flat (not very 3-dimensional) cable stitch?

Wendy make the cables from 1 , 2 or 3 st. this will be enough for a dollsize sweater , the 2 is the neated , you k the 2nd st on left needle . DO not pull it off the needle than you k the first st and pull both off the needle together , mirjam

You can also make what is sometimes called a mock cable, using traveling stitches rather than cable stitches. Here's an example for a four-stitch mock cable:

(purl back on alternate rows)

Row 2: K2, work traveling stitch as K2tog leaving stitches on needle, then K first stitch again, dropping both stitches off needle. Row 4: K1, work traveling stitch, K1 Row 6: work traveling stitch, K2

Alan

Repeat these rows.

that is good advice Alan ,, of course on such tiny knitted dolls clothes one could even embroider the cables ,, ps i knitted dolls clothes with embroidery floss as well as with thin cottons ,,,and once even from floss used to repair socks ,,, mirjam

Thank you both. But I'm having trouble understanding how to do these. I will have to sit down and work with what you have said. Then I'll get back to you with either a YAY! or with more questions! hahaha! :)

Wendy

Try knitting with tooth picks ,, i did it works for tiny wools ,, mirjam

Another way to make a mock cable: work knits and purls that form the shape. (Look at these diagrams in Courier or another non-proportional font to see them without distortions.)

-kkk---

--kkk--

---kkk-

-k--kk-

-kk--k-

-kkk---

--kkk--

---kkk-

-k--kk-

-kk--k-

-kkk---

Or you could make a column of knit stitches slant by making k2tog (that is, dec 1) on the edge and increase (m1) on the other edge, the way some people are inserting slanted cables in socks and sweaters in the magazines.

kk-d1-\\\-m1-kkkkkkkkk kkk-d1-\\\-m1-kkkkkkkk kkkk-d1-\\\-m1-kkkkkkk kkkkk-d1-\\\-m1-kkkkkk kkkkkk-d1-\\\-m1-kkkkk kkkkkkk-d1-\\\-m1-kkkk kkkkkkkk-d1-\\\-m1-kkk

=Tamar