Cable Knitting for the Timid

Padishar Creel spun a FINE 'yarn':

Cables ARE fun, and easy... and am glad you've discovered them! LOVE the moniker: "the cable guy", does this mean you'll give us redneckisms in cable knitting as well? Perhaps a politicallyincorrect faerietail or two?? LOLOL, Hugs, Noreen

So glad you decided to learn cables. Now the fun begins

I'm a self-taught cabler, myself. The first major item I ever made, a pullover for my mom, used a lot of techniques that I had yet to do; cables, lace, twisted stitches, pretty much a smorgasbord of things other than basic knit and purl. I just made sure I had the proper tools and took off. The cables were easier than I thought, and the rest is history. Give me a great complicated-looking cable pattern over anything with more than 1 color any day.

I've had a lot of people compliment me on things I've made, then they add, "I can knit, but I could never do that." My stock response to these people is that there are only 3 things you can do with an individual stitch; knit, purl, or slip it and do nothing. Everything else is just doing things out of order or in combination. I've had a few people decide to try something more complicated than stockinette stitch after hearing that, and they all thanked me for helping to open up new doors for them.

I recently acquired Melissa Leapman's _Cables Untangled_, and oh my gods I am in cable heaven!! I want to make a bunch of the projects, and the stitch dictionary is nice. Almost makes me want to design my own sweater...almost

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Congratulations! Isn't it fun to learn something new, and then discover that you love it?! cable IS fun, and the result are very nice. Good luck with further work, or should I say : further enjoyment ;-) Aud :-)

And also great to see more guys knitting. Madelaine

Padisher congratulations ,, Yes cables are GREAT ,,, years ago i knitted every family members some kinds of cables ,,,, still love them ,, i have an old mag where the cable is horizontal i am looking for that article,,,,, , for an art project ,,,,,, mirjam

I love cabling, Padishar. Glad you learned it.

TTFN Katherine