How to knit
A Cable Throw
How to Knit Easy Exquisite Cabled Throw
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you how to make the exquisite cable
throw this is a beautiful throw pattern
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take a look at this pattern you can see
that it is made up of cable stitches and
garter stitch if this is the first time
you've ever done a cable don't worry I
will walk you through step-by-step how
to do this really simple 4 stitch cable
sometimes it is called a forced stitch
back cable a 4 stitch right cable and if
I'm correct the pattern actually calls
it a 2x2 right cable 2/2 RC
don't worry all of that is going to be
really clear here in just a minute all I
need you to do is download your pattern
grab some worsted weight yarn and some
size 9 needles and do a little test
swatch with me so that you can learn how
to make this really beautiful throw
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before we jump into the pattern why
don't I take a second and try and
explain to you how cable stitches
actually work as you take a look down
here at this cable you can see that it
looks like when the cables are created
the two stitches over here to the left
jump up and over the two stitches over
here on the right and that is exactly
what is happening if we have a total of
four stitches that we are working with
what happens is we will take the first
two stitches and we decide if we want to
move them to the front or if we want to
move those to the back for this pattern
we move them to the back so what we do
is we take these fours to these two
stitches we move them to the back by
placing them on a cable needle we will
knit the next two stitches in line on
our left hand needle so now they're over
here correct but now we still have these
two stitches right here we need to deal
with so we take the two stitches that
are on the cable needle put them back
over here on our left hand needle and
knit them and now we've created our
cable it's that simple we just changed
the position of these four stitches can
you see how my fingers on my left hand
are actually on top of the fingers on my
right hand that is exactly what your
stitches will do if we were doing a
cable that was a cable for stitch to the
front or a cable for stitch left we
would take these two stitches move them
to the front on a cable needle knit
these two and then bring these two in to
play do you see how my two fingers on my
right hand are in front of my two
fingers on my left hand it's exactly
what your stitches will do that little
motion of rearranging the stitches is
all it takes to create a cable stitch
now it will look a little messy to begin
with because it takes you working a
couple extra rows of stockinette to
actually begin to see how the cable
works but it's just as simple as
switching the two stitches place and
that's what creates a really simple
cable to create this blanket you will
begin by casting on one hundred and
sixty-four stitches and working in
garter stitch for fourteen rows once you
do that you jump into the body of the
blanket and that consists of making sure
you keep the fur
twelve stitches in stock or in garter
stitch and then you begin dividing up
the body into stockinette portion and a
garter stitch portion and on every
eighth row you actually will do that
cable stitch that we just talked about
yes that is correct you only cable on
every eighth row that's the beauty of
cable it doesn't mean that you have to
cable every single row and it's really
confusing you just have one really big
action row that you need to pay
attention to and all the rest is just
submits and pearls really simple so let
me show you how to work an actual cable
let's pull in a swatch that I have
already created and what I've done on
this swatch is I've done four stitches
in garter stitch four stitches in
stockinette four stitches and garter
four stitches in stockinette four
stitches and garter I'm keeping the
outside stitches in garter stitch
throughout this entire swatch that I'm
creating and I've gone ahead and added
these stitch markers there because I'm
going to recommend that you do the same
thing for your blanket on the outside of
the twelve stitches so you will knit
twelve stitches place a marker do the
body place a marker do 12 stitches it
will just help you keep track and know
that those outside stitches are in
garter stitch okay so I am on my eighth
row it's time for me to do a cable and
that's what I am going to do so let's go
ahead and knit over to where the
stockinette portion is on my swatch
because I am placing those cables on the
stockinette stitches when I get to my
stitch marker I simply just slip it and
I'm right here now we're dealing with
these four stitches correct so remember
what I said these two stitches here need
to be held to the back so that we can
get to these two stitches you have a
choice in what type of cable needle you
want to use you can see down here there
are several different types of cable
needles available to you you find one
that works great I'm just going to
choose this little horse you look in one
today and let's use that one what I will
do is I'll take my cable needle and I
will go into the first two stitches as
if to purl I'd like to take one at a
time that's my preference and then I
literally let those stitches just dangle
in the back of my work see how they're
just hanging out right
there on that cable needle I now will go
ahead and knit the next two stitches on
my left hand needle because I want these
two stitches to come in front of those
two stitches I just placed on the cable
needle now that those two stitches are
in place I can go ahead and come back
here to the stitches from my cable
needle place them back on my left-hand
needle and all I do now is knit those
two stitches that are now on my left
hand needle ready to play see how it
just changed their position we just
changed where they land on the actual
needle so that little crossover right
there is actually your cable see what I
