Art Deco by Dawn Martin

Someday I will own an art-deco cedar chest crafted by my great-grandfather.  

My aunt and uncle, who love the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, introduced me to the joys of travel at a rather young age.  

I spent a college semester in Glasgow, where the marks left by Charles Rennie Mackintosh are proudly exhibited.

With this background, when I saw a cable pattern in a book of Viking inspirations, I immediately began envisioning its use in an Art-Deco knitted design.  This tablerunner, with its sleek, streamlined twisted stitches and biased stockinette mimicking wood-grain play is the result of the adventure.  I used a bamboo/silk blend yarn to represent Art-Deco’s fascination with man’s achievements and its revelry in luxury.

Size

11"x 54"(28 cm x 137 cm)

Yarn

Ella Rae Bamboo Silk (70% bamboo, 30% silk; 99yards [90.5 meters]/50 g ball): Color 05 Baby Olivine 5 balls

Needles

US #6 (4mm): 24” circular

Gauge

22 sts and 30 rows = 4” (10 cm) in St st

Notions

G6/4.2mm crochet hook; stitch markers; cable needle; waste yarn for provisional cast on; stitch holders (or more waste yarn)