#cablecaston

I have been working on my scrappy pirate gloves. They’re going well, but it’s time to divide stitches for the fingers. For the thumb I used the backward loop method, and I’ve got to say I just don’t like it. I’ve used it for years, but it’s just flimsy.

I was thinking, gee, I wish there was something like the cable cast on where you insert the right needle between the last two stitches on the left needle, wrap the yarn around the needle, pull it through, and place it onto the left needle. Why isn’t there a way to do that with the right needle? And I thought, WAIT A MINUTE.

Of course you can insert the left needle between the last two stitches on the right needle, wrap the yarn around, pull a loop through, and place it on the RIGHT needle. You can do it as many times as you need! The working yarn is at the correct end, and you continue with the stitches on the left needle and keep going!

I did this, in fact, for the thumb of the other glove. You can see that I added five stitches with the cable cast on on the right needle.

Working on Lousia Harding sweater and came across an opportunity for a lil tutorial. I always forget about the Cable Cast-On but it is one of the best ways to add on stitches in the middle of the project or to complete a picot edging.  1. Insert the right needle between the first and second stitches your left needle.   2. Wrap the yarn, like you are going to knit a stitch, pulling the yarn…