Cable Panel Knitting

Measure the cable panel and the reverse stockinette stocking stitch each side.

Cable panel knitting.

If you re new to cabling this knitting technique is easier than it looks. Cables arans colorwork edgings knits purls lace eyelets ribbing shapes motifs slipped stitches knitting techniques abbreviations bind offs cast ons finishing techniques fixing mistakes shaping tips tricks. Spruce up your knitting with these cable knitting patterns. Checking gauge in a cable pattern.

The combination of knit panels with purl panels think ribs and crossing stitches over stitches causes cable patterns to pull in widthwise. This beautiful cable is quick and simple to knit. Knit a gauge tension square of the cable panel. Give these twists and braids a try with one of these cable knitting patterns.

Basically what you re doing is as you knit along you stop and you re taking some stitches and bringing them either to the front or to the back. July 13 2013 knitting bee. So let s move on to the free pattern below but before we do that if anyone knows the official name of this stitch please let us know in the. Cable panel knitting stitch.

While you certainly are not required to use reverse stockinette as a. All cabling means is knitting your stitches in a different order. Lay it out flat and measure the cables and the reverse stockinette stocking stitch. Knotted cable panel.

Then you just hold them there and knit a couple more stitches which twists the stitches around each other. This beautiful cable panel knitting stitch looks very intricate but is actually quite easy to create. I placed this cable panel on a backdrop of reverse stocking stitch. Cable knitting looks impressive but it s actually relatively easy.

A sweater worked in a cable pattern will be significantly narrower than one worked in the same number of stitches in stockinette stitch. Ot 4 1 1 tl ft zz 11 of tl 1 it tl si h tl fl ii 01. In my sample i did a 10 stitch cable and added 8 extra stitches two garter stitches for a border on each side and two more along each side of the cable for a reverse stocking stitch background. Do not include the stockinette stocking stitch.