How to knit
A Cable Pillow Cover
DIY Cable Knit Pillow | Step - by - Step Tutorial | Knitting House Square
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hello everyone and welcome back to my
channel in today's video I'm going to be
showing you how to make this cabled
pillowcase so this one isn't it so what
you need to know before watching this
video is just how to cast on knit and
purl and then the rest I'll show you
along the way so we're gonna start off
casting on this piece is knit flat
spring a cast on then I'm going to show
you the cable repeat which we just go
over and over again until we reach our
desired length we bind off and then I'm
going to show you how I seam it together
and overlap the two pieces with buttons
so that it creates a cute back and also
inside I just have a regular pillow form
inside so you just leave one of those as
well so yeah I think these make great
gifts this one's actually just for my
apartment but it's really easy to just
find some bulky weight yarn that matches
your apartment and then make one of
these a really in style right now so I
thought this would be a fun video if you
have any comments or questions please
feel free to leave them down below
you're also going to find the full
written version of this pattern down the
description box so feel free to check
that out and if you're new to my channel
don't forget to subscribe thanks for
watching
the materials you need for this project
are scissors a cable needle a size-13
knitting needle and you this one is knit
flat
I just prefer to use circular knitting
needles when knitting but you can use
straight or circular knitting needles
again a size us 13 and then this is the
pillow form I'm using I got this one off
of Amazon it is should say someone here
16 inches by 16 inches and I found this
pillow insert works really well so I'll
be sure to link this one down below with
the rest of the materials I'm gonna be
using this stitch Studio by nichole yarn
this yarn is super bulky and it
recommends the size u.s. 13 which is the
size I'm using for this project and in
total to make my sized pillow I used one
ball of the skerin so one ball this yarn
is 260 yards and this colorway is move
to start off I'm going to use the
longtail cast on method to cast on a
total of 44 stitches
and for this project you can use any
cast on method you'd like this one is
just my preferred cast on method
now that I finished casting on I'm ready
to be in my first row so down in the
description box below you're gonna find
the full of written version of this
pattern and the pattern is gonna come
two versions there's either going to be
each row written out or there's also a
charted version so whichever you prefer
to follow so the pattern on this first
row
I'll put it along the bottom of the
screen tube so it's easier to follow
what I'm saying
but it's Perl 9 knit 9 purl 8 knit 9 and
then purl 9
now I finished go across row 1 and this
is going to be the front side of our
work so on each set of these 9 knit
stitches is where we're gonna begin
cabling later on now I'm ready to begin
Row 2 so just turn their work so this
row is gonna be the opposite it's gonna
be knit 9 purl 9 knit 8 purl 9 mid line
now Row three it's the same as rope one
so I'm going to purl nine knit nine purl
8 knit 9 purl nine and the reason we're
doing all these setup rows before we
start the cable is because if you do the
cable too close to the cast on you got
to twist in the base of your fabric and
I want to prevent that and have it lie
flat so we're just doing all these
little setup rows first so now I'm gonna
work Row three now the last setup row
before we begin cabling it's just room
for which is repeat of Row two so I'm
going to knit 9 purl 9 knit 8 purl 9
knit 9
you
for the first cable row which is row
five I'm first going to purl 9 and then
once I get to that knit portion is where
I'm going to be in the cable
so for this first cable I'm going to
take the next three stitches and slide
them onto my cable needle now I'm going
to hold them in the front of my work I'm
going to knit into the next three
stitches on my left hand needle
and now I'm going to knit the three
stitches from my cable needle
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there are three more net stitches in
this section so I'm going to knit the
next three
pearl the eight Center stitches
and now in this knit portion I'm again
gonna slip the first three stitches onto
my cable needle hold them in front
knit three stitches from my left hand
needle
then knit the three stitches from my
cable needle
now again I'm going to knit the last
three stitches in that little portion
and then purl the remaining nine
stitches
once I finish row 5 I'm not just going
to work three rows in pattern it's what
that means is I'm just going to work
knit stitches
wherever there's knit stitches below it
and then purl stitches wherever there's
purl stitches below it for three rows
and then once I'm back to row nine I'm
going to show you the next cable stitch
but for right now I'm just gonna put up
on the screen what the next three rows
are written out
