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Yes, respectfully, I’d like to clarify the meaning of C3B and C3F
After confusing the meaning of C3B and C3F, the cables on the sweater
I was knitting came out wrong. I searched online and found:
C3B means Cable 3 Back, Knit 3, then Knit the 3 cabled stitches.
C3F means Cable 3 Forward, Knit 3, then Knit the 3 cabled stitches.
I tried these directions, but the cables came out wrong.
So I knit a swatch and tried different combinations to determine exactly what C3B and C3F means.
Since I already knew that:
T3B means: cable 1 back, Knit 2, Purl 1 cabled stitch
Shorthand: T3B = c1b, K2, P1c
Total stitches in Twisting cable sequence: 3
T3F means: cable 2 forward, Purl 1, Knit 2 cabled stitches
Shorthand: TF3 = c2f, P1, K2c
Total stitches in Twisting cable sequence: 3
CB4 means: cable 2 back, Knit 2, Knit 2 cabled stitches
Shorthand: CB4 = c2b, K2, K2c
Total stitches in cable sequence: 4
CF4 means: cable 2 forward, Knit 2, Knit 2 cabled stitches
Shorthand: CF4 = c2f, K2, K2c
Total stitches in cable sequence: 4
CB8 means: cable 4 back, Knit 4, Knit 4 cabled stitches
Shorthand: CB8 = c4b, K4, K4c
Total stitches in cable sequence: 8
CF8 Means: cable 4 forward, Knit 4, Knit 4 cabled stitches
Shorthand: c4f, K4, K4c
Total stitches in cable sequence: 8
Since T3B and T3F, involve both Knit and Purl stitches, but all combinations of C4F, C8B and C8F involve only Knit stitches, I decided to follow the T3B (c1b, K2,P1c) and T3F (c2f, P1,K2c) cable sequences, with all knit stitches:
C3B (c1b,K2,K1c) and C3F (c2f,K1,K2c).
THIS WORKED! FINALLY after hours of searching and making errors, the cable came out perfectly!
Then, when I went to my craft/knitting group and started to share the problems I had had determining the meanings of cable codes meant, the most experienced knitter in our group called out, “C3B and C3F!”
Astonished, I asked her, “You had the same problem?”
She replied, “Yes, and I looked all over the internet and couldn’t find the right answer.”
After comparing notes, I was glad to see that she had come up with the same answer.
I want to post this information here to help other knitters avoid all the problems and hours of frustration that my friend and I had.