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Raised cables and twists are a popular way to add bold texture to knitting and are worked in different ways, as you'll see here. It looks fantastic on garments and homewares alike, plus it's easier than it first appears.
Course created by
Neti Love & Julie Peasgood
Raised cables and twists are a popular way to add bold texture to knitting and are worked in different ways, as you'll see here. It looks fantastic on garments and homewares alike, plus it's easier than it first appears.
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Price |
Included with Let’s Knit Together membership |
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Instructor |
Neti Love & Julie Peasgood |
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Duration |
20m 28s |
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Lessons |
4 |
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What you need |
A pair of straight single-pointed knitting needles; a ball of yarn; a cable needle |
To knit a cable, you'll temporarily hold a specified number of stitches at the front (F) or back (B) of your knitting, while you work others – the method is the same. This swaps the order and creates the twist effect.
There are lots of different twist stitches, usually worked over against a contrast background, and often as a column of stitches for extra effect. Here, we’re creating a left twist, without a cable needle.
Twist stitches come in all sorts of variations, usually worked over against a contrast background, and often as a column of stitches for a textured section. Here we’re going to create a right twist, without a cable needle.
For a neat and firm cast on, the cable cast on is a good bet. It is discrete and forms a narrow roll of stitches on the cast-on edge, so works well if you’re going to be working in stocking stitch.
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