Cable chart maker — and a sweater that fits around your cables
Draw cables on a grid or start from 25 templates. The editor writes every row in words, and the sweater builder places the cables on your garment and recalculates the stitches.
The editor
22 crossings from 1/1 to 4/4, right and left, over knit stitches or travelling across purl, plus twisted stitches and bobbles. Mirror drawing, pattern shifting, panels of several repeats and a knitted preview. The checker flags stitches that don’t land where they should.
Worked example: sweater with a “Diamond with bobble” cable panel
This is real output from the builder for size M (bust 92 cm, neck 35.5 cm, upper arm 29 cm, length 60 cm) at a gauge of 22 sts and 30 rows per 10 cm (4 in).
Key numbers
- Body cast-on
- 114
- Sts at bust (per piece)
- 114
- Rows to armhole
- 124
- Total rows
- 180
- Neck sts
- 42
- Shoulder sts
- 36
- Slope: steps
- 18+18
- Front neck center
- 26
- Sleeve cast-on
- 42
- Sleeve sts at top
- 74
Finished garment
- Bust circumference
- 103.6 cm
- Ease
- +11.6 cm
- Length
- 60 cm
- Shoulder width
- 16.4 cm
- Shoulder slope
- 1.3 cm
- Neckline
- Crew, 19.1 × 7.3 cm
- Collar
- 2.5 cm ribbing, 2.5 cm
- Yarn (estimate)
- 1260–1610 m
Cables on a sweater
A centre panel: cables draw the fabric in, so the builder adds stitches above the ribbing and removes them below the neckline. Allover: the whole pattern is calculated from the cable gauge and each piece is fitted to a whole number of repeats.
Cable templates in the editor
FAQ
How many stitches do cables need?
Cables pull in by roughly 15–30 %. Swatch in the cable pattern and enter its gauge — the builder works out the extra stitches.
Can I knit cables in the round?
Yes. Switch the editor to “in the round” and every chart row is read from the right side.