I'm back to row nine and I know I'm on
the side I want to cable on again
because I can see my first cable down
here at the bottom so to start out row
nine I'm gonna purl across the first
nine stitches
and now I'm going to knit the first
three stitches
I'm going to take my cable needle and
slide the next three stitches then hold
them in the back knit the next three
stitches for my left-hand needle
and now knit the three stitches from my
cable needle
I'm gonna pearl the center eight
stitches
I'm going to knit the next three
stitches
take the next three stitches from my
left-hand needle slide them on to the
cable needle hold them in the back of my
work knit three stitches for my
left-hand needle
and now knit the three stitches from my
cable needle
now lastly I'm gonna pearl the remaining
nine stitches now that we finished row
nine we're ready to be in our repeats so
the repeat here goes from Row two
through row nine the reason we don't
repeat Row one is because Row one was
just a setup row so again you're gonna
want to repeat rows 2 through 9 over and
over again and the full length you're
gonna want to achieve is 34 inches so I
typically measure that from the bottom
edge to the bottom of my corridor
knitting needle and when you finish
knitting at that 34 inches you're don't
want to be on either a row 4 or row 8 so
basically you want to finish one row
before you would cable so I'll catch
back up with you
once I've knit the 34 inches and I've
just finished a row 4 or row 8
so I just finished knitting my 34 inches
and I finished on a row where the next
row when I went across here I would have
cabled so basically like one row before
my next cable and now I'm just going to
cast off I'm gonna cast off in pattern
so I'm going to purl the first stitch
purl the second stitch and now take that
first stitch on the right needle pass it
up over and off the needle
so just cast off one the next stitch on
my left-hand needle is another purl
stitch so again I'm gonna purl that
stitch and now pass the previous stitch
on my right hand needle up over and off
again the next stitch on my left-hand
needle is a purl stitch so I'm going to
follow the same steps again and I'm
going to keep on doing this until the
next stitch on my left-hand needle is a
knit stitch
you
now my next stitch is a knit stitch so
I'm just gonna bring my yarn to the back
and repeat the same steps where I knit
the next stitch from my left needle then
slide the previous stitch up over and
off so you just want to keep on working
in pattern by doing whatever the stitch
is that's on your left hand needle so
knit stitches are the ones without the
bumps in front and then the purl
stitches are the ones with the bumps so
I'm going to continue going all the way
across this row casting off in the
pattern once you only have one stitch
remaining on your right needle I just
pull on that stitch take my needle out
and I'm gonna cut my yarn I usually
leave about an 8 to 10 inch tail and
then lastly thread the tail through that
loop
to see the pillow I'm gonna be using a
tapestry needle for removable stitch
markers and either just so I can hold it
in place and make sure it doesn't twist
or anything as I'm seaming it a ruler
and then lastly a pair of scissors so to
start figuring out how to seam it start
with your pillowcase laying flat on a
table with the cable stitch down and now
you want to take your two ends and fold
them in towards each other
and it doesn't matter which end ends up
on top now I like to make sure that the
sides line up for just about three
inches so I'm just going to use my ruler
to make sure I'm getting three inches
then I'm going to mark that 3-inch spot
with a stitch marker so first put it
through the bottom layer and then line
up the top corner right in that same
place I'm going to turn and do the same
thing on the other side I need three
inches
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and then again line up the top corner
right where that stitch marker is and
now I'm gonna take the tail and I'm
gonna seam these two pieces together all
the way along this very most outer edge
and I want to make sure I stay close to
this edge because eventually we're gonna
have to tuck this inside the pillow and
I don't want there to be a big bump so
I'm actually just going to use the
little bits of tail that I have left
and thread my tapestry needle and again
I'm going to want to go as close to the
edge as possible and this can be really
just roughly done because this is all
going to be on the inside of the pillow
and once I finish I'm going to take off
the stitch marker
and now I'm going to tie that in place
to secure it so I'm just gonna loop
under any one of those strands that's
towards the end
and the most are just going to weave in
this end while I'm over here
and now I'm going to repeat the same
process on the second side
the next thing I want to do is I just
want to make sure that this overlap is
right in the center so that looks like a
good spot and now I'm just gonna take
the little stitch markers again and just
hold the two sides together in please
you
I'm gonna cut myself a strand of yarn
