Double-O Cable Stitch Swatch Instructions (Printable)
The Double-O Cable Stitch is an 8 row repeat, consisting of 2 cables and 2 twists creating a lovely knitted fabric with the gorgeous texture of woven cable stitches.
Equipment
- Knitting Needles (Recommended Size for Yarn)
- Cable Needle
- Darning Needle
- Scissors
Materials
- Any Yarn
Instructions
Knit flat using straight needles:
- CO 14 STS
- Row 1 (WS): K1, P2, K2, P4, K2, P2, K1
- Row 2 (RS): P1, K2, P2, K4, P2, K2, P1
- Row 3 (WS): K1, P2, K2, P4, K2, P2, K1
- Row 4 (RS): P1, [T3F, T3B] x2, P1 (cable row)
- Row 5 (WS): K2, P4, K2, P4, K2
- Row 6 (RS): P2, C4B, P2, C4F, P2 (cable row)
- Row 7 (WS): K2, P4, K2, P4, K2
- Row 8 (RS): P1, [T3B, T3F] x2, P1 (cable row)
- Repeat rows 1 – 8 until desired length.
Abbreviations : Knitting Techniques
- * – * – repeat between *asterisks* to the end of the round
- BO – bind-off in pattern
- CO – cast-on (long-tail cast-on method)
- C4B – cable 4 back – slip 2 stitches to a cable needle and hold it in the back of your work, knit the next 2 stitches off your left needle and then knit the 2 stitches off the cable needle on to the right needle
- C4B – cable 4 back – slip 2 stitches to a cable needle and hold it in the back of your work, knit the next 2 stitches off your left needle and then knit the 2 stitches off the cable needle on to the right needle
- K – knit stitches (K1 means to knit 1 stitch)
- K1TBL – knit 1 stitch through the back loop
- P – purl stitches (P2 means to purl 2 stitches)
- RS – right side of work
- S1PW – slip one stitch purl-wise
- STS – stitches
- T3B – twist 3 back – right twist – slip 1 stitch onto cable needle and hold it in the back of your work, knit the next 2 STS off your left hand needle and then purl the stitch off your cable needle
- T3F – twist 3 front – left twist – slip 2 STS onto cable needle and hold it in the front of your work, purl the next stitch off your left hand needle and then knit the 2 STS off your cable needle
- WS – wrong side of work
- WYIF – with yarn in front