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Patterns (continued)
HONEYCOMB CABLE (20-STITCH PANEL)
You can widen this interesting cable by adding multiples of 8 stitches.
1 Row 1 (RS—cable row): P2, slip the next 2 stitches to a cable needle and hold
at back, 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 front,
knit the next 2 stitches from the left needle, knit the 2 stitches from the cable
needle; repeat from to last 2 stitches, p2.
2 Rows 2, 4, 6, and 8 (WS): K2, p16, k2.
3 Rows 3 and 7: P2, k16, p2.
4 Row 5 (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, knit the 2 stitches from the cable
needle; repeat from to last 2 stitches, p2.
5 Repeat rows 1–8 for honeycomb cable.
GARTER AND STOCKINETTE STITCH CABLE
(14-STITCH PANEL)
Here’s a pretty cable that you don’t see very often.
1 Row 1 (RS): P2, k10, p2.
2 Row 2 (WS): K2, p5, k7.
3 Rows 3–6: Repeat rows 1 and 2 twice.
4 Row 7 (cable row): P2, slip the next 5 stitches to a cable needle and hold at
back, knit the next 5 stitches from the left needle, knit stitches from the cable
needle, p2.
5 Row 8: K7, p5, k2.
6 Row 9: Repeat row 1.
7 Rows 10–16: Repeat rows 8 and 9 three more times; then repeat row 8 once
more.
8 Row 17 (cable row): Repeat row 7.
9 Row 18: Repeat row 2.
0 Row 19: Repeat row 1.
!Rows 20–22: Repeat rows 18 and 19 once; then repeat row 18 once more.
@Repeat rows 1–22 for garter and stockinette stitch cable.