Hello friends! In today’s tutorial, you will learn a quintessential knitter skill- How to Knit Cables For Beginners. This is an easy-to-master technique- if you know how to knit and purl I’ll teach you the rest!
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What you will need:
- Knitting Needles: The yarn I’m using called for a US size 11, 9mm needle. I’m using a Bamboo Knitting Needle from this set.
- A Cable Needle: A cable needle is a great tool to have, if not you can use an U shaped hairpin easily too.
- Yarn : I’ve used Wool Ease Thick and Quick in Fisherman colorway here.
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Click on the video box below or head over to my YouTube Channel and enjoy this how to knit cables tutorial video https://youtu.be/gT1R_bKtSwo
how to knit cables for beginners Tutorial:
Cast on 12 stitches
Row 1 and 3: Knit
All Even Rows: K3, P6, K3
Row 5: Cable Row: K3, Slip next 3 stitches onto Cable Needle and place in front of work, K3, Slip the 3 stitches from Cable Needle back onto the left knitting needle, K6
Repeat these 6 Rows to grow your your cables!
Even though this is a 6 row repeat pattern, the magic happens on the 5th row- the cable row. The other rows are all simple repeats with just knits and purls.
The Two Types Of Knit Cables: CF and CB
In the above tutorial, we slipped 3 stitches off the needles and onto our cable needle then placed these stitches in front of our work. This is CF= Cable Forward. To be more specific, this ia C3F= Cable 3 stitches Forward.
Similarly, you can place the cable needle which holds the slipped stitches to the back of the work and continue. This will create a different kind of cable where the cable will appear to disappear behind the work and look beautiful. The CB= Cable Backward.
I hope you found today’s How to Knit Cables tutorial useful friends! If you have any questions, drop a comment below and let’s chat.
Learning how to knit cables opens up so many options! You can use these cables in to build so many other designs. Check out my Cable Knit Pillow Pattern next!
In conclusion, Knit Cables add a wonderful texture and design element to any project and once you master how to knit cables you will start seeing them everywhere!
Thank you for being here today and spending some creative time with my friends! I’m so thankful for your kind words and support.
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