More Complicated Stitch Patterns: Bobbles, Knots, and Cables
chapter 8WAVE CABLE (10-STITCH PANEL)
This cable is similar to the cables you made earlier, except that you perform both
the front cross and back cross in the same cable.
1 Row 1 (RS): P2, k6, p2.
2 Row 2 (WS): K2, p6, k2.
3 Row 3 (cable row): P2, slip the next 3 stitches to a cable needle and hold at
back, knit the next 3 stitches from the left needle, knit the 3 stitches from the
cable needle, p2.
4 Row 4: Repeat row 2.
5 Rows 5–8: Repeat rows 1 and 2 twice.
6 Row 9 (cable row): P2, slip the next 3 stitches to a cable needle and hold at
front, knit the next 3 stitches from the left needle, knit the 3 stitches from the
cable needle, p2.
7 Rows 10 and 12: Repeat row 2.
8 Row 11: Repeat row 1.
9 Repeat rows 1–12 for wave cable.
UUppwarwardd cable cable DownwarDownwardd cable cableDOUBLE CABLE (12-STITCH PANEL)
You can make this cable so that it looks like it’s pointing upward or downward.
1 Row 1 (RS): P2, k8, p2.
2 Row 2 (WS): K2, p8, k2.
3 Row 3 (cable row): P2, slip the next 2 stitches to a cable needle and hold at
front, knit the next 2 stitches from the left needle, knit the 2 stitches from the
cable needle; slip the next 2 stitches to a cable needle and hold at back, knit
the next 2 stitches from the left needle, k2 stitches from the cable needle; p2.
4 Row 4: Repeat row 2.
5 Rows 5–8: Repeat rows 1 and 2 twice.
6 Repeat rows 1–8 for double cable.
Note:To make the cable point upward, work all rows the same, except on row 3 reverse the order of
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