Knit & Chat: Cable Knitting 101 [Best Tips!]

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It's all about cables in this episode of Knit & Chat! Learn how to knit cables with and without a cable needle, how to make sure they are neat, the guidelines all cables follow, understanding cable charts and abbreviations, and lots more!
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📌 CHAPTER LINKS:
00:00 All about cables
2:15 Cable basics
4:01 Cable needles
5:52 How to knit cables
16:21 Cables without a cable needle
22:42 Guidelines for cables
25:57 Charts and abbreviations
29:44 Reading cables
35:14 Yarn choice
36:50 Improving cables
42:40 Finishing and blocking
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@JoAnnGoldenberg Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this information. I learned the saying “Be right back, I left the front door open” for increases. It also works for cables. ;)

@NerdyKnitting Жыл бұрын

Oh, I like that! I'm definitely going to have to remember that one.

@marisaengelbrecht7508 9 ай бұрын

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@kimwinter7792 9 ай бұрын

Don’t be LEFT BEHIND, be RIGHT IN FRONT! This also works when skipping sts to cable with out a cb

@NerdyKnitting 9 ай бұрын

Great way to remember!

@maryalgar8779 4 ай бұрын

My mother (would be over 100 if living) would bend a double-pointed needle to make her cable needle. She bend it into a fairly tight U-shape in such a way that one end was longer than the other. When it was time to knit the stitches that were on the cable needle, she would knit those stitches directly from the cable needle -- i.e. she did not transfer the stitches back to the left-hand needle. Women of that era had to be resourceful since they did not have access to the gadgets available today :) Thanks Mom for your patience in teaching me to knit.

@NerdyKnitting 4 ай бұрын

Your mom sounds very resourceful! And what a beautiful memory of her. ❤️

@rmonogue 2 ай бұрын

Another factor in yarn choice is the number of plies. 3 or 4 ply yarns have a more rounded cross section compared to 2 ply yarns. Because of that, they make cables pop more. They hold their shape rather than flattening out. Great video, thanks!

@NerdyKnitting 2 ай бұрын

Good tip! Thank you!

@fredr9632 Жыл бұрын

Jo-Ann, I enjoyed your video. Here is the tip that I use :) Because there is an "F" in the word leFt.....F/front. Because there is an "R" in the word Right.........R/Rear. (same principle for M!L/M1R)

@NerdyKnitting Жыл бұрын

Great tip!

@alicearmstrong1702 11 ай бұрын

40:46 for the actual left leaning cables trick!

@LeaFaithLady Жыл бұрын

I found you on my KZfaq suggestions and boy did they get it right! You are an excellent teacher. I particularly appreciate the way you demonstrate in both left and right handed styles because I am right handed but I knit left handed and some pattern instructions are more difficult for me to figure out. I also often find my ideas for my work on Pinterest where it's often difficult to find the written pattern, so I have to figure it out by looking at the picture only, then write the pattern for myself. Thank you for your great suggestions of different ways to do this also.

@NerdyKnitting Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you found the video helpful! Welcome!

@TheSarahLindy Жыл бұрын

Am I famous now? 😂 So happy to have new tricks for a motif that I love! I’m going to be a brave girl and cast on a cable-heavy Marie Wallin pattern soon(ish) and I need to practice before I dig in 😬

@NerdyKnitting Жыл бұрын

You can do it!

@maryalgar8779 4 ай бұрын

I LOVE cables - so thank you for this.

@susanpreston8786 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for explaining cables in such a simple and distinctive way!!! I appreciate your explanation of a graphed cable and your free guides sooo helpful!! I will definitely be following you for help in my knitting journey!!❤

@NerdyKnitting 11 ай бұрын

I'm glad you found it helpful!

@annafors697 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this tutorial and for all the great tips and tricks! This is a really helpful video! 🌻

@NerdyKnitting 10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@amylayton38 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your very clear explanation and instructions! I purchased a kit to make my husband a fisherman’s sweater. It came from Ireland and it’s way more advanced in knitting skill than anything I’ve ever done before. I studied the pattern for a long time before I decided I needed to make a chart, which took hours! But I was still unclear about how to do the cable stitches. There are some mistakes in the pattern, and your video helped me to understand how to correct them! You’re a great teacher!

@NerdyKnitting Жыл бұрын

That sounds like a fabulous sweater! I'm so glad you found the video helpful!

@vuelamariposaazul 9 ай бұрын

Excellent tutorial to follow up specially for some one new in this field. Thank you so much for your teachings. Really enjoyed it ❤

@NerdyKnitting 8 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

@donnadowning-corddry957 Жыл бұрын

A great tutorial! Thank you very much! Very informative!

