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Available Sizes: One Size: 12″ – 15″ {30cm – 38cm} Calf Circumference
Pattern Format: Written Pattern, No Chart
Pattern Language: English
Skill Level: Advanced Beginner
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Techniques:

Knit in the Round
Knit & Purl Stitches
Cable Stitch

Materials:

Yarn Weight: Super Bulky
Yardage: 85 – 90 yards {77 – 83 meters}
Suggested Yarn: Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick & Quick
Needle Size: US 11 {8mm} Knitting Needles with a 16″ {40cm} Cable, or DPNs
Extras: Stitch Marker, Cable Needle

Yarn Substitutes:

Cascade Lana Grande
Lang Yarns Virginia
Phildar Phil Alaska
Rowan Big Wool Yarn
MillaMia Super Chunky

Read more about yarn substitutions here {+ video}.

Details:

Measurements: 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ W {22cm x 14cm}
Gauge: 12 STS & 14 rounds per 4″ {10cm} square, knit in the pattern below
Weight: 5oz {142g}

Notes:

Not reversible.
Knit bottom up, however you can wear them either way.
Knit using cable knit stitches.
Knit in the round with a circular needle. I used HiyaHiya interchangeable needles with 3 1/2″ {9cm} tips.
When knitting in the round you’re always knitting the right side of your work.
CO loosely, making sure your stitches slide easily. Too tight of a stitch will make these difficult to knit in the round. The first couple of rounds will be a little tight, but it gets easier as you go.

Video:

Click here to watch the “C4F” video tutorial. Click here to watch the “C4B” video tutorial.

Pattern, Knit in the Round:

CO 32 STS, PM, join in the round

Round 1-3: *K2, P2*

Round 4: *K*

Round 5: *K4, C4F*

Round 6-7: *K*

Round 8: *C4B, K4*

Round 9-10: *K*

Repeat rounds 5-10, 2 more times

Round 23: *K4, C4F*

Round 24-25: *K*

Round 26: *C4B, K4*

Round 27: *K*

Round 28-29: *K2, P2*

Round 30: BO loosely in the K2, P2 pattern

Weave in the ends.

Block, if desired.

Knit the second the same as the first.

Abbreviations:

* – * – repeat between *
BO – bind-off in pattern
CO – cast-on {long-tail cast-on method}
C4B – cable4back {Transfer 2 stitches to a cable needle and hold it in the back of your work, knit the next 2 stitches and then knit the 2 stitches off the cable needle}
C4F – cable4front {Transfer 2 stitches to a cable needle and hold it in the front of your work, knit the next 2 stitches and then knit the 2 stitches off the cable needle}
K – knit stitches {K1 means to knit 1 stitch}
KITR – knit in the round
P – purl stitches {P2 means to purl 2 stitches}
PM – place marker
STS – stitches

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