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Saturday, February 9, 2013

Saturday Stitch : XOXO Cable


Every Saturday I will share with you a new stitch.
Today's stitch is: XOXO Cable


Give lots of hugs and kisses with the XOXO cable stitch at Valentines day or any time of the year. Great for hats, sacrves, sweater, throws, baby blankets etc. You need a stitch number multiple of 8 + 2 edge stitches. Repeat the pattern between the * as many times as you like.

Instructions :


Row 1: edge stitch, knit across to last st, edge stitch
Row 2 & all wrong side rows: edge stitch, purl across to last st, edge stitch
Row 3: edge stitch, *c4f, c4b, c4b, c4f, repeat from * to last stitch, edge stitch
Row 5: edge stitch, knit across to last st, edge stitch
Row 7: edge stitch, * c4b, c4f, c4f, c4b, repeat from * to last st, edge stitch
Repeat rows 1 through 8.
C4B (slip 2 stitches onto cable needle and hold in back of work; knit 2, knit 2 from the cable needle)
C4F (slide 2 stitches onto cable needle and hold in front of work; knit 2, knit 2 from the cable needle)



Difficulty level: Easy



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