>>Continental Knitting
Lesson 1: Basic Definitions
Lesson 2: Cast On
Lesson 3: Slanting of a stitch
Lesson 4: Knitting First Row
Lesson 5: Purling First Row
Lesson 6: Forming selvage or edge stitch
Lesson 7: Working in rounds
Lesson 8: Analysing knit and purl stitches
Lesson 9: Types of yarn
Lesson 10: Types of needles
Lesson 11: Knitting gauge & happy knitting
Lesson 12: Basic Shapes
Lesson 13: Correcting Mistakes
Lesson 14: Cables
Lesson 15: Connecting Two Yarns
Lesson 16: Bind Off
Lesson 17: Seaming
Lesson 18: Picking Up Stitches
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CONTINENTAL TECHNIQUE Lesson 14
Cables
No matter how complicated cable looks on the pattern, it is based on two simple rules:
Rule 1: position of stitches is always changed from left to right
Rule 2: the change of stitches is done either at the back or the front of your work
Change at the back gives a slant from left-to-right; Change at the front gives a slant from right-to-left
There are only two variations that make cables look different from each other (true
for both rules):
Variation 1: number of stitches to change position -> posible combinations
Variation 2: how to process stitches – knitwise or purlwise
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at the front of work with cable needle
Example 1
at the front of work without cable needle
Example 2
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at the back of work with cable needle
Example 1
at the back of work without cable needle
Example 2
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Abbreviations used in Headwater Wool patterns
 When working with cables, it is better to choose yarns that have elasticity, such as wool.
If you desided to work with cables using cotton, then it is better to use patterns where cables are mixed with lace, because cables will be flat any way.
Also, keep in mind that cables are not visible on dark color or multi-color yarns.
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>>Allover Topics
Yarn Over stitch (YO)
Magic Loop
Slip stitches onto waste yarn or cable needle
Twisted knit stitch (Granny Stitch)
Make 1 Stitch (M1)
2-Tail Cast ON
Connecting 2-colored yarns
Bind off stitches in the middle of the work
Decrease stitches and changing the slant
Making cables without cable needle
Slip first stitch
Fixing mistake with crochet hook
Bind off with crochet hook
Two-Needle Bind off
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