Cable Stitch Patterns

Cable Pattern Stitches

(with instructions)

4-Stitch Cable (MarieGraceDesigns) ~ subscribes to the C4R (Cable 4 Right) convention; the “Right” refers to the direction that the cable itself travels, in this case the cable slants from bottom left to top right; cable needle/stitches are held to the Back of the work (think R for Right and Rear)
4-stitch Cable ~ video on YouTube; example shows a Left (Front) Cable but finished product shows a Right (Back) Cable
6-Stitch Cable( Knit World) ~ also at (Knitting.About.com) or LionBrand or KnitWiki (scroll down page to Version Two)
8 to 40-Stitch Patterns ~ charts and written directions given as examples of what you can do with the AranPaint program (see Cable Chart Generators section below)
9-Stitch Plaited Cable ~written and charted using KnitVisualizer (see Software section) from KnitWiki
10 Cable Stitch Patterns ~ from Knitting on the Net; scroll down the page to the Twisted Stitches, Bobbles and Cables table; the 6/6 cable (they use this designation to mean 6 sts involved in the cable i.e. 3 sts over 3 sts, and the crossing happens every 6 rows) also done in variegated yarn showing why it’s not a good idea
Baby Cable Ribbing ~ from Have A Yarn, LYS in Mahone Bay, NS
Double (Horseshoe) Cable (Knit World) ~ also at About.com
Celtic Panel (Simple)
~ The Girl from Auntie – Jenna  – provides 2 optional cable panels for her Rogue sweater
Celtic Panel (Composite) ~ The Girl from Auntie – Jenna – provides 2 optional cable panels for her Rogue sweater
Chain Link Knotted Cable ~(note: picture numbers do not match instruction numbers; use names of cables)
Criss Cross Cable With Twists ~ a 4-rope intertwining cable from Knitting on the Net
Double Knot Cable ~ free cable patterns with charts and written instructions from The Girl from Auntie
Durrow Cable ~ free cable patterns with charts and written instructions from The Girl from Auntie
Figure 8 Cable Pattern ~ figure 8 cable joined by vertical bars worked on a background of reverse stockinette R22-R28 are on the 4th page (note: picture numbers do not match instruction numbers; use names of cables)
Homes of Donegal Cable ~written instructions only from knitting-and.com
Honeycomb (Chain) Cable ~written instructions only from About.com
Knitting on the Net ~ 10 Cable pattern stitches and 2 cable edgings
Lily of the Valley Cable panel ~an original design from WiseNeedle; written and charted; copyrighted by author so only for personal and charitable use
Luckenbooth Medallion ~ free cable patterns with charts and written instructions from The Girl from Auntie
Notched Cable ~ free cable pattern; no charts; more of a raised panel than a cable (note: picture numbers do not match instruction numbers; use names of cables)
OXO Cable ~ written instructions only from About.com
Rib and Cable Cross ~ vertical cable bar crossed by X’s (note: picture numbers do not match instruction numbers; use names of cables)
Trees using cables ~ a Knitty.com article
Triquetra ~ charted only for this three-lobed closed knot from The Knitting Scotsman
Saxon Braid ~ charted only as part of a tutorial on how to chart cables by Eunny Jang
Seven Intricate Cable panels (Ivanova and Carter Knit) ~Intertwined Heart and Happiness Sign, Linked Rings with a Twist, Hearts on a Mat Connected by Braids, etc.;  provided under Creative Commons license (no commercial use without permission); charts and written; charts use format a la Elsebeth Lavold
Vogue Knitting ~ 22 cable stitch patterns with pictures and directions
LionBrand Stitch Finder ~ type “cable” in the Search box to see a list of 25 cable stitches with pictures and instructions

Filler Stitches for Cable Designs

Trinity Stitch ~ a perennial favourite from Have a Yarn LYS

~

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out / Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out / Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out / Change )

Connecting to %s

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.