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Knit Lace and Cable Stitch

Video Tutorial

Swatch Pattern

Cable and Lace Check

Special Abbreviations Used:

YRN - yarn around needle (similar to a YO, but for purling)
C4B - slip 2 stitches to a cable needle and hold it to the back of the work, knit two stitches of your left needle, then knit the two stitches from the cable needle

Pattern (see video):

Cast on 32 stitches (a multiple of 12 +8)

Row 1 (wrong side) - K2, p2tog, YRN, P2, K2 *P4, K2, P2tog, YRN, P2, K2* repeat from * to *

Row 2 - P2, K2tog, YO, K2, P2 *K4, P2, K2tog, YO, K2, P2* repeat from * to *

Row 3 - Same as row 1

Row 4 - P2, K2tog, YO, K2, P2 *C4B, P2, K2tog, YO, K2, P2* repeat from * to *

Row 5 - Same as row 1

Row 6 - Same as row 2

Row 7 - Same as row 3

Row 8 - P2 *C4B, P2* repeat from * to *

Row 9 - K2, P4, K2 *P2tog, YRN, P2, K2, P4, K2* repeat from * to *

Row 10 - P2, K4, P2 *K2tog, YO, K2, Pw, K4, P2* repeat from * to *

Row 11 - Same as row 9

Row 12 - P2, C4B, P2 *K2tog, YO, K2, P2, C4B, P2* repeat from * to *

Row 13 - Same as row 9

Row 14 - same as row 10

Row 15 - Same as row 11

Row 16 - same as row 8