Teach Yourself Visually Knitting

chapter 8

Here are a few cables that integrate
bobbles, knots, or textured stitches
into their structure. Most of these
combinations take on an embossed, or
sculptural, quality, which is what is so
fascinating about knitting with cables.

Fancy Cable Stitches

Combine Cables with Bobbles, Knots, and Textured Stitches.

KNOTTED CABLE (10-STITCH PANEL)

This cable involves moving the cable needle from front to back and working the held
stitches in stages.

1 Rows 1, 5, 7, and 9 (RS): P2, k2, p2, k2, p2.

2 Rows 2, 4, 6, and 8, and 10 (WS): P4, k2, p4.

3 Row 3 (cable row): P2, slip the next 4 stitches to a cable needle and hold at the
front, knit the next 2 stitches from the left needle; then slip 2 stitches from the
cable needle back to the left needle. Bring the cable needle (with the remaining
2 stitches on it) to the back, purl the 2 stitches that were moved back to the left
needle; knit the 2 stitches from the cable needle, p2.

4 Repeat rows 1–10 for knotted cable.

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