know down in the comments or on social media. Rox Rocks Ravelr