3 stitches knit up the stunning honeycomb stitch
This week on KNITmuch, we’re knitting a cushion cover using 4 skeins of Uptown Worsted in lovely Sapphire So far we’ve introduced the project materials, the swatches and gauge requirements, and in yesterday’s post we looked at the instructions for the back piece knitted in stockinette stitch. Today is all about the cables! Cabled stitches, even basic ones, are very decorative and eye catching and are arranged to knit the decorative honeycomb stitch.
Remember that for this cabled pattern, these are the 3 stitches you need to know:
- C4L: Put 2 sts on cable needle and hold in front. K2. K2 from cable needle.
- C4R: Put 2 sts on cable needle and hold in back. K2. K2 from cable needle.
- the m1 decrease, or “make one.” You can find m1 instructions here.
3 stitches knit up the stunning honeycomb stitch
With your Knitter’s Pride US7 [4.5mm] needles (or the size you need for gauge requirements in knitting a swatch, in Tuesday’s post), work as follows for the cabled front piece of the cushion cover:
- Cast on 82 sts.
- Work 2 rows in stockinette stitch (Knit on RS, purl on WS).
- Next row (RS): K1, *m1, k1, rep from * to last stitch, m1, k1. (You now have 124 sts)
- Next row (WS): Purl all sts.
- Next row (RS): K2, *C4R, C4L. Rep from * to 2 sts from end of row, k2.
- Next row (WS): Purl all sts.
- Next row (RS): Knit all sts.
- Next row (WS): Purl all sts.
- Next row (RS): K2, *C4L, C4R. Rep from * to 2 sts from end of row, k2.
- Next row (WS): Purl all sts.
- Next row (RS): Knit all sts.
- Next row (WS): Purl all sts.
- Repeat these last 8 rows until work measures 18″ from beginning, ending with a WS row.
- Next row (RS): K2, *k2tog, k1. Rep from * to 2 sts from end of row, k2. (You now have 82 sts).
- Next row (WS): Purl all sts.
- Bind off all sts.
Cabled stitches, even basic ones, are very decorative and eye catching.
Don’t worry if this piece takes you longer to do than the stockinette piece that we knitted for the back. Cable stitches require more time (and yarn!) to create the same width of fabric than plain stockinette stitch does. But the result is too pretty to pass up! Cabled stitches, even basic ones, are very decorative and eye catching.
Join me tomorrow for finishing the cushion cover.