mean about it not looking like it's much
right now but as you begin to work along
you begin to see how you get these
really great cable stitches let's do
this again and this time I will hold my
yarn in my left hand for those of you
who are continental knitters I'll get
over here to where my stockinette
portion is and I'm going to take this
time right now to point out something I
am a big fan of stitch markers you all
know that and for me when I am working
in a stitch pattern where I know I have
a definitive separation of stitches
where I have garter stitch I have
stockinette I like to use a stitch
marker between those sections okay so if
you are like me and you get confused as
you're working along either on the right
side or the wrong side and you want to
be able to keep track don't hesitate to
add a stitch marker every four stitches
so that way you know exactly when you're
supposed to do a stockinette and when
you're supposed to do garter stitch you
could have a stitch marker all the way
down the row like several of them Lord
knows that I would if this was my
blanket so I want to just point that out
that you could add a stitch marker right
there I'm over here to my four stitches
for my cable I need to move these two
stitches to the back and knit those two
stitches so I will grab my cable needle
once again go into each stitch as if to
purl let the hold to the back of my yarn
and I want to make sure that my working
yarn when I go to knit my next two
stitches
they aren't hindered by that cable
needle okay it's just hanging out there
I go ahead and knit the next two
stitches
from my left hand needle grab the two
stitches I moved place them back on to
my left hand needle and I simply knit
these two stitches onto the end of my
row so I would continue on what I want
to point out here is that after you
finish your cable row the next several
rows you're just doing plain knitting
whether you're doing stockinette stitch
or maybe you have stockinette stitch
just for the cable and then you have
garter stitch or reverse stockinette
between the cables the pattern can vary
all over the place the hard part is that
you need to remember on what row you did
your cables on so that way when it's
time to do another cable row you have
the exact distance between your cables
right so for this example this blanket
we have seven rows between each cable
because we will cable on every eighth
row so that's where I add every stitch
marker removable stitch marker on the
side okay and it's really this is as
simple as it gets
I get a removable stitch marker and
these ones I happen to make if you want
to link to that there's a link right
here on the Marley bread youtube channel
I'll take my stitch marker and I
literally put my stitch marker directly
into the last stitch of my cable row
I don't mark the cable I don't do
anything else I put it into that stitch
okay and I just let it hang there now I
have a point of reference to be able to
go to and say okay so this row this
where my stitch marker is that's where I
did a cable and I can then count how
many rows I've done until it's time to
do another cable and you can see here I
have my my stitch marker from the
previous cable row and now I have my
stitch marker from this cable row this
does not mean you have to have a series
of stitch markers along the side to mark
each cable row you can move one stitch
marker up every time you've done a cable
rose totally up to you and that's how
you can keep track of what cable row you
are on I also want to point out that on
the wrong side for this blanket you need
to maintain pattern and this again is
going to be where the stitch markers
really come in handy so I'm going to
show you how those work right now
it's time for me to knit across these
first four stitches if I were making the
blanket it would be knitting across 12
stitches I'm getting to my marker here
and that marker is a big signifier that
says okay my outside stitches are done
and I'm getting to the body where things
need to change
well when I'm on the wrong side I see
all of these pearls and it's really hard
to distinguish which stitches are just
pearls and which stitches I need to do
garter stitch right because I'm looking
at pearls when I do garter stitch so
these first four stitches need to be
pearled and that's what's written in the
pattern so let's purl these first four
stitches three and four now if I were
just getting in some sort of a rhythm or
a habit I would be like okay I'm just
going to go ahead and purl down the row
what I'm not supposed to the next four
stitches need to be in garter stitch so
this is where having that stitch marker
between every four stitches can be a big
signal for you to say hey wait you just
finished those four pearls now it's time
to do garter stitch so let's do four
garter stitch and once I finish those
four stitches there I could place
another stitch marker and now I'm back
to my four pearls and that will help me
stay on track and specifically it helps
me stay on track on the wrong side so
that way my right side maintains the
stockinette stitch and the garter stitch
as established I am not afraid of using
stitch markers that help me to every
advantage I can get to help me stay on
track because I know that I tend to
start getting kind of squirrely like you
know where you think about something
it's like squirrel and so the stitch
markers are a big reminder to me hey
wait a minute something's changing here
you need to change with it and it just
helps me stay on track now that we're
looking at the right side you can
already see where the cables become a
little bit more distinguished just by
doing that simple a wrong side row that
we just completed we're starting to see
this beautiful cable stitch and you
would continue on in pattern working
your cable stitches separated by garter
stitch until the pattern reaches the
desired length you finish off with 14
garter stitch rows
find
Loosli and you have an exquisite cable
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