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cable-stitch

[ key-buhl-stich ]

noun

  1. a series of stitches used in knitting to produce a cable effect.
  2. the pattern produced by a cable-stitch.

verb (used without object)

  1. to produce such a stitch or pattern.

cable stitch

noun

  1. Sometimes shortened tocable
    1. a pattern or series of knitting stitches producing a design like a twisted rope
    2. ( as modifier )

      a cable-stitch sweater

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cable-stitch1

First recorded in 1885–90
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Clare Grennan and Laura Caffrey sell their own jewelry and housewares lines, hot water bottles covered in cable-stitch knits by Ekotree and ceramic brooches from Andrew Ludick, among other goods.

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