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What are the best cable needles?
The Best Cable Needles for Complex Stitches
- Knitter’s Pride Aluminum Cable Needles. Made of aluminum, these colorful needles are among the most lightweight, while still quite sturdy.
- Boye Metal Cable Knitting Needles.
- Clickin’Stix Walnut Cable Needles.
- Brittany Cable Needles.
- Clover U-Cable Stitch Holders.
What does CN mean in knitting?
Cable needle
Slip 2 stitches together, knit one stitch, pass the slipped stitches over (together). cddp: Centre double decrease purl. cdi: center double increase. ch: Chain using crochet hook. cn: Cable needle.
How many extra stitches do you need for cable?
To start a cable pattern If you’re adding a cable(s) to an uncabled sweater pattern, for every 4 stitches in the planned cable(s), add 1 or 2 stitches to the number of stitches to cast on. (For step-by-step instructions for casting on, see How to Use the Cable Cast-On Method.)
What are Celtic cables?
The Celtic Cable Knit Stitch Pattern creates an intricate design of the beautiful Irish Saxon Braid. The cabled edges are beautiful and can be used for a variety of knitting projects, like a coffee cozy or headband! There are 6 different cable stitches in this pattern.
How do I choose a cable needle?
It is best to use a cable needle close to the size of the needle you are using to knit your project. If a needle is too thin, the stitches may slide off as you are working your cable. Alternately, if the cable needle is too thick, then your stitches will be stretched as you try to slip them on.
Does it matter what size cable needle you use?
Does Cable Needle Size Matter? Not really, as mentioned above, people sometimes use paperclips as cable needles. However, make sure the cable needle isn’t too big, as that creates saggy stitches, and you don’t want that.
What does Patt mean in knitting?
pattern
Also on this page:
| Abbreviation | Description |
|---|---|
| pat or patt | pattern |
| pfb | purl 1 into front and back of a stitch; single purl increase |
| pm | place marker |
| p2tog | purl 2 stitches together; single decrease |
How to knit a cable stitch?
Slip the first two stitches on your left needle onto the cable needle (for C6B you’d have to slip three stitches).
How do you knit mock cable?
To “K1 through the back loop of the second stitch” as written in the pattern, put your right -and needle through the back of the loop (tbl) of the second stitch on your left-hand needle. Knit that second stitch while still keeping the first stitch on the needle.
How do I cable knit?
You can make any kind of cable by suspending (holding) a number of stitches on a cable needle (cn) while you knit that same number of stitches from the LH needle. Then you knit the suspended stitches either by returning them to the LH needle and knitting them or by knitting them straight from the cable needle.
What is a mock cable pattern?
This mock cable pattern is a four-row repeat that’s based on a 2 x 3 rib, with only one row varying from the rib. That one row involves a slipped stitch that’s then eventually passed over three stitches to create the appearance of a twist.