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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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Book Review: Circular Knitting for Beginners and Beyond

When I discovered Kate Atherley’s book Circular Knitting for Beginners and Beyond, I wasn’t sure there was enough to say about circular knitting to fill a book. It’s a pretty short book (144 pages) and includes 10 patterns to practice working in the round on small projects, and it provides a decent introduction to the various ways of working in the round. 

The book covers using double pointed knitting needles, flexible double points and circular knitting needles with cables. It talks about working using the full circumference of a circular needle and various ways to work smaller circumference projects, such as using DPNs, magic loop and knitting with two circular knitting needles. 

In addition there’s a discussion of preventing problems like twists and ladders, swatching in the round without actually swatching in the round, grafting, blocking and weaving in ends. 

More specialized techniques likes knitting from the center out, stranded colorwork, helical knitting and jogless stripes are also explored, as well as working pieces like socks or mitts two at a time. 

There’s also some information about seamless sweaters, including the different sweater designs that can be worked seamlessly (and why you might want seams in your sweaters) and how they are worked from the top down or the bottom up. 

There are 10 patterns in the book, including a basic stockinette stitch cowl and one with a deliberate twist, wrist warmers, mitts and a pair of colorwork mittens, a hat worked in a solid color or in helical stripes, toe up and top down socks and a beret. It would have been nice to have a basic sweater pattern, too, since the book does talk about working larger garments with circular needles, but it’s still a nice collection of basic patterns worked in the round. 

If you’re already comfortable working in the round in different ways, I’m not sure there’s much for you to learn in this book, but it is a good reference for people learning circular knitting or who maybe haven’t tried all the techniques yet or need skill building projects to try. 

About the book: 144 pages, paperback, 10 patterns. Published 2026 by David & Charles. Suggested retail price $24.99.