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Honeycomb cable

StitcheIntermediate

4-stitch cables crossing one way then the other: a raised grid of cells, a classic of Aran sweaters.

The pattern repeats over 8 stitches and 8 rows. Rows 1 and 5 cross the stitches, the others are plain stockinette.

Good to know

  • This stitch pulls in a lot: allow about a third more stitches than stockinette for the same width.

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Chart

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Multiple of 8 stitches · 8 rows

Read the chart from bottom to top. Right-side rows are read from right to left, wrong-side rows from left to right. Each square is one stitch as seen from the right side.

Key
  • Knit on RS, purl on WS
  • C4B: slip 2 to cable needle, hold in back, k2, k2 from cable needle
  • C4F: slip 2 to cable needle, hold in front, k2, k2 from cable needle
Written instructions
  1. Row 1 (RS) : *C4B, C4F; repeat from * to end
  2. Rows 2, 4, 6 and 8 (WS) : purl all stitches
  3. Rows 3 and 7 (RS) : knit all stitches
  4. Row 5 (RS) : *C4F, C4B; repeat from * to end