Illustration of Cable Cast on

 

 

Just to see if I could

 

I made these illustrations of the new Cable Cast on.

 

I used this on my most recent boot toppers.

 

This first shows the slip stitch and the first knit on cast on,

with needle inserted between them to pick up the first cable cast on stitch.

 



 

This shows the stitch slipped over the needle as one does with knit on cast on.



Back to a little basics

Mittens are fun, but like socks and boot toppers...two are required to make a pair.  Sigh.  I have to make one more of these, but I decided to do something that would require a little less attention though out.  I don't like to have multiple projects going, but I started some boot toppers that I thought would be a little more mindless and adaptable to doing while game playing. 
 I learned a new cast on.  The book I am using calls it a  cable cast on.  It's stretchy and stylish and I will probably use it for a while.  It is similar to the knit on cast on which I have been using for most things lately.  Instead of knitting though the last stitch, one knits between the last two stitches to create the loop for the next cast on.  I had no idea that describing and writing about knitting would be so difficult.  I have trouble mastering the perfection required to make suitable looking garments and accessories.  Describing and writing about knitting takes that perfection to a whole new level.  Kudos to knitting book editors and authors.