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How to Knit a Continuous Cable Border

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applied cable edgingRachael Rabbit has a great tutorial for working a continuous cable border on a knitting project that you’re going to want to grab soon. It will be available through the end of March, at which time she’s making it into a tutorial that will be on her etsy shop.

The process involves picking up some stitches along the edge, then working the cable on additional stitches and joining it to the work as you go. This is a really elegant looking solution to finishing a project without the difficulty of trying to pick up stitches all the way around the project at once or knitting a strip for the border and sewing it on by hand.

Have you ever finished a piece of knitting with an applied border? I’d love to hear about it.

[Photo via Rachael Rabbit.]

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Comments

  1. I just finished a Debbie Bliss baby blanket and I swore never again. This could be a life saver.

  6. The instructions on how to knit a continuous cable border seems to be gone – can you repost it or send me a copy? Thanks!

  8. It says no longer available so if anyone can tell me the corner cable instructions it would be great.

  10. Hi There, I have fallen n love with this Continuous Cable border about 50 years ago I knitted a car jacket in fisherman’s rib. This was almost the same border. I have since lost the original pattern , but really want to knit the jacket again. Was delighted to see this border. If at all possible could I get this pattern from you on pdf.Kind Regards Averill

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