Connect Your Crochet Cables Instead of Skipping Stitches

Love the look of crochet cables on the front side, but hate how the back looks?
When you make cables using front- and back-post double crochet stitches, you crochet around the post of a stitch and skip the top of it. This leaves an open stitch that sticks out and can make the back of your piece look like a lumpy, ugly mess.
That's fine if you're making something that you'll only look at from the front. But if you're making a cable blanket or another item that you'll see the back of, you'll want to clean it up a little.
Watch this video to learn how to connect both front- and back-post double crochet to the top of the stitch.

[@boby8612]

I’ve seen a different version that does a two together double crochet stitch “before” the post. This method eliminates the gap much better. Definitely making this my new standard for my post stitches, , , thank you so very much!!!

[@changepathcrochet]

Interesting! I haven’t seen the other way before. It sounds like it’s filling in the gap, whereas this method eliminates the gap.

[@MrsGump]

This is a brilliant trick! Its like a hybrid post & single 2 tog, love it! I hate the gappy/skipped stitch look with post/cables etc so im 100% doing this next time. Def new sub from me! Xx

[@changepathcrochet]

So simple, I don’t know why this isn’t the standard way to do cable stitches.

[@Anna-jl1rx]

Great, thank you! I will try to do something like this with braided cables.

[@changepathcrochet]

Go for it!