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Posted by suzee on November 14, 2008, 11:04 am
Michele wrote:
> Hi, I'm a new member and have been enjoying the information shared.
> I'm in the Dallas, Texas area and have been knitting for about 4
> years. I am self taught but consider myself an intermediate beginner.
> I have knitted scarves, socks and 1 sweater (which was my 2nd
> project! ) and wanted to try using a cable needle. I have a stocking
> cap pattern with a simple cable in WW wool that I am using and it
> specifies #8 needles but does not give a clue to how long the cable
> should be. I knit my socks using the 2 at a time method with 40"
> cables. I am growing very frustrated with the process of trying to
> determine how long a cable should be for a project. I'm finding that
> there are quite a lot of patterns that tell you to use cable needles
> in a certain size but don't say the length of the cable.
>
> Is there some rule of thumb for determining the length you need? I'm
> down to a 16" cable but didn't take into account the length of the
> needles. The only smaller set I could find is an interchangable set
> which is fine but you have the add the length of the needles to the
> length of the cable. I guess I will have to go and get a 12" cable and
> try that. I finally got frustrated and cast on to DPN to get the hat
> started. I do realize I will have to go to DPNs when I decrease for
> the top of the hat but wanted to start on the cable needles for the
> practice.
>
> Thanks for letting me rant...... now if I can just figure out how to
> know how long the total length of needles and cable needs to be.
They do make 12" circs, but people find them very hard to work with as
the needles have to be really short. I believe most people knit socks on
dpns, or use a long circular and the magic loop method or 2 circulars
which can be of any length.
sue
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