Cable Flare Reduction Bind Off

[@maritzapoza-grise2345]

Suzanne, you save me time and again. I am at the level of knitting I've achieved all because of you. In so very grateful to you🙏❤️

[@npigwnl]

Thank you Suzanne, I go back to this video every time I knit a sleeved garment!

[@signawilliams7707]

Your videos are really helping me improve my knitting. I enjoy learning to better understand how the different methods affect the final structure of the fabric. Thank you so much for the time and thought you put into these tutorials.

[@SuzanneBryan]

You are very welcome! Thanks for watching and commenting. I hope you have become a subscriber to my channel and that you will share my videos with your social media friends. That is the biggest compliment you can pay me! Thanks and Happy Knitting, Suzanne.

[@thaberkorn6853]

I love your videos Suzanne and the colors you use. The bright green yarn against the black background really help to show your techniques!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Thank you! Happy knitting.

[@lizodonoghue9372]

Thanks so much! That was just the decoding I was needing to wrap up a project!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Great!

[@happy75bts]

I very enjoy your videos and learn a lot about the detail of knitting specifically for my beginning project

[@lanialost1320]

Thank you! I could not have worked this out myself, and so much appreciate your technical finesse!

[@SuzanneBryan]

You are welcome! Happy knitting!

[@jlausch]

This is soooo cool! Thx

[@ruthstubens3812]

What a clever technique! So easy to follow your explanation and demonstrations. Thank you!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Thanks Ruth!

[@jaggcalgary.7938]

Fantastic! This sounds like it should be intimidating but it's not and is so useful in getting a professional finished look.

[@katarinakopunekova]

mindblowing! great explanation, thank you

[@SuzanneBryan]

You're very welcome, Katarina! Thanks for watching and for your kind feedback! ❤️

[@mana6868]

Another very useful tip!! I’m your# 1 fan

[@SuzanneBryan]

Thank you!

[@nilanthiwijemanna9791]

Thank you ma'am...this is lot of helpful to me..🙏🙏🙏

[@manuelareina4662]

Me gustan muchos sus videos, aprendo muchas técnicas realmente útiles con Ud. Gracias por sus lecciones. Gracias por compartir. Saludos

[@mimmodada6047]

¡Excelente este canal! Hace un tiempo ví la lista de reproducción donde enseña técnicas de bloqueo con diferentes prendas tejidas, precioso el video del encaje circular bloqueado. Saludos desde Chile ;)

[@SuzanneBryan]

Thank you! I hope you have chosen to subscribe to my channel and that you will share my video with your social media knitting friends. Happy knitting, Suzanne

[@SuzanneBryan]

Thank you!

[@csdurch]

That is so clever! Your videos are great! Thanks!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Thank you! Happy knitting.

[@batya7]

Very clear technique.

[@SuzanneBryan]

Great. Hugs and Happy Knitting.

[@nekeploey4156]

Thank you Suzanne! I have referenced your video in one of my project pages on Ravelry.

[@SuzanneBryan]

Very cool! Thank you! Thanks for watching and commenting. I hope you have become a subscriber to my channel and that you will share my videos with your social media friends. That is the biggest compliment you can pay me! Thanks and Happy Knitting, Suzanne.

[@cathybodini5168]

What would we do without KZbin . I enjoy learning new tips and tricks from yourself and other talented ladies. My question today…. Most of my cable work is between a rib waistband and a rib neck band. Do you have any videos explaining what compensations need to happen here?

[@SuzanneBryan]

At the bottom, I don;t generally compensate, because you can always use that little extra flare around your hips. At the neck or the shoulders, I doo use the compensation method as to keep the neck from stretching out, or the shoulders stretching too much.

[@pattinisbet4061]

Thanks so much I am knitting a top down sweater with a cable binding

[@SuzanneBryan]

You are so welcome, Patti!

[@tonyao2812]

I’ve just used it for my ITAG KAL cable swatch and it looks fab, 🙏.

