Skip to content
Maille à partFree knitting patterns, open and ad-free

Simple cable

StitcheIntermediate

Six stitches crossing every eight rows on a purl background: the basic cable.

Slip 3 stitches to a cable needle, knit the next 3, then knit the 3 held stitches: that is the cross.

With the cable needle held in back the cable twists to the right (C6B); held in front it twists to the left (C6F).

Good to know

  • For a left-twisting cable, replace C6B with C6F.
  • A safety pin or a thin double-pointed needle works fine as a cable needle.

Not yet checked by a knitter: if you find a mistake, please report it. contact@nico7an.fr

Chart

1234567812345678910

10-stitch panel · 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
  • Purl on RS, knit on WS
  • C6B: slip 3 to cable needle, hold in back, k3, k3 from cable needle
Written instructions
  1. Row 1 (RS) : p2, C6B, p2
  2. Rows 2, 4, 6 and 8 (WS) : k2, p6, k2
  3. Rows 3, 5 and 7 (RS) : p2, k6, p2