You’ll love this needle-free method of making cables: knit strips in stockinette, tie the strips into a knot, then continue knitting. The cable motif gets front-and-center treatment, surrounded by borders of straightforward stitches like reverse stockinette and garter ridge.

Colorways used are 2 balls of #4913 mercury (light gray), 5 balls of #4970 iodine (dark grey), and 5 balls of #4975 curium (burgundy)