@NerdyKnitting Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@glazedtalons Жыл бұрын

Your timing with this tutorial is incredible! Stephen West just hinted that we will need cable needles for the MKAL that starts in October. Thank you for showing how to do these. I really love the different ways you did your samples in white. So lovely! 🙂

@NerdyKnitting Жыл бұрын

I'm glad it was helpful!

@rosemaryeveleigh3562 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your much needed cable knitting tips. I have already knitted cables but I need to learn more techniques.

@NerdyKnitting Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@tallcedars2310 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for your easy to follow instruction! I am learning to read my knitting and matching it to the pattern, this was very helpful💖. I do watch at least one ad on your videos, & always thumbs up to help your algorithm.

@NerdyKnitting 8 ай бұрын

I'm so glad you found it helpful! And thank you so much for supporting the channel. ❤️

@becci8099 7 ай бұрын

You m’Lady are an excellent teacher and very pleasant to listen to 🧶

@NerdyKnitting 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊

@andreabush1742 8 ай бұрын

Great tutorial! Thank you!!!

@keedledee 8 ай бұрын

Your explanation is so very easy to understand. Thank you for sharing.

@NerdyKnitting 8 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@cherrywhitaker7608 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video, thank you so much 😊

@NerdyKnitting Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

@annelowry2937 9 ай бұрын

This video was very helpful as I'm trying to knit cables after a couple of years! Thanks

@NerdyKnitting 9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@pahaman Жыл бұрын

Thanks! The counting makes a lot of sense from the hole!

@NerdyKnitting Жыл бұрын

Yay! Glad it was helpful!

@debmidas7736 Жыл бұрын

Just exactly what I needed to see!

@NerdyKnitting Жыл бұрын

Yay!

@danielleraso5419 8 ай бұрын

You can also do the first technique with a doible pointed needle- no need to buy a cable specific needle. I go up one gauge so i dont have to worry about it falling

@NerdyKnitting 8 ай бұрын

Great tip!

@Butter4all Жыл бұрын

Thank you, excellent video!!

@NerdyKnitting Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@mariatgualda Жыл бұрын

Your visual description with your fingers is very helpful! Thank you.

@NerdyKnitting Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@roseharris8478 Жыл бұрын

Thank you’ you are a great teacher’😊❤

@NerdyKnitting Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😃

@sheemakhan4738 Жыл бұрын

Best video ever... Great for beginners

@NerdyKnitting Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@stickwithitknitandcrochet Жыл бұрын

Some new information about cables that I have not heard before. Thanks for the very informative video. :)

@NerdyKnitting Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@adabee Ай бұрын

This is wonderful, thank you thank you!

@NerdyKnitting Ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

@linsfia Жыл бұрын

I downloaded your free pattern. Thank you very much. 😍

@NerdyKnitting Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@abhasingh-yl2yk 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much

@arava 6 ай бұрын

Just FYI, the woman’s name (Ilona) is not “I yona” but “Elana”. Otherwise, thank you for the instructional. I’m happy to have found your page!

@NerdyKnitting 11 ай бұрын

Looking for some FREE patterns to practice those cable stitches? Take a look at this collection of free patterns - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g56jnsunkpO-qIk.html

@miriambartley6622 6 ай бұрын

I learned so much. I cable but now I know how to do them better. Thankyou.

@NerdyKnitting 6 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@kaylemoine1571 7 ай бұрын

Good trick! I have difficulty counting cable rows. Never thought of the reverse stocking stitch. Da. Thanks.

@NerdyKnitting 7 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@Mostly_Harmless99 4 ай бұрын

I have also used as cable needles: toothpick, bamboo skewer (BBQ removed and cleaned), ink cartridge refill for a pen, a pencil, a T-pin and a tapestry needle. 😂 I have tried to knit cables without a cable needle, but it wasn’t pretty. I prefer a cable needle that grabs the yarn so it can’t slip off.

@moniquevanlill 11 ай бұрын

So very beautiful ❤ Thank you for the wonderful tutorial Please can you teach is how to do the XOXO cable that was on your table in cream 🙏🏻💕 please

@NerdyKnitting 11 ай бұрын

There are lots of tutorials online for that - you just have to do an internet search!

@misselanys1219 Жыл бұрын

Literally crying here. Been knitting for 8 years and decided to finally delve into cables. A hot mess is an understatement. When i try to knit my stitches off the cable needle they are too tight, they get twisted something awfulmand fall off the cable. I am using the plastic one with the little dip in the center. If I try to put the stitches back onto my needle they either twist up or fall off completely and start to unravel. I am cable-handicapped and cable cursed. 😢

@NerdyKnitting Жыл бұрын

Take it slow, loosen up your stitches and try a different cable needle. You can do it!

