I used it on a vest. It works fine!

Thank you .

Dennis



"gdmack" wrote in message
...
Hi! Saw this on the tv show with Shay Pendray last Saturday and thought
I'd
try it...the person demonstrating
it said that 's how the cables in Irish sweaters are done sicne it's
faster
than using cable needle. :

Say you're doing a basic 4-stitch cable (right twist) ; knit into 3rd
stitch
on left needle leaving first 2 stitches on
needle then slide stitches off . the 2 unstiched stitches are locked in
place, then knit the 4th stitch and then
slide the 2 unworked stitches back on left needle and knit them.. does
this
make sense? seems to make the
cable tighter (mine at least :-) and works faster as you don't have to
keep stopping to get the cable needle.

Donna in SC
(getting lots of knitting done as DH is out of the country for a few
months
and I can leave my stuff out where
I can see it all without him bugging me! )