Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Learn to Cable Scarf!

Come on already...you can do this! Learning to cable opens you to a whole new level of creative knitting. Go for it!


SIZE: One Size
8 x 80 in. [20 x 203 cm]

MATERIALS
• 640-189 Lion Brand Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick: Butterscotch
2 Balls (A)
• 640-122 Lion Brand Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick: Taupe
2 Balls (B)
• Lion Brand Knitting Needles- Size 13 [9 mm]
• Lion Brand Cable Needles (Set of 2)
• Large-Eye Blunt Needles (Set of 6)

GAUGE:
9½ sts = 4 in. [10 cm] over Scarf Pattern Stitch. BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR GAUGE.

STITCH EXPLANATION:
NOTES:
A perfect way to learn to cable! If you know how to knit and purl, you can make this beautiful Scarf. Just work the stitches carefully across each row, working the cable according to the directions in the Cable Stitch Explanations.
Basically, a cable is nothing more than moving stitches so that they change places with other stitches. To move stitches, just slip the indicated number of stitches off your left needle and
onto a cable needle. Allow the cable needle to hang from your knitting with the stitches on it while you work stitches from your left needle. Then, following the specific row directions, work
the stitches from the cable needle.

CABLE STITCH EXPLANATIONS
T3B (Twist 3 Back) Slip 1 st to a cable needle and leave at the back of your work, k 2 sts from your left needle, then p the1 st from cable needle.
T3F (Twist 3 Front) Slip 2 sts to a cable needle and leave at the front of your work, p 1 st from your left needle, then k the 2 sts from cable needle.
C3B (Cable 3 Back) Slip 1 st to a cable needle and leave at the back of your work, k 2 sts from your left needle, then k the 1 st from cable needle.
C3F (Cable 3 Front) Slip 2 sts to a cable needle and leave at the front of your work, k 1 st from your left needle, then k 2 sts from cable needle.

SCARF
With A, cast on 19 sts.
Row 1 (Right Side): K1, *p1, k1; repeat from * to end of row.
Row 2: Repeat Row 1.
Row 3: K1, p1, k1, p2, k2, (p1, k1) twice, p1, k2, p2, k1, p1, k1.
Row 4: K1, p1, k3, p3, k1, p1, k1, p3, k3, p1, k1.
Row 5: K1, p1, k1, p2, T3F, k1, p1, k1, T3B, p2, k1, p1, k1.
Row 6: K1, p1, k4, p2, k1, p1, k1, p2, k4, p1, k1.
Row 7: K1, p1, k1, p3, T3F, p1, T3B, p3, k1, p1, k1.
Row 8: K1, p1, k5, p5, k5, p1, k1.
Row 9: K1, p1, k1, p4, sl the next 3 sts to a cable needle and leave at the back of your work, k2, sl 3 sts
from cable needle back onto left needle, sl 2 of these sts back onto cable needle and leave at the back of your work, p1, k the 2 sts that are on the cable needle, p4, k1, p1, k1.
Row 10: K1, p1, k5, p5, k5, p1, k1.
Row 11: K1, p1, k1, p3, C3B, p1, C3F, p3, k1, p1, k1.
Row 12: K1, p1, k4, p2, k1, p1, k1, p2, k4, p1, k1.
Row 13: K1, p1, k1, p2, T3B, k1, p1, k1, T3F, p2, k1, p1, k1.
Row 14: K1, p1, k3, p3, k1, p1, k1, p3, k3, p1, k1.
Repeat Rows 3-14 ten more times.
Change to B and repeat Rows 3-14 eleven times.
Then work Rows 1 and 2 again. Bind off.

FINISHING
Weave in ends.

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