@misselanys1219 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I ordered an almost straight wooden set from an artisan on Amazon. They are just ever so slightly wider at the ends and about 4 inches long. What a game changer!!!! I was able to make 4 earwarmers in 4 different cable patterns and now am ADDICTED to cabling. I love cabling now and found this video extremely useful. Saved to favorites playlist! ❤❤❤

@misselanys1219 Жыл бұрын

And p.s. I am able to knit right off the cable needle without sliding them back onto my keft knitting needle! How clever! Love your be RIGHT BACK. I use that with M1R all the time! (I LEFT thru the FRONT door for M1R works for right leaner cables too) More ❤❤❤❤ 4 U

@edinacole6382 Жыл бұрын

I like the XOXO cable. Where did you get the directions for it?

@NerdyKnitting Жыл бұрын

I think I found it in Barbara Walker's 'A Treasury of Knitting Patterns'

@nestathomas9729 7 ай бұрын

Ik ga proberen

@melondykillian1571 Жыл бұрын

I’m looking for a yoga mat strap pattern

@nataliedebeer466 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the information. Have one more question. Does a set up row count as first row of cable pattern

@NerdyKnitting 10 ай бұрын

It can - really depends on the specific pattern.

@TannisKK 4 ай бұрын

Hello! I've just found this great video and subscribed. I see in the background that you have an off-white colored blanket, that begins with about 8-10 rows of seed stitch, and when you get to the cabling, there is no "rippling" of the border. I just bought a lovely pattern to make a cable baby blanket, but the seed stitch border is all bunchy and ripply. Years ago (like 35) I made fisherman knit baby blankets for my children, and nieces and nephew, but I can't find the pattern. The seed stitch border didn't bunch up like this new pattern I just bought. Do you have a pattern for a baby blanket that I can buy? Without the rippling in the border?

@NerdyKnitting 4 ай бұрын

I don't have any patterns for blankets. The blanket you see in the background is this pattern: www.lionbrand.com/products/knitting-pattern-treasured-heirloom-baby-blanket-1

@maxx6050 Жыл бұрын

👍🏽

@Bethabara9 2 күн бұрын

"be RIGHT back" and they "LEFT by the front" door!

@Yarn3ater Жыл бұрын

What did you do for the return/wrong side rows?

@NerdyKnitting Жыл бұрын

Just knitting and purling. In many cable patterns, the wrong-side rows are 'rest' rows where you knit the knit stitches and purl the purl stitches.

@trudypreston388 7 ай бұрын

Great video. Could you not put the stitches onto a DPN and then knit them off the DPN?? Just that seems easier than putting them back on the needle ❤❤

@NerdyKnitting 7 ай бұрын

You can definitely use a DPN!

@ekartak Жыл бұрын

I LEFT the FRONT door open

@jodiekingsley5181 Жыл бұрын

Can you knit along side cable besides cables

@NerdyKnitting Жыл бұрын

Yes, cables can be side-by-side without any extra stitches in between - it creates a whole new cable!

@Patriotic57 7 ай бұрын

You stated there was a pattern you could download to follow you but I could not find it, can you help? I am new at cable knitting and would enjoy following. Thank you

@NerdyKnitting 7 ай бұрын

Here you go: toniaknits.com/wp-content/uploads/Cable-Knitting-Basics.pdf

@lovemesomeslippers Жыл бұрын

I’ve never seen that little bendy cable needle. Did you say flox?

@NerdyKnitting Жыл бұрын

Yes - there's a link to the shop on Etsy underneath the video if you want to take a closer look at them!

@lovemesomeslippers Жыл бұрын

@@NerdyKnitting thanks!

@barbarabunk2837 Жыл бұрын

How do I find the links for this ?

@NerdyKnitting Жыл бұрын

The link is below the video in the description box!

@kathywinegeart6026 3 ай бұрын

I can get the cables . What I have trouble with is at the beginning it puckers up they do not lay flat how do you fix that

@NerdyKnitting 3 ай бұрын

Cables do that along edges.

@jodiekingsley5181 Жыл бұрын

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@Loui773 Жыл бұрын

How many to cast on

@esalenchik Жыл бұрын

4 (16) for each cable 2 in between (6) and 3 at beginning and end (6), so a total of 28 stitches.

@Loui773 Жыл бұрын

You said a link below, below where am disabled

@NerdyKnitting Жыл бұрын

Below the video - click on the title and it will open up a box with all the info.

@TracyJaynie 5 ай бұрын

I cant find you pattern can you share it again

@NerdyKnitting 5 ай бұрын

Here you go: toniaknits.com/wp-content/uploads/Cable-Knitting-Basics.pdf

@cmyocum 3 ай бұрын

Soooo helpful as I enter into the cable world! I'm trying to the right tension and your tip for tighting up left leaning cables is very helpful. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!

@NerdyKnitting 3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!