CABLE CROSSING

THE CABLE HAT
Lesson 2 - Strip One

STRIP 1

IN THIS LESSON YOU WILL BEGIN YOUR HAT!

YOU WILL MAKE A STRIP THAT HAS A GARTER STITCH BORDER FOR THE EDGE OF THE HAT, AND A 6 –STITCH CABLE BORDERED ON EACH SIDE BY A 2 STITCH TWIST!

WITH THE YARN YOU HAVE CHOSEN FOR YOUR HAT, AND YOUR NEEDLES, CAST ON 22 STITCHES. (GRANNIE LINDA USED A WORSTED WEIGHT OFF-WHITE WOOL YARN AND SIZE 6 NEEDLES. YOU SHOULD GET A GAUGE OF ABOUT 5 STITCHES = 1 INCH IN STOCKINETTE STITCH).

ROW 1: (WRONG SIDE) K4 {GARTER STITCH BORDER}, K2 {REV. ST. ST.}, P2 {TWIST}, K2 {REV. ST. ST.}, P6 {CABLE}, K2 {REV. ST. ST.}, P2 {TWIST}, K2 {REV. ST. ST.}.

YOUR ROW WILL APPEAR LIKE THIS:

GARTER BORDER (4) . REV. ST. ST.(2) .(L)TWIST(2) . REV. ST. ST. (2) .CABLE (6) . REV. ST. ST.(2) . (R)TWIST(2) . REV. ST. ST.(2)

                 EVERY WRONG SIDE ROW WILL BE KNIT LIKE ROW 1 !!!!!!!!

NOW YOU WILL BEGIN YOUR FIRST RIGHT SIDE ROW:

ROW 2:   P2, WORK A 2 ST. RIGHT TWIST, P2, K6, P2,  WORK A 2 ST. LEFT TWIST, P2, K4{GARTER BORDER}.

ROW 3:  REPEAT ROW 1.

ROW 4:   P2, 2 ST. RIGHT TWIST, P2, K6, P2, 2 ST. LEFT TWIST, P2, K4{GARTER BORDER}.

ROW 5:  REPEAT ROW 1.

REMEMBER THAT YOU TWIST THE 2 STITCHES ON EVERY RIGHT SIDE ROW!!!

ROW 6:   (CABLE TWIST ROW)   P2, 2 ST. RIGHT TWIST, P2, SLIP THE NEXT THREE STITCHES ONTO THE CABLE NEEDLE, HOLD TO BACK OF WORK, KNIT THE NEXT THREE STITCHES FROM THE LEFT NEEDLE, KNIT THE THREE STITCHES FROM THE CABLE NEEDLE (CABLE TWIST MADE), P2,  LEFT TWIST, P2, K4{GARTER BORDER}.

CONTINUE WORKING IN THIS MANNER, WORKING THE 2 – STITCH TWISTS ON EVERY RIGHT SIDE ROW AND THE CABLE TWIST ON EVERY 8^TH ROW.  IF YOU AREN’T SURE IF IT IS THE 8^TH ROW…..SEE THE ARTICLE TITLED, “WHERE AM I?”

WORK THE STRIP UNTIL IT IS 21 INCHES LONG.  BIND OFF.