Knitting Cables In The Round

10 free patterns for a cable knit sweater scarf pullover and more.

Knitting cables in the round.

Video of the day volume 0. To knit a cable start by casting 18 stitches on your left needle. When you knit cables you don t have to cross stitches on every row. This means knitting cables in the round won t follow the same exact pattern as the cable worked in rows.

Thank goodness the row on which the stitches are crossed over each other is called the turning row. They keep knitting interesting they add a little challenge and they look fabulous. Next put a stitch marker on your right needle to help you keep track of your rows. We ve gathered 10 patterns for you in this ebook the art of cable knitting.

Then insert the right needle tip into the stitch on the left needle. So if you work the rounds in between the cross over rounds as knit the knits and purl the purls it should come out the same. Knitting a standard cable. Then alternate between purling 6 stitches and knitting 6 stitches for the next 4 rows.

But when you knit in the round on circular or double pointed needles you knit if you want knit stitches and purl if you want purl stitches. Working cables is one of the most satisfying of knitting techniques. After the turning row you work several plain rows and then you work another turning row. Converting cable rows to cables in the round requires just a few simple adjustments.

To knit in the round using circular needles start by casting your stitches onto your needle and sliding them onto the cable so they re near the tip of the left needle. Learning how to cable knit adds texture to all kinds of garments. Therefore the translation of the 3 stitch mock cable from flat to circular will look like this. Cables are a lot like ribbing except for the row round where you cross the sts.