Chessboard Cable Pillowcase by Svetlana Kolesova

Chessboard Cable Pillowcase

Knitting
November 2023
Aran (8 wpi) ?
17 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette
US 8 - 5.0 mm
416 - 437 yards (380 - 400 m)
~38 cm (~15 ”) square, to fit ~41 cm (~16”) pillow insert
English
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The pattern includes written instruction (stitch by stitch and row by row) and chart (it is not necessary to read charts).
Body of Pillowcase worked in the round, Flap of Pillowcase worked flat.

Appr. size: ~38 cm (~15 ”) square, to fit ~41 cm (~16”) pillow insert

Gauge: 17 stitches and 26 rows = 10 cm (in seed stitch)

Yarn: 380-400 meters (415-437 yards) of any Aran weight yarn.

Needles: №4.5 - 5, depends on your knitting tension

Required skills:
Cast on, Bind off
Knit, Purl
Increases (Yarn over, kfb, M1)
Decreases (SKP, k2tog)
Cables (1/1 Left Cross)
Work in the round
Seaming
Any cast on method can be used, I prefer “Judy’s magic cast on” because there’s no seaming required.

You also need:
Sewing needle
4 buttons
Cable needle - optional


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