cabling frustrations

[badboy1cdx]

Hi all, I recently saw a cabled sweater that looked really nice, so I thought I'd give it a go...I read a couple tutorials on doing cabling, but all my attempts look horrible...I can't seem to get the tension right or something and it all looks so uneven...Anyone got any tips they can share?

[suzeeq]

Cabling doesn't really look even while you're doing it; just practice across about 3 repeats of the cable st pattern for about 6". When you cross the sts they get pulled so you need to use a loose tension or larger needles than normal so the gap (yes, there's going to be a gap) isn't so large. It looks messy on the row you cross the sts, but after a couple more rows it doesn't look so bad.