cable needle

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English[edit]

A few different designs of cable needles.
A coiled pattern, achievable by knitting stitches out of order; loops are put on the cable needle, the subsequent loops are knitted, and then the loops from the cable needle are returned to the main needles and knitted.

Noun[edit]

cable needle (plural cable needles)

  1. (knitting) a type of knitting needle used to temporarily hold stitches, allowing them to be interchanged

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