How To C2B Step By Step Knitting Tutorial No Needle
Learn how to cable two back or C2B in this step by step tutorial with pictures and video. Plus, you can knit this cable stitch without using a needle!
The standard way to work this easy stitch is by placing the first stitch on a cable needle held at the back of your work, then you knit the next stitch on your left needle, and finally knit the stitch on your cable needle moving both to your right needle.
While a small cable knitting pattern like this is some of the easiest cables you can knit actually using a cable needle to do it is a bit too fiddly. So it’s great that you can knit cable stitches without a needle too!
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Tutorial Snapshot
SKILL LEVEL: Beginner to Easy
YARN: #4 medium weight cotton yarn
NEEDLE: US 7 size 4.5 mm
CAN FIRST TIME KNITTERS DO IT? Absolutely.
Generally in a cable pattern the front of your work is the right side and where you’ll see the cables. It’s common for these to be worked over a background of reverse stockinette stitch to really make those cables pop.
Abbreviations + Stitches
C2B – cable two back, also cross two back
K – knit st
Video Tutorial
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How To C2B Cable Two Back
Learn to c2b cable two back.
Materials
- Any weight yarn.
Tools
- Appropriate size needles to match your yarn weight.
Instructions
- Knit according to your pattern to the two stitches you will c2b.
- Skip the first stitch.
- Insert needle in front leg of second stitch,
bring right needle tip around the first stitch and to the back,
yarn over and knit it, but leave it (and the skipped stitch) on your left-hand needle.
- Now knit the first stitch.
I'm holding the stitch I just knit on the needle with my thumb while I knit this one.
- Finally slide both stitches off the left needle.
That's it for a c2b without a cable needle.
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