Knitting Cables In The Round

Next start your fifth row by purling 6 stitches and then transfer the first 3 knit stitches from your regular needle to a cable needle.

Knitting cables in the round.

Video of the day volume 0. Learning how to cable knit adds texture to all kinds of garments. Next put a stitch marker on your right needle to help you keep track of your rows. Thank goodness the row on which the stitches are crossed over each other is called the turning row.

Knitted cables in the round are similar to cables knitted flat except that the right side of the cable is always facing you as you stitch. Knitting a standard cable. We ve gathered 10 patterns for you in this ebook the art of cable knitting. 10 free patterns for a cable knit sweater scarf pullover and more.

Therefore the translation of the 3 stitch mock cable from flat to circular will look like this. Working cables is one of the most satisfying of knitting techniques. They keep knitting interesting they add a little challenge and they look fabulous. Then insert the right needle tip into the stitch on the left needle.

To knit a cable start by casting 18 stitches on your left needle. After the turning row you work several plain rows and then you work another turning row. 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. Cables are a lot like ribbing except for the row round where you cross the sts.

When you knit cables you don t have to cross stitches on every row. A good rule of thumb to turn an in rows cable to an in the round cable is to follow the instructions for the right side of the work as they appear in the pattern and work the opposite stitch knit for purl or purl for knit for the wrong side rows. This means knitting cables in the round won t follow the same exact pattern as the cable worked in rows. Then alternate between purling 6 stitches and knitting 6 stitches for the next 4 rows.