cables, 2

Voici des explications que je recopie de : KNITTING FOR DUMMIES ("le tricot pour les nuls"); normalement, vous comprenez tout maintenant !

• If you want to make a cable that looks like it's twisting to the left, you hold your suspended stitches in front of your work while you knit from the LH needle.

• If you want to make a cable that twists to the right, hold the suspended stitches in back.

To try a 6-stitch left-twisting cable, cast on 14 stitches and then follow these steps:

1. Work Row 1 (RS): P4, k6, p4.

The first and last k4 (knit four) stitches make up the background fabric for your cable. The six stitches in the middle are where you'll form your cable stitches.

2. Work Row 2: K4, p6, k4.

3. Work Row 3: P4, k6, p4. (same as row 1).

4. Work Row 4: k4, p6, k4 (same as row 2).

5. Work Row 5, the turning row: P4, sl 3 sts to cn and hold in front (see Figure 1a), k3 from LH needle (see Figure 1b), k3 from cn (see Figure 1c), p4.

Fig 1: Working the turning row.

6. Work Row 6: K4, p6, k4 (same as Row 2).

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comme vous voyez, ces torsades se font sur 6 rangs, 5 rangs 'normaux' + 1 rang où on 'tord' les mailles ; pourquoi ne pas essayer 8 rangs (7+1) ou 10 (9+1) ????

aide mémoire : leFt >>> Front

je vous montrerai bientôt quels symboles sont utilisés dans les diagrammes pour figurer les torsades (ainsi que les augmentations et diminutions)