Cabled Shrug

If I can learn cabling so can you...what a pretty way to show off a great cabling project...You can wear this so many ways!Finished size
16" (40.5 cm) wide and 54" (137 cm) long.

Yarn
Worsted (Medium #4). Shown here: Classic Elite Lush (50% angora,
50% wool; 123 yd [112 m]/50 g): Princess Pink #4489, 8 skeins.
needles
U.S. size 9 (5.5 mm). Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.
notions
Stitch markers (m); twelve removable markers; cable needle (cn); size G/6 (4.00 mm) crochet hook; tapestry needle; twelve ½" (1.3 cm) buttons.

Gauge
38-st cabled center panel = 5¼" (13 cm).
19 sts and 24 rows = 4" (10 cm) in scattered seed patt.

Stitch guide
2/2rC (2 over 2 right cross): Sl 2 sts to cn and hold in back of work, k2, k2 from cn.
4/4lC (4 over 4 left cross): Sl 4 sts to cn and hold in front of work, k4, k4 from cn.
4/4rC (4 over 4 right cross): Sl 4 sts to cn and hold in back of work, k4, k4 from cn.
M1lP (make one left purlwise): With left needle, pick up strand
between last st worked and first st on left needle from front to back and purl into back of the lifted loop—1 st inc’d.
M1rP (make one right purlwise): With left needle, pick up strand
between last st worked and first st on left needle from back to front and purl into front of the lifted loop—1 st inc’d.
M2P (make two purlwise): With left needle, pick up strand between last st worked and first st on left needle from in front to back and purl into back and front of the lifted loop—2 sts inc’d.

shrug
CO 86 sts.
Row 1: (RS) Work Right-Side Panel chart over first 24 sts, place marker (pm), work Center Cable Panel chart over next 38 sts, pm, work Left-Side Panel chart over last 24 sts.
Continue working respective patterns until piece measures 54" (137 cm) or desired length, ending after Row 43 of Central Cable Panel chart. BO in patt.

Finishing
Block piece to measurements. Weave in ends.
With crochet hook and RS facing, sc evenly around all edges,working ch 2 at corners, join with slip st to first sc. Using removable markers, mark for 4 buttons spaced 3" (7.5 cm) apart at one short end, mark for 4 buttons spaced 3" (7.5 cm) from end and 3" (7.5 cm) apart at lower left end of long edge, mark for 4 buttons spaced 3" (7.5 cm) from end and 3" (7.5 cm) apart at upper right end of
long edge (see diagram).
Next sc row: Ch 1 and turn, sc in each sc and work 3 sc in each ch-2 corner space, work buttonhole loops of (sc, ch 5, sc) all in each sc on edge opposite buttons, join with slip st to first sc.
Next sc row: Ch 1 and turn, sc in each sc and work 5 sc in each ch-5 buttonhole loop, join with slip st to first sc, fasten and end off.
Attach buttons at marked places.