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Classic Cable Throw
Lion Brand® Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick®
GAUGE:
8 sts = 4 in. [10 cm] over St st (k on RS, p on WS) BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR GAUGE. When you match the gauge in a pattern, your project will be the size specified in the pattern and the materials specified in the pattern will be sufficient. If it takes you fewer stitches and rows to make a 4 in. [10 cm] square, try using a smaller size hook or needles; if more stitches and rows, try a larger size hook or needles.
STITCH EXPLANATION:
CABLE STITCH EXPLANATIONS
6/6 RC (right cross of 6 sts over 6 sts) Slip next 6 sts to a cable needle and leave at the back of your work, k 6 sts from your left needle, then k the 6 sts from cable needle. 6/6 LC (left cross of 6 sts over 6 sts) Slip next 6 sts to a cable needle and leave at the front of your work, k 6 sts from your left needle, then k the 6 sts from cable needle.
Right Cross Panel (make 3)
Cast on 24 sts. Knit 2 rows. Rows 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, and 17 (RS): K 2, p 4, k 12, p 4, k 2. Row 2 and all WS Rows: K 6, p 12, k 6. Row 13: K 2, p 4, 6/6 RC, p 4, k 2. Row 18: K 6, p 12, k 6.
Repeat Rows [1-18] 7 more times. Then repeat Rows 1-7 once. Knit 2 rows. Bind off.
Left Cross Panel(make 2)
Cast on 24 sts. Knit two rows. Rows 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, and 17 (RS): K 2, p 4, k 12, p 4, k 2. Row 2 and all WS Rows: K 6, p 12, k 6. Row 13: K 2, p 4, 6/6 LC, p 4, k 2. Row 18: K 6, p 12, k 6.
Repeat Rows [1-18] 7 more times. Then repeat Rows 1-7 once. Knit 2 rows. Bind off.
FINISHING
Sew long edges of 5 panels together alternating Right and Left Cross Panels.
Weave in ends.
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Classic Cable Throw Reviewed by Wendy on 2013-02-24
This is a great, easy pattern that knits really fast and looks great when finished. I made this for my daughter and family and they are very tall so I increased the size from 48 x 48 to about 66 x 72 and used close to 20 skeins (can't exactly remember) I made this last year and everyone LOVED it but one extremely disappointing flaw is the yarn. It pills just terrible. I have pictures to show what happens. I have to say that this afghan is used everyday in the winter by the family. The worse it got the more embarrassed I would be when my daughter would boast that I made it. It looked like a complete train wreck. So I took it home and meticulously clipped off all the dangling pilled threads. That took what would amount to a week of work but, happily, it looks almost new again. If it does it again the afghan will be tossed. I'm sharing this experience so you all know what can happen. It's about the yarn, not the pattern. Photos are first made, second shows all the pilling and last one shows it (backside) after my OCD de-pilling marathon.
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