Crossover Cable Knitting Stitch Pattern
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Music by Ben Sound
Materials:
Yarn Weight: Super Bulky
Yardage: 35-45 yards (32 – 41 meters)
Suggested Yarn: Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick & Quick
Needle Size: US 11 (8mm) Knitting Needles
Super Bulky Yarn Substitutes:
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Pattern:
CO in multiples of 8, plus 2
Row 1 = Right side/Front
CO 10 STS
Row 1, 3, 5, 7: *K*
Row 2, 4, 6, 8: *K2, P6* K2
Row 9 & 11: K7 *S1PW, K2, S1PW, K4* K3
Row 10 & 12: K7 *YFWD, S1PW, YBK, K2, YFWD, S1PW, YBK, K4* K3
Row 13: K7 *SL3 to DPN and hold in back, K1, SL2 from DPN to LH needle and bring DPN with 1 ST to the front of your work, K2 from LH needle, K1 from DPN, K4* K3
Row 14: *K2, P6* K2 (same as row 2}
Repeat rows 1-14, until desired length
Abbreviations:
*– * – repeat between the asterisks
CO – cast-on (long-tail cast-on method)
DPN – Double pointed needle (or cable needle)
K – knit stitches (example: K1 means to knit 1 stitch)
LH – left hand
P – purl stitches (example: P2 means to purl 2 stitches)
S1PW – slip 1 purl-wise
SL2 – slip 2 stitches
SL3 – slip 3 stitches
STS – stitches
YBK – with the yarn in back
YFWD – with the yarn in front
Patterns using this stitch:
Crossover Cable Knitting Stitch Pattern
Equipment
- Knitting Needles (Recommended Size for Yarn)
Materials
- Any Yarn
Instructions
- CO 10 STS
- Row 1, 3, 5, 7: *K*
- Row 2, 4, 6, 8: *K2, P6* K2
- Row 9 & 11: K7 *S1PW, K2, S1PW, K4* K3
- Row 10 & 12: K7 *YFWD, S1PW, YBK, K2, YFWD, S1PW, YBK, K4* K3
- Row 13: K7 *SL3 to DPN and hold in back, K1, SL2 from DPN to LH needle and bring DPN with 1 ST to the front of your work, K2 from LH needle, K1 from DPN, K4* K3
- Row 14: *K2, P6* K2 (same as row 2}
- Repeat rows 1-14, until desired length
Abbreviations
- *– * – repeat between the asterisks
- CO – cast-on (long-tail cast-on method)
- DPN – Double pointed needle (or cable needle)
- K – knit stitches (example: K1 means to knit 1 stitch)
- LH – left hand
- P – purl stitches (example: P2 means to purl 2 stitches)
- S1PW – slip 1 purl-wise
- SL2 – slip 2 stitches
- SL3 – slip 3 stitches
- STS – stitches
- YBK – with the yarn in back
- YFWD – with the yarn in front