Cable-Swaddler

Yarn: Worsted Weight (I used some Factory Mill Ends yarn I picked up at A.C. Moore)

Needles: size 8 16” circular & double-pointed needles

Important terms:

C6F: Remove three stitches from left needle and hold in front of work on a cable needle. Knit the next three stitches on the left hand needle and then the three stitches from the cable needles.

C6B: Remove three stitches from left needle and hold in back of work on a cable needle. Knit the next three stitches on the left hand needle and then the three stitches from the cable needles.

K2tog: Put your right needle through next two stitches on left needle from front to back. Knit as one stitch.

YO: Wrap your yarn over your right needle.
PM: Place marker
SM: Slip marker

Gauge (in the round):

One pattern repeat (3-by-3 cable and 3 purl stitches) should equal 1.5”.

I knitted a 27 stitch gauge (three pattern repeats) with four purl stitches on either side to account for the fact that I was knitting a circular gauge swatch so I cast on a total of 35 stitches. The cables are turned every sixth round.

Pattern:

Cast on 108 stitches. Place a stitch marker to mark the end of the round.

Work a Knit 6, purl 3 ribbing for 1.5”.

Round 1: *YO, K2tog, Knit 2, K2tog, YO, Purl 3 stitches. Repeat from * around (108 st).

Round 2-6: Knit 6, purl 3 around.

Round 7: Turning round A: (C6F, purl 3) around.

Round 8-12: Knit for five rounds.

Round 13: Turning round B: (C6B, purl 3) around.

Complete rounds 2-13 until work from cast on edge measures 14”.

Begin Decreases:

Round 1: [Knit 14 stitches, K2tog, SSK, PM] around. (96)

Round 2: Knit around.

Round 3: [Knit 12 stitches, K2tog, SSK, SM] around. (84)

Round 4: Knit around.

Round 5: [Knit 10 stitches, K2tog, SSK, PM] around. (72)

Round 6: Knit around.

Round 7: [Knit 8 stitches, K2tog, SSK, SM] around. (60)

Round 8: Knit around.

Round 9: [Knit 6 stitches, K2tog, SSK, PM] around. (48)

Round 10: Knit around.

Round 11: [Knit 4 stitches, K2tog, SSK, SM] around. (36)

Round 12: Knit around.

Round 13: [Knit 2 stitches, K2tog, SSK, PM] around. (24)

Round 14: Knit around.

Round 15: [K2tog, SSK, remove markers] around. (12)

Round 16: Knit around
Round 17: [K2tog, SSK] around. (6)
Bind off and sew closed.