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Cable knitting is a style of knitting which uses permutation for the sequence of stitches.
In knitting, the stitches that cross behind are placed on a small cable to prevent entanglement while the front stitches are knitted. The stitches on the cable needle are either knitted from the cable needle itself or transferred back to the original needle. The permutation of the cable stitches can only be done on the right side, and a spacer row is needed to help loosen the fabric. Unlike typical knitting, cable knitting has a narrow gauge which should be taken into account in changing to another type of knitted fabric. If needed, stitches can be added to maintain the gauge. Usually, cables are used in stocking stitch combined with reverse background stocking.
Cables commonly form braid patterns because of crossing patterns where the number of cables increases as represented by the braid group. Different visual effects can be formed in the cable pattern by adjusting the centre lines of the wavy clump of cables or varying the space between them. Common patterns range from one-cable serpentine to seven-cable braid, but other designs can be formed from the cable patterns by altering the number of cables, creating a gap in the centre lines, or changing the wave’s shape. Other cable patterns, such as the horseshoe crab and the Y-shape pattern, lack the rope-line quality. Cable knitting is closely associated with Aran sweaters which are made up of panels with several cable patterns. This style of sweater is notable for its complex stitch patterns combined in one garment.
