Cable Knitting

Aran Sweater Example

I just added the Rome handbag. Inspired by the TV cooking show Faces of Italy.  It is knitted in a cable pattern. A cable is a knitting stitch that you knit the stitches out of order to make the fabric bumpy Most people are familiar with cable  patterns from Aran sweaters or Fisherman sweaters.

Rome handbag detail with cable pattern

I just knitted a simple cable stitch using a 4 stitch multiple. Take 2 stitches off the knitting needle and put those stitches on another needle or cable needle, and hold it in front of my knitting and then I knit the next 2 stitches. Then I knit the 2 stitches from the cable needle. That's it! Oh I did put some other stitches in between the cables.