C16f

How-to Questions
1

I’ve worked cables before and have always pulled close the gap after having knitted from the left-hand needle and starting to knit from the cable needle. However, now that my cable is 16 stitches wide, I pulled closed the gap, and I’m not sure that it looks right.

This is the pattern I’m using
http://oxknit.blogspot.com/2008/03/reversible-plait-scarf.html

C16F
Slip 8 stitches onto cable needle and hold to front of work
[k2, p2] twice
[k2, p2] twice from cable needle

Here’s a pic of a finished piece

Here’s a pic of my piece

Am I doing something wrong? Should I allow a little slack between the left-hand needle stitches and the cable needle stitches?

2

I don’t know if you’re doing something wrong, but it looks to me like you should knit more, another few inches, to really see what it will look like. JMHO though…

3

Agree that you need to knit a longer piece to get a better feel for how the plaiting and sts will look. You also appear to be using a yarn that has a boucle appearance and that is making your sts vary in sz/shape so you may not get the crisp definition of the other item you posted.

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4

Yes, the gaps are less noticeable with more length. Washing or blocking when done will even out the stitches a lot, and I don’t think it’s really that bad at all.

5

Thanks everyone! I did find the below comment on dummies.com, so I may redo this first cable and then keep going.

[INDENT]“When you suspend stitches on the cable needle, let the cable needle dangle down in front of your work, giving the yarn a slight tug to keep it taut (you don’t need to close the gap).”[/INDENT]