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Mirrored cables

StitcheIntermediate

Two small 4-stitch cables twisting in opposite directions, crossed every 4 rows.

One cable leans left, the other leans right, so the pair is symmetrical.

Good to know

  • Perfect to frame a central motif or edge a sleeve.

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Chart

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14-stitch panel · 4 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
  • 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) : p2, C4F, p2, C4B, p2
  2. Rows 2 and 4 (WS) : k2, p4, k2, p4, k2
  3. Row 3 (RS) : p2, k4, p2, k4, p2