Cables and short rows?

How-to Questions
1

I’m working on a pair of wool pants for the new baby. I’m about ready to start my short rows and the pattern says :

knit to within 7 stitches of Marker A…

Okay well 7 stitches before Marker A is the first knit in my cable pattern. My cable pattern is a 9 stitch braid going down either side of the pants. So, when I get to it, I purl 2, and either knit 9, cable 6F or 6B or knit 3…depending on what part of the pattern I’m on.

If I haven’t thoroughly confused anyone yet, what’s the best way to incorporate my short rows into the cable without ruining it?

2

Can you just skip the cable there?

3

I probably could. This is the cable pattern :

k 23, p 2, k 9, p 2, k 23, p 2, k 9, p 2
k 23, p 2, k 9, p 2, k 23, p 2, k 9, p 2
k 23, p2, C6F, k3, p2, k 23, p2, C6F, k3, p2

Start short row

k 23, p2, k9, p2, k 23, p2, k9, p2
k 23, p2, k9, p2, k 23, p2, k9, p2
k 23, p2, k3, C6B, p2, k 23, p2, k3, C6B, p2

But, I’m not that knowledgeable with short rows, so wouldn’t it mess with the rest of the cable, or will it not be in the way?

4

Is the cable part of the pants pattern, what i mean is did you find a pattern for a pair of pants and decide it would look good if you added in a cable? or was the cable wirtten into the pants pattern already?

5

The pattern doesn’t have cables originally, I added them. I added stitches to accomdate them and adjusted the math. I decided to just do the short ros in between the cables once I realized that because I’m doing it ML style, they’re not exactly split down the middle. I mean, I have the same number of stitches on each needle, but to center it perfectly would desect the cables.