knitting note, mostly to self
Mar. 28th, 2010 11:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dichroicI think I've just invented (unvented?) method to create horizontal cable border. Not thoroughly tested yet - tried it with 5 sts for a 4 st cable, but I think it would look better with some borders. Like this:
Finish RS row. Use Cable CO to cast on 10 sts.
R1:On WS, K4, P4, K1, K2tog.
R2: P2, K4, P2, K2.
R3: same as R1.
R4: P2, cable 4, P2, K2.
This gives a 4-st cable with 2-st purl border on either side and a 2-st garter border to help tame curl.
What I actually wanted, though, was a horizontal cable that still had live stitches on the far side, so it could be a band instead of a border. Will have to consider further if there's a way to do this (other than just picking up stitches on the edge of the border).
ETA: Actually I ended up casting on 29 stitches, using the same cable pattern as in the rest of the blanket with the orignial end st making 30 - 2 st reverse stockinette border, 24-st cables, 2-st rev stockinette, 2-st garter. Slip the 1st st on every WS row for a neater edge, and k3tog instead of k2tog at the end of every third WS row to make the border even with the main blanket.
Finish RS row. Use Cable CO to cast on 10 sts.
R1:On WS, K4, P4, K1, K2tog.
R2: P2, K4, P2, K2.
R3: same as R1.
R4: P2, cable 4, P2, K2.
This gives a 4-st cable with 2-st purl border on either side and a 2-st garter border to help tame curl.
What I actually wanted, though, was a horizontal cable that still had live stitches on the far side, so it could be a band instead of a border. Will have to consider further if there's a way to do this (other than just picking up stitches on the edge of the border).
ETA: Actually I ended up casting on 29 stitches, using the same cable pattern as in the rest of the blanket with the orignial end st making 30 - 2 st reverse stockinette border, 24-st cables, 2-st rev stockinette, 2-st garter. Slip the 1st st on every WS row for a neater edge, and k3tog instead of k2tog at the end of every third WS row to make the border even with the main blanket.
