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CRAFT
Cable-knit vest
Cables are among the most
popular knitting techniques, and it
is no wonder. A single cable, cable
panel, or all-over pattern, gives a
sweater a rich, sculptural surface.
The contemporary vest,
illustrated above, is an example of
a sweater with a limited, yet
striking, cable pattern. While
cables may be difficult for
beginners, a knitter with some
experience should find this vest a
good way to try cable knitting.
With shawl collar, cable, and
button front, the vest is ideal for
today’s fashions Knit of Bernat
' Blarneyspun” 100 percent wool
Irish import or "Berella 4” acrylic
yarn, the complete kit, including
yarns, buttons and instructions, is
available by writing to the address
that follows this column
Cable knitting is done with the
help of a short, double-pointed
cable needle The cable needle
helps you transfer stitches from
one position in the row to another
position, eventually forming the
twists that are characteristic ot
cable designs
Basically, to knit a cable pat-
CORNER
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tern, you slip a group ol stitches
onto the cable needle, knit the next
few stitches as usual, and then knit
the stitches from the cable needle
back into the row.
For best results, a cable needle
should be the same size or thinner
than your knitting needles If your
cable needle is too large, you run
the risk of stretching or distorting
your stitches.
If you’re knitting your first
cabled sweater, you’d be wise to
choose a sweater with a cabled
panel rather than an all-over
design An entirely cabled sweater
is tar more complicated to knit
To test a cable pattern now, take
a look at the pattern below It’s
taken from the vest shown As
always "p” stands for purl,’’ and
k stands loi knit Other symbols
in the pattern are worked as
follows
CF b Slip the next 3 stitches onto
the cable needle and hold. in
FRONT of work Knit the next 3
stitches as usual, and then knit the
3 stitches from cable needle.
CB b Slip next 3 stitches onto
cable needle and hold in BACK of
woiK Kim ihc next 3 stitches as
usual, and then knit the 3 stitches
ti oin the cable needle
11-4 Slip next 3 stitches onto
cable needle and hold in FRONT of
work Furl the next stitch. Then
knit the 3 stitches from the cable
needle
TR 4 Slip next stitch onto cable
needle and hold in BACK of work.
Knit the next 3 stitches as usual,
and then purl the stitch from cable
needle
When you first try cable stitches,
the first few rows may look
peculiar It you follow the pattern,
however, you'll soon see those
pcculiai lu.,Mi. b lows develop
a beautiful cabled design.
Here are directions for the vest’s
cable-stitch pattern
MATERIALS: Use no. 9 needles
to test pattern with ‘Blar
neyspun," no 10 needles for
Berella 4," or any size needles
and yarn that will give seven
pattern stitches to the inch.
VEST CABLE-PATTERN
STITCH; Cast on twenty stitches.
ROW 1. p 2, CF6, p 4, CB6, p 2.
ROW 2- k2,p6,k4, p 6, k 2.
ROW 3. p 2, k 3, TL4, p 2, TR4, k 3,
p 2.
ROW 4 (k 2, p 3, kl, p 3) twice, k 2
ROW 5 p 2, k 3, pi, TL4, TR4, pi,
k 3, p 2.
ROW 6 and 8 k 2, p 3, k 2, p 6, k 2,
p 3, k 2.
ROW 7 p 2, k 3, p 2, CF6, p 2, k 3,
P 2
ROW 9 p 2, k 3, pi, TR4, TL4, pi,
k 3, p 2
ROW 10 Repeat row 4.
ROW 11 p 2, k 3, TR4, p 2, TM, k 3,
P 2
ROW 12 Repeat row 2
REPEAT these rows for the
cable-pattern stitch
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Note: Berella is 4-ply knitting
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