Diamond Cable Stitch Knitting Pattern #117
How to knit the Diamond Cable Stitch:
Work with a multiple of 28 stitches + 7 + 2 edge stitches.
Cast on 37 stitches (2 + 28 + 5 + 2 edge stitches) and knit according to the chart.
The chart shows only right-side rows.
On wrong-side rows, work stitches as they appear.
The pattern repeat is 28 stitches wide.
Begin with 1 edge stitchitch and 2 stitches before the pattern repeat, work the pattern repeat throughout, end with 5 stitches after the pattern repeat and 1 edge stitchitch.
Abbreviation:
k: knit stitch
p: purl stitch
Cr5L: slip 1 stitch to cable needle, hold to front, K4; then K1 from cable needle
Cr5R: slip 4 stitches to cable needle, hold to back, K1; then K4 from cable needle
Written row-by-row instructions:
Row 1 (right side): 1 edge stitch, p2, * p1, k1, p5, (k1, p1) 2 times, k4, p1, k4, (p1, k1) 2 times, p4 *; repeat from * to *, end with p1, k1, p3, 1 edge stitch.
Row 2 and all even-numbered rows (wrong side): work stitches as they appear.
Row 3: 1 edge stitch, p2, * k1, p1, k1, p3, (k1, p1) 2 times, k5, p1, k5, (p1, k1) 2 times, p3 *; repeat from * to *, end with k1, p1, k1, p2, 1 edge stitch.
Row 5: 1 edge stitch, p2, * p1, k1, p5, k1, p1, k1, Cr5R, p1, Cr5L, k1, p1, k1, p4 *; repeat from * to *, end with p1, k1, p3, 1 edge stitch.
Row 7: 1 edge stitch, p2, * k1, p1, k1, p3, k1, p1, k1, Cr5R, p1, k1, p1, Cr5L, k1, p1, k1, p3 *; repeat from * to *, end with k1, p1, k1, p2, 1 edge stitch.
Row 9: 1 edge stitch, p2, * p1, k1, p5, k1, Cr5R, (p1, k1) 2 times, p1, Cr5L, k1, p4 *; repeat from * to *, end with p1, k1, p3, 1 edge stitch.
Row 11: 1 edge stitch, p2, * k1, p1, k1, p3, k1, Cr5R, (p1, k1) 3 times, p1, Cr5L, k1, p3 *; repeat from * to *, end with k1, p1, k1, p2, 1 edge stitch.
Row 13: 1 edge stitch, p2, * p1, k1, p4, Cr5R, (p1, k1) 4 times, p1, Cr5L, p3 *; repeat from * to *, end with p1, k1, p3, 1 edge stitch.
Row 15: 1 edge stitch, p2, * k1, p1, k1, p3, k4, (p1, k1) 5 times, p1, k4, p3 *; repeat from * to *, end with k1, p1, k1, p2, 1 edge stitch.
Row 17: 1 edge stitch, p2, * p1, k1, p4, k5, (p1, k1) 4 times, p1, k5, p3 *; repeat from * to *, end with p1, k1, p3, 1 edge stitch.
Row 19: 1 edge stitch, p2, * k1, p1, k1, p3, Cr5L, (k1, p1) 4 times, k1, Cr5R, p3 *; repeat from * to *, end with k1, p1, k1, p2, 1 edge stitch.
Row 21: 1 edge stitch, p2, * p1, k1, p5, Cr5L, (k1, p1) 3 times, k1, Cr5R, p4 *; repeat from * to *, end with p1, k1, p3, 1 edge stitch.
Row 23: 1 edge stitch, p2, * k1, p1, k1, p3, k1, p1, Cr5L, (k1, p1) 2 times, k1, Cr5R, p1, k1, p3 *; repeat from * to *, end with k1, p1, k1, p2, 1 edge stitch.
Row 25: 1 edge stitch, p2, * p1, k1, p5, k1, p1, Cr5L, k1, p1, k1, Cr5R, p1, k1, p4 *; repeat from * to *, end with p1, k1, p3, 1 edge stitch.
Row 27: 1 edge stitch, p2, * k1, p1, k1, p3, (k1, p1) 2 times, Cr5L, k1, Cr5R, (p1, k1) 2 times, p3 *; repeat from * to *, end with k1, p1, k1, p2, 1 edge stitch.
Repeat Rows 1-28 throughout.
