Medallion Cable Stitch Swatch Instructions Download
The Medallion Cable Stitch is a 16 row repeat, consisting of 2 simple cables which are only used on 2 rows.
Equipment
- Knitting Needles (Recommended Size for Yarn)
- Cable Needle
- Darning Needle
- Scissors
Materials
- Any Yarn
Instructions
Knit flat using straight needles:
- CO in multiples of 15 +2
- CO 17 STS
- Row 1 (WS): *K2, P13* K2
- Row 2 (RS): P2 *K13, P2*
- Row 3 (WS): *K2, P13* K2
- Row 4 (RS): P2 *C6B, K1, C6F, P2*
- Row 5 (WS): *K2, P3, [K1, P1] x3, K1, P3* K2
- Row 6 (RS): P2 *K3, [K1, P1] x3, K4, P2*
- Row 7 (WS): *K2, P3, [K1, P1] x3, K1, P3* K2
- Row 8 (RS): P2 *K3, [K1, P1] x3, K4, P2*
- Row 9 (WS): *K2, P3, [K1, P1] x3, K1, P3* K2
- Row 10 (RS): P2 *K3, [K1, P1] x3, K4, P2*
- Row 11 (WS): *K2, P3, [K1, P1] x3, K1, P3* K2
- Row 12 (RS): P2 *C6F, K1, C6B, P2*
- Row 13 (WS): *K2, P13* K2
- Row 14 (RS): P2 *K13, P2*
- Row 15 (WS): *K2, P13* K2
- Row 16 (RS): P2 *K13, P2*
- Repeat rows 1 – 16 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)
- C6B – cable 6 back – slip 3 stitches to a cable needle and hold it in the back of your work, knit the next 3 stitches off your left hand needle and then knit the 3 stitches off the cable needle
- C6F – cable 6 front – slip 3 stitches to a cable needle and hold it in the front of your work, knit the next 3 stitches off your left hand needle and then knit the 3 stitches off the cable 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
- WS – wrong side of work
- WYIF – with yarn in front (hold front)