| Cabling Without a Cable Needle |
| Cabling Without a Cable Needle |
From "Knitty Gritty"
episode DKNG-210 |
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It's actually possible to knit cables without the use of cable needles! It takes a little practice, but once you understand the "mechanics" of cable construction, you'll be creating these exciting (and fun) patterns with nothing except your yarn and two needles!
For our example, imagine you are knitting a six-stitch cable:1. One at a time, and making sure to keep the yarn to the back, slip the first three cable stitches onto the RH needle (figure A). 2. Keeping the "float" on the back fairly loose, knit the next three stitches (figure B). 3. Slide the LH needle to the front into the stitches that were slipped (the "wallflower" stitches) (figure C).
4. Form an X with the needles (this sounds funny, but it's integral to the success of the cable).5. Holding the stitches just under the X with your thumb and letting the left index finger support the back of the piece (figure D), carefully slide the RH needle out of all six stitches in the cable. This leaves the three wallflowers on the LH needle (figure E).
6. Pass the RH needle behindthe LH needle and pick up the three stitches that you just knit (they're just flapping in the breeze at this point) (figure F).7. Knit the wallflowers from the LH onto the RH needle (figure G) and continue along the row.
RESOURCES :
Books and instructions from Interweave Press
Interweave Press Inc.
Website: www.interweave.com
Confessions of a Knitting Heretic
By Annie Modesitt
ModeKnit Press, 2004
Rowan Cotton Tape
Westminster Fibers, Inc.
Website: www.westminsterfibers.com
Lamp parts
Website: www.lampshop.com
Hemp6 Yarn
Available in 142-yd skeins
Suggested retail price: $4.50 per skein
LanaKnits
Website: www.lanaknits.com
Heavy cotton shipping twine
16-ply, large 2,000-ft cone
Clean Sweep Supply
E-mail: questions.01@cleansweepsupply.com
Website: www.cleansweepsupply.com
Heavy cotton cooking twine
16-ply, 1,240-ft cone
Kitchen Conservatory
E-mail: chef@kitchenconservatory.com
Website: www.kitchenconservatory.com
Nylon masons twine
#36 (white & colors), 225-foot rolls
Available at hardware and home-supply stores
Caron Rainbow Dreams yarn
Maritime 597
Worsted-weight yarn
Caron International
P.O. Box 222
Washington, NC 27889
Website: www.caron.com
Can be purchased at major craft and yarn retailers.
GUESTS :
Maria Del Pinto, SCD, CPD, CHA
Website: www.delpinto.com
Annie Modesitt
Knitting expert/author
Website: www.anniemodesitt.com
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