http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/399 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:55:27 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/399/comment-page-1#comment-1657 The Knitting Fiend » Blog Archive » Fixing Bad Cable Crosses Wed, 05 Oct 2005 16:05:27 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/399#comment-1657 [...] So, I showed you how to cross a cable without a needle; the final result picture looked perfect. So, easy! [...] [...] So, I showed you how to cross a cable without a needle; the final result picture looked perfect. So, easy! [...]

]]> http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/399/comment-page-1#comment-1651 The Knitting Fiend » Blog Archive » Cable Cross Over a Purl Tue, 04 Oct 2005 16:47:10 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/399#comment-1651 [...] A while back, I showed how to cross cables without the cable needle. I like to do that when working fairly narrow simple cables; I use the cable needle for more complicated cables. [...] [...] A while back, I showed how to cross cables without the cable needle. I like to do that when working fairly narrow simple cables; I use the cable needle for more complicated cables. [...]

]]> http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/399/comment-page-1#comment-1279 Linda Mon, 22 Aug 2005 22:20:10 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/399#comment-1279 I really like to work cables without a cable needle. I have found that if I slip the stitches to be crossed and work the following stitches first, I have an easier time with the dropping, picking up, crossing stuff. Something about the stitches being one row apart makes it easier. The trick is to bring the yarn to the front before slipping if you will be crossing those stitches behind the following set and to keep the yarn in the back before slipping if you will be crossing to the front. I am doing a Meg Swansen vest right now which has 6 stitch cables in both directions. Here is the routine for when you cross to the back. yf, slip 3, yb, knit 3, from the back stuff the lh needle into the 3 stitches you slipped. Push the rh needle out of all 6 stitches, swing it towards the front and push it through the 3 already knit stitches that are now flying in the wind, knit the slipped stitches that are now in waiting on the lh needle. I no longer sweat it if I drop stitches during this procedure. I simply shove the needle in wherever possible and fix it on the next round or row. I think that the Knitting Heretic shows how to do the other type (crossing the right over the left), but I can't remember where I saw how to do the right behind the left. I really like to work cables without a cable needle. I have found that if I slip the stitches to be crossed and work the following stitches first, I have an easier time with the dropping, picking up, crossing stuff. Something about the stitches being one row apart makes it easier. The trick is to bring the yarn to the front before slipping if you will be crossing those stitches behind the following set and to keep the yarn in the back before slipping if you will be crossing to the front. I am doing a Meg Swansen vest right now which has 6 stitch cables in both directions. Here is the routine for when you cross to the back. yf, slip 3, yb, knit 3, from the back stuff the lh needle into the 3 stitches you slipped. Push the rh needle out of all 6 stitches, swing it towards the front and push it through the 3 already knit stitches that are now flying in the wind, knit the slipped stitches that are now in waiting on the lh needle. I no longer sweat it if I drop stitches during this procedure. I simply shove the needle in wherever possible and fix it on the next round or row. I think that the Knitting Heretic shows how to do the other type (crossing the right over the left), but I can’t remember where I saw how to do the right behind the left.

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