Curving Cables Swatch by Lorna Miser

Curving Cables Swatch

Knitting
June 2016
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
21 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in Curving Cable patt
US 8 - 5.0 mm
215 yards (197 m)
9" wide and 8" tall
English
This pattern is available from interweave.com for $6.50.

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Skill Level Intermediate

Designed by Lorna Miser

I recall being afraid of cables when I was a new knitter. They were so thickly textured and beautiful and surely, I thought, you had to be an experienced knitter to work this kind of fancy magic. But I sat down with a book (because the Internet didn’t exist yet) and learned. As it turns out, many cables are very easy. They are made simply with knits and purls, nothing more. The magic of cables comes from knitting the stitches out of order. Each cable pattern describes the new order to knit the stitches.

Yarn Weight 3

Finished Size 9” wide and 8” tall.

Yarn Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece (80% pima cotton, 20% merino wool; 215 yd 197 m/3½ oz 100 g): #CW640 spryte, 1 skein.

Needles Size 8 (5 mm): straight.

Notions Markers (m); cable needle (cn); tapestry needle.

Gauge 21 sts and 28 rows = 4” in Curving Cable patt.