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Description: Once you understand how cables are made, knitting cables without a Cable Needle (CN) is a skill that will make cable-heavy projects go much more quickly, and allow you to make a cable anywhere, anytime! Lee Meredith helps to make cabling without a Cable Needle (CN) more approachable. This method is easier and more risk-free with a “sticky” wool or a somewhat rugged yarn, rather than a slippery fiber like silk or alpaca. For a left cable without a cable needle, start by slipping ALL the stitches (in this 2-over-2 cable this means 4 stitches) over to the right-hand knitting needle. Bring the left-hand needle across the front and stick it through the front stitches, the right set of stitches on the right-hand needle. Work the next two steps smoothly and carefully: With your left hand holding your knitting in place, slip the right-hand needle out of ALL the cable stitches, then slip it immediately back into the loose back stitches. (Those stitches will only be loose for a second, as the needle slips out and then right back in.) Slip the back stitches from the right-hand needle onto the left-hand needle. Now all unworked cable stitches are ready to knit, in the new correct twisted order. Work the first set of stitches (the back stitches), then knit the next set of stitches (the front stitches). 0:18 Start a Left Cable 0:55 Rearrange Cable Stitches 1:44 Move Stitches to Left Needle 1:58 Finishing a Left Cable The swatch in this tutorial is based on the Coho Cowl by Allison Griffith - For more cable learning, head to: knitpicks.com/learning-center/knit-bits-learn-to-cable Learn more about cables knitpicks.com/learning-center/videos/cable-tutorials Discover more knitting patterns at knitpicks.com/patterns/knitting_patterns.html This tutorial series was filmed following the CDC Covid-19 Safety Guidelines. Music is Acoustic Guitar Inspirational by Remstunes via Envato Element's paid subscription