Knitting advice

[dancerjodi]

I'm doing my first project (a hat) that involves cabling. I picked up a cable needle and practiced using the pattern in the first Stitch and Bitch book, and it seems fairly simple.

What I'm having an issue with is figuring out what my pattern means, because its different than the sample pattern (the hat I'm making is the cabled newsboy cap from Stitch and Bitch Nation):
Rnds 1-3: *P2, k9, p2, k6; rep from * to end
Rnd 4: P2, k9, p2, c6b; rep from * to end

I know that the c6b is the cable part. Do I P2, k9, slide 6 to the cable needle, p2, knit the 6 on the cable needle and then continue (k9, p2, cable again)?

Any help anyone could provide would be awesome. I've been meaning to ask the expert (my Mom) but I won't see her till Sunday and I know I'll get to the cable part before then. Thanks in advance!

Related, I need a knitting icon! :)

Comments

[synaesthesia.livejournal.com]

It's 6 stitch cable so it's 6 wide entirely, so you're going to be twining 3 around 3 as you work. the 'b' indicates that you ashould hold these stitches to the back of the work, so:

p2, k9, p2, slide 3 sts to the cn and hold 'em to the back of the work, knit the next 3, then return the cn sts to the needle and knit those, then continue.

Generally speaking you almost always have purl sts around a cable -- helps it stand out better.

If you were to hold the sts to the front of the work, the cable would then cross to the left.

Someday I can show you how to dispense with the cable needle altogether. ;)

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[dancer.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the help - that's actually the same pattern I practiced with (only I cabled to the front, not the back).

"Someday I can show you how to dispense with the cable needle altogether. ;)"

At this point, that thought just kind of scares me :)

[blondeamazon.livejournal.com]

I made the same cap for Amy last year and rememeber having a hard time getting it going. I had to go on-line, there is a FAQ for explaining the stitch and bitch nation patterns. Every one I have made, I have had trouble with. They are rift with errors or ambiguities if you are not an expert. Glad synaesthesia was able to help.