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Textured Cable Knitting Stitch Pattern
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Textured Cable Stitch Swatch Instructions

The Textured Cable Knitting Stitch is an 18 row repeat, consisting of 2 simple cables which are only used on 2 of the 8 rows.
This is an alternating cable, so the cable is half seed stitch and half stockinette stitch and then after the cable it switches to half stockinette stitch and half seed stitch.
Prep Time15 minutes
Active Time2 hours
Total Time2 hours 15 minutes

Equipment

  • Knitting Needles (Recommended Size for Yarn)
  • Cable Needle
  • Darning Needle
  • Scissors
  • Stitch Markers (optional)

Materials

  • Any Yarn

Instructions

Knit flat using straight needles:

  • CO 21 STS
  • Row 1 (RS): *P3 (K1, P1, K11, K3)* P3
  • Start Repeat:
  • Row 2 (WS): K3 *(P3, K1, P1, K1)* K3
  • Row 3 (RS): *P3 (K1, P1, K1, K3)* P3
  • Row 4 (WS): K3 *(P3, K1, P1, K1)* K3
  • Row 5 (RS): *P3 (K1, P1, K1, K3)* P3
  • Row 6 (WS): K3 *(P3, K1, P1, K1)* K3
  • Row 7 (RS): *P3 (K1, P1, K1, K3)* P3
  • Row 8 (WS): K3 *(P3, K1, P1, K1)* K3
  • Row 9 (RS): *P3 (C6FKPK, K3)* P3 (cable row)
  • Row 10 (WS): K3 *(K1, P1, K1, P3)* K3
  • Row 11 (RS): *P3 (K3, K1, P1, K1)* P3
  • Row 12 (WS): K3 *(K1, P1, K1, P3)* K3
  • Row 13 (RS): *P3 (K3, K1, P1, K1)* P3
  • Row 14 (WS): K3 *(K1, P1, K1, P3)* K3
  • Row 15 (RS): *P3 (K3, K1, P1, K1)* P3
  • Row 16 (WS): K3 *(K1, P1, K1, P3)* K3
  • Row 17 (RS): *P3 (K3, K1, P1, K1)* P3
  • Row 18 (WS): K3 *(K1, P1, K1, P3)* K3
  • Row 19 (RS): *P3 (KPKC6F, K3)* P3 (cable row)
  • Repeat rows 2-19 until desired length.

Abbreviations

  • *– * – repeat between *asterisks* to the end of the round
  • CO – cast-on (long-tail cast-on method)
  • C6FKPK – cable 6 front - left cable cross - slip 3 stitches from the left needle onto cable needle and hold it in the front of your work, K1, P1, K1 and then knit the 3 stitches off the cable needle
  • K – knit stitches (example: K1 means to knit 1 stitch)
  • KPKC6F – cable 6 front - left cable cross - slip 3 stitches from the left needle onto  your cable needle and hold it in the front of your work, knit 3 stitches and then K1, P1, K1 off the cable needle
  • P – purl stitches (example: P2 means to purl 2 stitches)
  • RS - right side of work
  • STS - stitches
  • WS - wrong side of work