[@SuzanneBryan]

Thank you so much. Be sure to share my videos with your social media groups and friends. Hugs and Happy Knitting.

[@tonyao2812]

Thank you. You’re more than a 🌟.

[@marciacaniatoferraz6878]

Thank You your student from Brasil

[@SuzanneBryan]

You are welcome!

[@lindaschaff5623]

This is great! I wonder how to make it work with a cable that involves 6 or 8 stitches. Would you please tell me if that would work? Thank you for all of your videos; you've made a huge difference in the quality of my knitting!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Yes you can, but I would reduce them by half using the same method! In other words, I would re-order the stitches in the same type of fashion. Thanks, Linda!

[@masweeney4321]

Thanks so much Suzanne for sharing your expertise. I have a 5-stitch cable (diamond): Sl 3 in front, k2, sl P st from cable and purl it, k2 from cable needle. I am old fashioned and still use a cable needle. Can you tell me how I’d tackle this? Thanks. Mary Ann

[@SuzanneBryan]

You will either need to reduce it by 2 or 3. Your choice. And then use decreases that will enhance the cable.

[@masweeney4321]

Thanks so much!!

[@helencaudill1583]

great info .. thank you so much

[@SuzanneBryan]

Thank you! I hope you have chosen to subscribe to my channel and that you will share my video with your social media knitting friends. Happy knitting, Suzanne

[@helencaudill1583]

I have subscribed and do share :)

[@SuzanneBryan]

Thank you!

[@StephanieSharp2]

Thanks, I’m knitting my first cable scarf, and I am concerned about blocking it. I don’t want to stretch it out too much because I don’t want to flatten the cables too much. Do you have any tips about blocking cable knits as well? I really appreciate your series about cable flare.

[@SuzanneBryan]

This blocking video does not include cables, but you would block them just like blocking the ribbing, which is in the video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3qugnapd8qnprM 🧶

[@StephanieSharp2]

@@SuzanneBryan thank so much!

[@SuzanneBryan]

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[@Knittyneeds]

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2019. GENIUS. Suzanne, you are exceptional. I'm gonna try this tonight. I feel so excited and encouraged to KNIT with confidence. I've got a question for you please. The pattern says, rib for 2 inches for sleeve, front and back and then follow cable pattern. Do I have to rib less stitches and then compensate with the cable pattern? A little confused. Your advise and help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks a million for this fantastic video. Thanks for sharing and caring. Hugs.

[@SuzanneBryan]

Thank you so much! Happy New Year and Happy Knitting!

[@annhovey4698]

I am looking for a video on how to BO and do the cable. As I am working a neck and have to BO 14 stitches then 5 st in 2 rows etc. not BO all st on the same row. So when I go across there are less st than the original cable (cable was 9 st then after needing BO down to 5 vs BO the whole row.)

[@SuzanneBryan]

I would work up a swatch to try first. You can try a couple of things. Use your pattern directions for decreasing over the two rows prior to BO. You could also try my technique. If you have a cable with 9 stitches, and you need to end up with 5, it is very doable. Of course if you do it in the bind off row, you will need to work those prior rows without the decreases. This is what I would do. If your cable it leaning to the right, I would create pairs of stitches, just as in this video, matching the 1st and 6th st, the 2nd and 7th st, then place the 5th st, then the 3rd and 8th stitch and the 4th and 9th stitches together, then work them as k2tog twice, k1, k2tog twice. If the cable is leaning to the left, you would reverse this order. Let me know what your results show. For me, this is very tidy.

[@BarbaraWessel-k9d]

What do you do if your bind off does not end on the row where you would be doing your next cable crossing?

[@bronwenhowe2970]

What do you do when you need to pick up and knit from such a bind off? Do you still pick up one for every (cable) stitch? (I'm thinking that would just re-establish the 'flare') Or do you pick up one for every bound off stitch?

[@SuzanneBryan]

Yes, that is correct, you would be up one for each bound off stitch. Great question, Bronwen! ❤️

[@jasmine7avatar]

what order would I want ro rearrange the stitches if I was working 3x3 cables instead of 2x2 cables?

