What To Use Instead Of Cable Needle

You ll find cable needles in metal plastic bamboo wood and even glass.

What to use instead of cable needle. I have tried several of the popular ones above but have decided to use a straight double pointed dpn bamboo needle instead. I knit most things with nickel plated needles especially socks. Cable needles are only a few inches long and they come in fewer diameters because they only hold a few stitches for a short time. When you suspend stitches on the cable needle let the cable needle dangle down in front of your work giving the yarn a slight.

Two metal sewing needles. They are designed to temporarily hold a few stitches out of the way while you work with other stitches. Many knitters have turned to needles and toothpicks to make tiny little projects. This video demonstrates the technique for how to use a cable needle to create cables in knitted work.

If you want to buy a cable needle or two most come in set of two or three with several different sizes in the set. I just pull the needle out and arrange my stitches like they should be after i make the cable. Try both ways and use whichever technique is more comfortable to you. 2 2 rc right cross.

You use one end to slip the stitches on and the other end to knit them off. I was challenged by a friend on how tiny i could knit. When choosing the needle diameter use one that is the same size or smaller than the regular needles for the project. Larger knitting needles force you to make larger knitting projects.

The needles are remarkably simple in their design. The bigger or smaller the needle the more delicate the project. For the c6b example you d need to insert the right needle into the 3 stitches on the left needle and pull them completely onto the right needle. I came up with ten things to use instead of a cable needle.

Follow along with your own test swatch. But there are times when i can t do it this way like big cable patterns unstable bus ride or i just don t feel like doing it hey this is enough of a reason i think. Slide the remaining cable stitches onto the right needle. Slip 2 sts onto cable needle and hold to back.

A regular double pointed needle is perfectly sufficient for your first cabling experiment but i would find it cumbersome and well worth a few dollars to have just the right tool. Instead of knitting stitches directly from the cable needle you may prefer to return the suspended stitches to the lh needle before you knit them. I tend to use the straight version if i need to use cable needles often don t for small cables and i tend to use a spare single pointed needle instead of a cable needle most of the time. K2 k2 from cable needle.