Dazed and Confused
That's right. Dazed and Confused! I'm absolutely certain that I saw this cabling without a cable needle technique somewhere, and now I can't find it to give the person their proper credit. It's driving me nuts! Of course, there's also a little buzz in the back of my mind that says since I dreamed (yes, dreamed and KNIT the pair in the dream!) this pair of socks I'm working on, I might have dreamed finding the technique too.
See if this sounds familiar, and if it does, let me know who created this technique please!
For simplicity, I'll refer to the same six stitch cable found in every other tutorial on the web:
(Left Twist Cable) Knit across to the stitches needing to be cabled. Normally, you'd slip the first three to a cable needle and hold them in the front. I've been knitting into the back loops of the last three stitches of the cable without slipping any stitches off, then knitting normally into the first three, carefully slipping stitches off as each is completed. Left twist cable complete.
(Right Twist Cable) Knit across to the stitches needing to be cabled. Normally, you'd slip the first three to a cable needle and hold them in the back. This one I've been doing exactly as the tutorials describe it, with the slipping, pinching and praying. Right twist cable complete.
I can't give you a photo of the sock yet. I'm still working out the pattern, cursing and trying to get far enough into it that I can email the person who created one of the pattern stitches in it for permission to post her pattern stitch as part of the sock pattern. Hopefully, it won't take too long though. I've only been working on it for a few hours and I'm starting to think that this may end up being a two-day pair (or for you normal, responsible, job-having people out there, a weekender...)!
Stay tuned! I'll post what I can as soon as I can!
See if this sounds familiar, and if it does, let me know who created this technique please!
For simplicity, I'll refer to the same six stitch cable found in every other tutorial on the web:
(Left Twist Cable) Knit across to the stitches needing to be cabled. Normally, you'd slip the first three to a cable needle and hold them in the front. I've been knitting into the back loops of the last three stitches of the cable without slipping any stitches off, then knitting normally into the first three, carefully slipping stitches off as each is completed. Left twist cable complete.
(Right Twist Cable) Knit across to the stitches needing to be cabled. Normally, you'd slip the first three to a cable needle and hold them in the back. This one I've been doing exactly as the tutorials describe it, with the slipping, pinching and praying. Right twist cable complete.
I can't give you a photo of the sock yet. I'm still working out the pattern, cursing and trying to get far enough into it that I can email the person who created one of the pattern stitches in it for permission to post her pattern stitch as part of the sock pattern. Hopefully, it won't take too long though. I've only been working on it for a few hours and I'm starting to think that this may end up being a two-day pair (or for you normal, responsible, job-having people out there, a weekender...)!
Stay tuned! I'll post what I can as soon as I can!
2 Comments:
I believe the cabling without a cable needle technique that you are referring to is Grumperina's.
And so it seems to be... thanks! :)
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