cable needle

English

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

cable needle (plural cable needles)

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

Translations

cable needle

Danish: hjælpepind c