One of the main reasons I worked so hard at learning to knit (and it took me years to find a method that worked for me, btw) was that I desperately wanted to make cableknits. I had tried to produce the effect with crochet, and although you can cross stitches in crochet, you just don't create the same kind of fabric that you do when you're knitting.
Honest, cables at their core are really not that difficult. If you can drop a stitch off your needle (and I know you can!), you can knit a cable.
Here is the simplest cable you can knit, often called a "twist".
Knit 2 stitches together, but don't take them off the needle. Go back and knit the first stitch (the one closest to the tip of the needle) again, then drop them off the needle. Do that every two or three rows/rounds, and you'll have a small, stretchy cable.
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Date: 2008-05-11 03:25 am (UTC)Honest, cables at their core are really not that difficult. If you can drop a stitch off your needle (and I know you can!), you can knit a cable.
Here is the simplest cable you can knit, often called a "twist".
Knit 2 stitches together, but don't take them off the needle. Go back and knit the first stitch (the one closest to the tip of the needle) again, then drop them off the needle. Do that every two or three rows/rounds, and you'll have a small, stretchy cable.