Uneven Cable Stitch Swatch Instructions (Printable)
The Uneven Cable Knitting Stitch cable stitch is an 8 row repeat, consisting of 2 advanced cables which are only used on 2 rows.Create a lovely 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 17 STS
- Row 1 (WS): K2, P1, K1, [P3, K1, P1, K1 x2], K1
- Row 2 (RS): P1, knit the knits & purl the purls until the last stitch, P1
- Row 3 (WS): K1, knit the knits & purl the purls until the last stitch, K1
- Row 4 (RS): P1, K3, [C6FPKP X2], P1
- Row 5 (WS): K1, P3, [K1, P1, K1, P3 x2], K1
- Row 6 (RS): P1, knit the knits & purl the purls until the last stitch, P1
- Row 7 (WS): K1, knit the knits & purl the purls until the last stitch, K1
- Row 8 (RS): P1, [C6BPKP x2], P1, K1, P2
- 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)
- C6FPKP – cable left – slip 3 stitches to a cable needle, hold it to the front of your work, P1, K1, P1 off your left hand needle and then knit the 3 stitches off the cable needle (nonstandard knitting abbreviation)
- C6BPKP – cable right – slip 3 stitches to a cable needle, hold it to the back of your work, P1, K1, P1 off your left hand needle and then knit the 3 stitches off the cable needle (nonstandard knitting abbreviation)
- 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
- WS – wrong side of work
- WYIF – with yarn in front