I am knitting an aran sweater for my daughter. It has several cables, bobbles, etc. All of a sudden realized I had twisted two cables the wrong way almost 20 rows back. It takes me about an hour to do 4 rows - so that is 20 hours I may have potentially wasted!
I have heard there is a way to fix this, but I can’t find any directions. Can anyone help?? :rollseyes:
Thanks,
It is possible to fix cables a few rows back by unravelling and bringing them back up with a crochet hook. I don’t think I’d attempt it when there is more than one twist to deal with. I’d call it a hand made design feature and let it go. You’ll be the only one to really notice anyway. Sorry I can’t be more encouraging, but if you try to fix the cables that far back, I’d be afraid you’d lose the whole sweater.
Thanks Ingrid. I have a feeling you are right, no one will notice… but I am having a hard time ignoring it! I read about how you can CUT your cables back into place… sounds strange, I know. So I was wondering if anyone had experience with that method. It is in a 1970’s knitting book.
Thanks again for your reply!
:shock: That one is outside my experience!
[color=indigo]I fixed a cable in the method you discribed ONCE. It was in a fisherman sweater I knitted fro my BIG brother. 52" around! I was finished when I saw the error and way back then (1976) I couldn’t let it go. It was in a double 4 cross. I clipped the yarn in the middle of the 8 sts, carefully taking out each st and putting the rows above and below on DP needles. Switched the cable and grafted the rows like the toe of a sock. I don’t think I’d attempt it now. Knitting is much more brain work for me now, than it was 30 years ago. :doh:
Heck. I made a mistake with that same cable in something I made last month. The cable is called OX, in a Barbara Walker volume. This time it adds personal character to the sweater. :roflhard: [/color]