Lace Cable Stitch Knitting Pattern #115
How to knit the Lace Cable Stitch:
Work with a multiple of 26 stitches + 25 + 2 edge stitches.
Cast on 53 stitches (9 + 26 + 16 + 2 edge stitches) and work according to chart.
The chart shows only right-side rows.
On wrong-side rows, work all stitches as they appear, purl the yarn overs.
The pattern repeat is 26 stitches wide.
Begin with 1 edge stitch and 9 stitches before the pattern repeat, work the pattern repeat throughout, end with 16 stitches after the pattern repeat and 1 edge stitch.
Abbreviation:
k: Knit
p: Purl
yo: Yarn Over
k2tog: knit 2 stitches together
skpo: slip 1 stitch as if to knit, knit 1 and pass the slipped stitch over the knitted stitch
C7Fp (k3+p1+k3): slip 3 sts to 1st cable needle and hold in front; slip 1 st to 2nd cable needle and hold in back; K3; then P1 from 2nd cable needle and K3 from 1st cable needle
Written row-by-row instructions:
Row 1 (right side): 1 edge stitch, (yo, skpo) 2 times, p5, * C7Fp, p5, (k2tog, yo) 2 times, p1, (yo, skpo) 2 times, p5 *; repeat from * to *; C7Fp, p5, (k2tog, yo) 2 times, 1 edge stitch.
Row 2 and all even-numbered rows (wrong side): work all stitches as they appear; purl the yarn overs.
Row 3: 1 edge stitch, k1, (yo, skpo) 2 times, p4, k3, * p1, k3, p4, (k2tog, yo) 2 times, k1, p1, k1, (yo, skpo) 2 times, p4, k3 *; repeat from * to *; p1, k3, p4, (k2tog, yo) 2 times k1, 1 edge stitch.
Row 5: 1 edge stitch, (yo, skpo) 3 times, p3, k3, * p1, k3, p3, (k2tog, yo) 3 times, p1, (yo, skpo) 3 times, p3, k3 *; repeat from * to *; p1, k3, p3, (k2tog, yo) 3 times, 1 edge stitch.
Row 7: 1 edge stitch, k1, (yo, skpo) 3 times, p2, * C7Fp, p2, (k2tog, yo) 3 times, k1, p1, k1, (yo, skpo) 3 times, p2 *; repeat from * to *; C7Fp, p2, (k2tog, yo) 3 times, k1, 1 edge stitch.
Row 9: 1 edge stitch, k2, (yo, skpo) 2 times, p3, k3, * p1, k3, p3, (k2tog, yo) 2 times, k2, p1, k2, (yo, skpo) 2 times, p3, k3 *; repeat from * to *; p1, k3, p3, (k2tog, yo) 2 times, k2, 1 edge stitch.
Row 11: 1 edge stitch, k3, yo, skpo, p4, k3, * p1, k3, p4, k2tog, yo, k3, p1, k3, yo, skpo, p4, k3 *; repeat from * to *; p1, k3, p4, k2tog, yo, k3, 1 edge stitch.
Row 13: 1 edge stitch, k3, p6, * C7Fp, p6, k3, p1, k3, p6 *; repeat from * to *; C7Fp, p6, k3, 1 edge stitch.
Row 15: 1 edge stitch, k3, p5, (k2tog, yo) 2 times, * p1, (yo, skpo) 2 times, p5, C7Fp, p5, (k2tog, yo) 2 times *; repeat from * to *; p1, (yo, skpo) 2 times, p5, k3, 1 edge stitch.
Row 17: 1 edge stitch, k3, p4, (k2tog, yo) 2 times, k1, * p1, k1, (yo, skpo) 2 times, p4, k3, p1, k3, p4, (k2tog, yo) 2 times, k1 *; repeat from * to *; p1, k1, (yo, skpo) 2 times, p4, k3, 1 edge stitch.
Row 19: 1 edge stitch, k3, p3, (k2tog, yo) 3 times, * p1, (yo, skpo) 3 times, p3, k3, p1, k3, p3, (k2tog, yo) 3 times *; repeat from * to *; p1, (yo, skpo) 3 times, p3, k3, 1 edge stitch.
Row 21: 1 edge stitch, k3, p2, (k2tog, yo) 3 times, k1, * p1, k1, (yo, skpo) 3 times, p2, C7Fp, p2, (k2tog, yo) 3 times, k1 *; repeat from * to *; p1, k1, (yo, skpo) 3 times, p2, k3, 1 edge stitch.
Row 23: 1 edge stitch, k3, p3, (k2tog, yo) 2 times, k2, * p1, k2, (yo, skpo) 2 times, p3, k3, p1, k3, p3, (k2tog, yo) 2 times, k2 *; repeat from * to *; p1, k2, (yo, skpo) 2 times, p3, k3, 1 edge stitch.
Row 25: 1 edge stitch, k3, p4, k2tog, yo, k3, * p1, k3, yo, skpo, p4, k3, p1, k3, p4, k2tog, yo, k3 *; repeat from * to *; p1, k3, yo, skpo, p4, k3, 1 edge stitch.
Row 27: 1 edge stitch, k3, p6, k3, * p1, k3, p6, C7Fp, p6, k3 *; repeat from * to *; p1, k3, p6, k3, 1 edge stitch.
Repeat Rows 1-28 throughout.