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3 Simple Ways to Share What You Make
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Cables are a wonderful way to add interest and texture to your knitting. The very basic cable looks a lot like a rope in the middle of a field of pur...
For this instructable, I'll be knitting a simple swatch with two identical cables. I got the "climbing cable" design from this book: Erika Knight. ...
This swatch consists of a 3 stitch purl border, 1 4-stitch knit cable, 1 purl stitch, a second 4-stitch knit cable, and a final 3 stitch purl border. ...
This is a base row in which you establish the pattern of the swatch. You will notice that it repeats in rows 5, 9, and 11. P3, K4, P1, K4, P3 P mea...
This row is knit as the exact reverse of row 1. You will notice that this is repeated in every even numbered row. K3, P4, K1, P4, K3
Get ready, it's the moment you've been waiting for. Get that cable needle out--you'll finally get to use it. If you don't have a cable needle, look ...
As with row 2, K3, P4, K1, P4, K3
As with row 1, P3, K4, P1, K4,P3
As with row 2, K3, P4, K1, P4, K3
Let's see if you can read the secret knitting code now. If you need more details, go back to row 3. If you need more still, please let me know and I...
As with row 2, K3, P4, K1, P4, K3
As with row 1, P3, K4, P1, K4, P3
As with row 2, K3, P4, K1, P4, K3
As with row 1, P3, K4, P1, K4, P3
As with row 2, K3, P4, K1, P4, K3
Yup, just do it again.
Sit back and admire your work for a minute. All those twists, just beautiful. Of course you'll want to bind off your work. You can even do this in ...
You can put cables in a lot of places: on a hat, on a mitten, on a scarf, sweater, sock, etc. If you have some otherwise boring stretch of stockinet...
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