Needle-less Cables

A demonstration showing how to knit cables (left twist or right twist) without a cable needle or rearranging the stitches

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Howto & Style

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• knitting
• cableknitting

[mamamacek]

do you do that on every row? at the same stitch? i am very confused

[knittycakebaker]

Only on the rows that make the cable twist. It depends on how tightly or loosely you want your cables to look. more rows inbetween on looser cables and fewer if you want them to look tighter.

But not on EVERY row nor every stitch.

[knittycakebaker]

O ok, had to think on that for a bit,

C2f tbl, you would still do the first st the same but you would also ktbl on the first st.

I am still figuring out how to do that on the C2b though. I'll get back with you on that one.

[Fritha71]

Oh yay, THAT is how I remember doing cables in home economics class at school, thank you so much for refreshing my memory - I knew there was a way to do this without moving stitches first and those annoying cable needles, lol.

I just took up knitting again after a break of some twenty odd years so these instruction videos do come in handy ^^

[RazzyDiane]

Thank you so much for this video. I hope you post more videos. I am learning to knit. I have purchased a book written for pre teens on knitting and am doing each project. Oh, I am not a teen, just that this book is easier to understand than the complicated ones for adults. I want to learn to knit cables and socks eventually. For now I am doing the projects, plus making squares for a blanket, using different techniques for each square. Also, I have knitted lots of scarves.

[briccardella]

This is wonderful and what an ingenious trick. But the background special effect sound of someone coughing up a loogie at 2:59 was hilarious.

[eversograteful]

this is amazing! I knew there had to be a way without risking stitch loss, but i couldn't figure it out! really wanted to do the debbie bliss "silver belle" (free from vogue knitting, beautiful sweater) but knew i would go batty from all those little cables.... then.... TAMI TO THE RESCUE!!!!!! forever indebted!!!! THANKS!

[comette4u]

This is a great learning video, [if you can get past the throat-clearing in the background!] Thanks for the lesson! ~C.

[g0inkGirl]

Hooray! This method makes my day. Doing it any other way makes me nervous too.

I do have a question for you though:

I'm working on a hat pattern that calls for a C2F tbl. How do you manage going trough the back loop if the first stitch is already being knit tbl in your method?

[jberry16]

You're fantastically brilliant! Thank you for sharing!

jberry on kh & ravelry