and I always like to have extra so
probably gonna cut mine about a yard
long thread my tapestry needle and now
pick one of the sides just start seaming
so when I lay down the pillow I'm
actually going to want to fold it and
half the other way now
so that basically I'm looking at one
seam right up the center and I'm going
to want to start at the bottom corner so
I'm actually just going to tie this
piece of yarn into the center
and this will be on the inside of the
pillow so it doesn't matter how nice it
looks and I'm going to thread my yarn to
the outside
the hardest part is down here at the
bottom so what I like to do is I like to
fold the two edges so they're flat
against each other and now I'm just
going to take my yarn from the one side
and thread it underneath the bottom most
purl stitch on the other side
now go back over to the other side and
just keep on going underneath each of
the purl stitches and I don't like to
get the one that's directly on the edge
so you see how there's a bump there
which is like right up on this edge I
like to go one in and now I'm going to
continue seaming all the way up this
side
another thing that I do too is I
actually go a couple stitches before I
pull the yarn a little tighter so the
goal is to make it kind of blend in as
if they are just more purl stitches and
there isn't a seam going up along here
but the seam will actually add a little
bit of structure
so there's just a little bit I've done
so far and you can see that it just
blends right in with the rest of the
purl stitches
once you get to the portion with the two
layers you just want to keep on going
only picking up the one stitch in that's
on this top layer so I'm actually this
first gonna start on the cast on edge
and then start again picking up only the
purl stitch on the top layer as I get
closer to the end I'm going to keep
going as far up as I can get
and now for this last one I'm actually
just gonna kind of grab on to that last
little corner stitch and then thread my
needle to the inside
you
want to make it so that the corner
doesn't have a big point and now again
I'm just gonna tie this in place on the
inside and then weave in the end
now I'm gonna repeat those same steps on
the second side the final step is to
stow on the buttons so the buttons I've
chosen I picked up at Joanns and these
ones measure one inch by one and 3/4
inches and you can check of your button
to work by just finding one of the holes
in your work so there's a hole every
time there's a cable cross and just see
if the button will fit through the holes
so this one does I also just thought
this shape would look cute so I picked
up two of these you're need a pair of
scissors then you're gonna need a
tapestry needle and I did make sure that
the tapestry needle fit through the
buttons and then lastly I have some
thread you can use whatever color you'd
like this is just one I had on hand so I
decided to use it for this project I
think it'll blend in very nicely so now
I'm gonna get started sewing on the
buttons the buttons are going to be sewn
on to the bottom layer so I just pick up
that top flap and the place I like to
sew them on is right up here so
essentially you have this first cable
and then you have this second cable so I
like to do it right in the middle where
there's just solid fabric right there so
I'm gonna sew on my first button right
there and then my second button on the
exact same place on the other side so
it's kind of like you have solid fabric
down here you have a cable cable hole
right there and then it's right above
that it's where I like to sew them on so
I'm going to sew these on using my
thread so first I just want to tie the
thread onto the work to get it started
so I'm just gonna mark this with both of
my fingers and then secure the thread by
just tying it on there and again this is
the inside of the pillow
so it doesn't have to be all that neat
died a bunch of times
okay now I'm gonna weed my tapestry
needle back through and so on my button
once I'm finished I'm again just gonna
tie a knot and now sew on the second
button
and now I'm going to add my pillow form
to the project this pillow form I got
off of Amazon and I'll link this one
down below
when you first put it on you're gonna
have to tell get the back of the
pillowcase a little bit just to give
yourself a little extra room and now you
want to close it up and you can choose
any one of the holes that are formed
from the cable on the other side I'm
just gonna try the first one and the
nice thing about this method too is that
as the pillowcase stretches I found that
with a lot of the store-bought one still
the case kind of grows as it gets a
little older so you can always tighten
it up by just moving the buttons to a
different spot yes there are my finished
buttons on the back of the pillow here
is my finished pillowcase down the
description box below you're gonna find
the full written version of this pattern
and if you have any comments or
questions please feel free to leave them
down below if you're new to my channel
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