Cable Panel Knitting

Loving the look of the overlapping and intertwining.

Cable panel knitting.

This beautiful cable panel knitting stitch looks very intricate but is actually quite easy to create. If you re new to cabling this knitting technique is easier than it looks. Cable knitting looks impressive but it s actually relatively easy. 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.

All cabling means is knitting your stitches in a different order. Ot 4 1 1 tl ft zz 11 of tl 1 it tl si h tl fl ii 01. The combination of knit panels with purl panels think ribs and crossing stitches over stitches causes cable patterns to pull in widthwise. 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.

Measure the cable panel and the reverse stockinette stocking stitch each side. Do not include the stockinette stocking stitch. I love this cable knitting stitch it looks intricate yet is deceitfully easy to knit up and a real pleasure to create too. I placed this cable panel on a backdrop of reverse stocking stitch.

Knit a gauge tension square of the cable panel. Lay it out flat and measure the cables and the reverse stockinette stocking stitch. A sweater worked in a cable pattern will be significantly narrower than one worked in the same number of stitches in stockinette stitch. 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.

Spruce up your knitting with these cable knitting patterns. July 13 2013 knitting bee. While you certainly are not required to use reverse stockinette as a. Knotted cable panel.

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. Intertwined cable panel free knitting stitch by knitting bee. This beautiful cable is quick and simple to knit. Then you just hold them there and knit a couple more stitches which twists the stitches around each other.