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Cable Patterns

Left Cross Wider Cables without a Cable Needle

IFor stitchcs crossed to the left.

skip the appropriate number of stitches (in this case, 2 stitches) and insert the right needle into the next 2 stitches behind the left needle.

2Allow the 4 stitches to slip from the left needle, and thon quickly catch the first 2 stitches with the left needle.

3 Slip the 2 cable stitches on the right needle back onto the loft needle. and knit all 4 stitches.

Right Cross Wider Cables Without a Cable Needle

IFor stitches crossed to the right.

skip the appropriate number of stitches (in this case, 2 stitches) and insert the right needle into the next 2 stitches in front of the left needle.

2 Al Iow the 4 stitches to slip from the left needle and then quickly catch the first 2 stitches with the left needle.

3 Slip the 2 cable stitches on the right needle back onto the left needle, and knit all 4 stitches.

lnterwoven cables <left) look like basket lattice. Staghom cables (right) are very attractivc as a single paltem element of a sweater. The pattern charts for these cables and for the patterns on page 132 are on pages 21&-217.

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