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Hildegard_von_Knittin · 01-13-2005, 10:37 PM

I was nervous to try cables, but I finally just decided to do it, and it wasn't hard at all. I used the cable pattern in "the Everything Knitting Book" to learn cables. The cable is made up of 8 rows (or whatever the directions say) that repeat, and you only do the twist thing once per repeat.
Another cable-ish stitch is a right or left twist; that would be a super duper easy peasy way to get started., because it's just two stitches, and you don't need a cable needle; this is done every row.
Incidentally, my cats were FACTINATED with the dangly sparkly shiny cable needle, and eventually ran off with it; I used this link http://wendyknits.net/knit/leftcable.htm to do cables without using a cable needle until I found the it (under the entertainment center with some yarn, a random needle and some dental floss... go figure)

01-13-2005, 10:37 PM	#3
Hildegard_von_Knittin 2nd Sock, I Rock Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: dissertation research hell Posts: 11,078 Thanks: 107 Thanked 205 Times in 172 Posts	I was nervous to try cables, but I finally just decided to do it, and it wasn't hard at all. I used the cable pattern in "the Everything Knitting Book" to learn cables. The cable is made up of 8 rows (or whatever the directions say) that repeat, and you only do the twist thing once per repeat. Another cable-ish stitch is a right or left twist; that would be a super duper easy peasy way to get started., because it's just two stitches, and you don't need a cable needle; this is done every row. Incidentally, my cats were FACTINATED with the dangly sparkly shiny cable needle, and eventually ran off with it; I used this link http://wendyknits.net/knit/leftcable.htm to do cables without using a cable needle until I found the it (under the entertainment center with some yarn, a random needle and some dental floss... go figure) __________________ I'm back!