What's a Cable Stitch?

Cable knitting is a style of knitting in which textures of crossing layers are achieved by permuting stitches. For example, given four stitches appearing on the needle in the order ABCD, one might cross the first two the next two, so that in subsequent rows those stitches appear in the new order CDAB.

What is cable knit used for?

Cable knitting is often used in making your favorite sweaters, cozy beanies, and fluffy blankets!

What does cable stitch look like?

Cables. We've all seen and admired them — expressively textured motifs that look like raised columns twisting around each other, criss-crossing, or meandering across planes of knitted fabric.

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