Cable Stitch
Also Known As
- Cross over stitch
There are limitations on the knitting board with cable stitches. Large cables (greater than 6-stitch width) are difficult to do. Some loomers choose to setup the row ahead of time with an elongated stitch which will work but it is not considered appropriate by needle knitting standards because the stitch is too loose. How you choose to work cables is an individual choice. Because some loom knitters are entering their fabric into judging contests, only the needle knitting standard way is presented below.
Directions
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See crossed stitches to determine which group of stitches is front and which is back in the cable stitch.
- Move the wraps that will be front onto a
cable needle or stitch holder.
- Move the wraps that will be on bottom over
to the empty pegs in the same order they are
currently.
You may have to step each wrap over peg by peg depending on how tightly you wrap.
- Place the wraps you are holding on the
cable needle or stitch holder onto the now
empty pegs in the same order that they were
originally.
You may have to step each wrap on and more over peg by peg depending on how tightly you wrap.
- Wrap and knit off the row as usual.