1. Home
  2. Knitting and other yarn carfts
  3. HELP if you can!

HELP if you can!

I'm new at this (duh), and I'm trying a simple cable on an afghan. Simple pattern, only 10 rows. Here goes.

Rows 1,3 and 5: knit (I can do that!) Rows 2 and 4:P3, k2, *p5, k2; rep from * across, end last rep p3 (I can do that too!) Rows 6 and 8: [K2,sl 1] twice, *k3, sl 1, k2, sl 1;rep from * across, end last rep k2. ( I can even do this, no prob) Row 7: P2, sl 1, k2

WAIT!! When do I bring the yarn back for the next knit stitch? After the purl, or after the slip?

then it goes on:sl 1, *p3, sl 1, k2, sl1; rep from * across, end last rep p2.

Here comes the tiny cable Row 9:K2, {cross 4(C4)}sl 1 to cn, hold in front, k 3rd stitch on LH needle, k first and 2nd sts, k1 from cn. HUH??? How the heck do I knit the 3rd stitch, then the 1st and second? then it goes on *k3, c4;rep from * across, end last rep k2.

Row 10: repeat Row 2.

It's a really pretty pattern called Celtic Tradition by Joyce Englund, who, OF COURSE doesn't have a website for idiot questions like mine.

Thanks, I hope!!! Sue

-------------------------------------

##-----------------------------------------------## Delivered via

formatting link
Community of the NetWeb and RSS access to your favorite newsgroup - rec.crafts.textiles.yarn - 16893 messages and counting!##-----------------------------------------------##

Reply to
sueimpe
Loading thread data ...

ps it might help if you leave your knitting aside for some minutes and make yourself a little sample with all kinds of cables ,,,, to practice ,,,,,,a little ,,,

Reply to
mirjam

PS interwave Knits of Fall 2007 has a whole chapter about Exp[loring Cables ,,, mirjam

Reply to
mirjam

Not so simple, with the tiny cable.

What mirjam said: swatch and decide what you like the looks of. Personally, I'd bring the yarn back for the knit before the slip.

Mirjam told you how. Here's why: What you're doing is taking a group of four stitches to make a two-stitch cable that is stretched across two ordinary stitches.

You're crossing stitch 1 and stitch 4, with stitches 2 and 3 done normally in the middle.

Think of it as using two cable needles: Use a cable needle to take stitch 1 off and hold it in front. Then use a cable needle to take stitches 2 and 3 (in their ordinary order) off and hold it to the back. Then knit stitch 4. Then knit stitches 2 and 3 off the cable needle in back. Then knit stitch 1 off the cable needle in front.

Knitting stitch 4 with the other two still on the needle is a little fiddly but probably easier and faster than handling two cable needles at once.

=Tamar

Reply to
Richard Eney

Professor Knitcus Tamar gave you Loads of Expert , Gold worthy advice ,,, Pleae take some time off and swatch , it will save you hours of Sorrow . EVen we experts [ see Argh posts] do make mistakes ,,,, Starts a swatch from this wool , and than with each new knitted items make a swatch ,,, keep them !!!!! after some times you will have a wonderful collection of swatches which you could make into a very personal `memory` afghan or vest ,, of your own knitted articles ,,,,, mirjajm

Reply to
mirjam

Most instructions will tell you to slip knitwise or purlwise. I found it's often hidden in the basic description and not repeated in the actual shorthand of the pattern as "special instructions" or "notes". If you are slipping purlwise, the yarn comes to the front before you slip and goes back immediately after if the next st is a K.

HTH.

Leah

Reply to
Leah

With Three Biblical Ladies helping you ,, i hope you will be happilly and easily find the courage to finnish it !!! mirjam

Reply to
mirjam

InspirePoint website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.