[@SuzanneBryan]

1-3, 2-4, 3-6

[@tonyao2812]

Hi Suzanne, what if the BO row is not at cable crossings? Should I do ssk and k2tog as appropriate to reduce the number of sts; by 1/2? Thanks

[@SuzanneBryan]

Exactly! You got it! Hugs and Happy Knitting!

[@tonyao2812]

Thanks. You’re more than a 🌟.

[@indirawolf4072]

Would you recommend increasing the Needle size for this bind off to avoid a tight bind off or is that not necessary because of the inherent stretchiness of the cable bind off?

[@SuzanneBryan]

You can definitely use a larger needle.

[@SueCrissman]

Love your videos!! Question...what is the reduction rule of thumb when going from cables to stockinette or rib? I think I was told to reduce on the last cable row by the number of sts in each cable. i.e. A 12 st cable could have 6 crossed sts, therefore you would reduce the 12 sts to 6. What are your thoughts about this?

[@SuzanneBryan]

I agree with your statement. It is usually ½ the number of stitches, but depends on the cable. I always swatch a bit just to double check before trying on my garment.

[@SueCrissman]

Knitting with Suzanne Bryan Thank you for your response! Found another of your videos and I appreciate the help!

[@equuspeduus]

How to handle larger cables (3x3, 4x4) and braided cables?

[@SuzanneBryan]

Good idea. I will add this to my video todo list. In the meantime, I usually decrease the cable legs by ½, and try to follow the direction that they would normally go. So I incorporate k2togs, ssks, and other decreases in a way that follows the natural flow of the cable. I hope this makes sense. Happy knitting!

[@equuspeduus]

@@SuzanneBryan OK thanks.. I'll play around with it a bit and see if I can make it work :)

[@mana6868]

I mean how do you start the cables?

[@SuzanneBryan]

I have a video on cable flare reduction co too - kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2mUY2p7adB3jKc

[@mana6868]

How do you Smart the cables?

[@SuzanneBryan]

I am not sure what you are asking.

[@E_LithaBeth]

Till you get a video out on binding off cables of greater size than 2x2 I am trying this with 3x3 left leaning cables. What seems to be working is (and I am going to use a cable needle) to cross stitches 1 and 6 like this: Move stitches 1-2-3 to the cable needle as you would usually do holding it either in back or front according to cable direction. Move stitches 4-5-6 to right needle Move stiches 2 and 3 back onto left needle from cable needle Move stitch 6 to left needle from right needle Move stitch 1 to left needle from cable needle Move stitches 4 and 5 to left needle from right needle Now bind off pairs of stitches using either K2tog for right crossing cables ssk for left crossing cables. Other than my use of a cable needle is that how you would handle this? Is it always the middle two stitches that exchange places? I know you are extremely busy (!) so please don't reply if you are under an avalanche of work. I can wait for the video if you ever make one for this. It just seemed like something that might come up for other people too.

[@SuzanneBryan]

I will work on it today. This is an easy one to make.

[@AlexandrashirleyH]

I'm sorry to ask. I have cables with 8 stitch (to the left) and need to bind of to neck, front and shoulders. But even this fine video can't teach me how. My head is not able to figure out the method from your 4 stitch to mine 8.

[@SuzanneBryan]

You might try working it out on a swatch. I would remove 4 stitches, but swatching will give you the correct answer.

[@dukeofpurl]

👍👏💐😍

[@SuzanneBryan]

Thanks Duke.

[@E_LithaBeth]

Terrific video as usual. You are my knitting heroine. :) I wonder if you could do a video on ways of blending decreases into cables such as at a v neckline or in a cardigan. I found another video maker today - Roxanne Richardson (or "Roxy Rocks" on Ravelry) - who covered this in great detail here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4GvlpmMd6uerZo but I would love to see your take on the subject.

[@SuzanneBryan]

Very interesting. When we do the sweater KAL this fall, I will be discussing my method of doing this in detail. it is different as you may have already guessed.