CABLE CROSSING

THE CABLE HAT
Lesson 4 -Strip 3 - Diamonds!

THIS LESSON WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO MAKE YOUR FINAL STRIP.  YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT MAKING DIAMONDS!
DIAMONDS CAN BE MADE IN AN ENDLESS VARIETY, TWISTED IN A MYRIAD OF WAYS, AND FILLED WITH NUMEROUS STITCHES!!!
YOU WILL ALSO LEARN SOME CHARTING SYMBOLS, AS THERE IS A CHART FOR THE ENTIRE CABLE HAT!

FOR THIS STRIP YOU WILL MAKE A SMALL, SIMPLE DIAMOND WITH 2 STITCH CABLES FOR THE SIDES. WE WILL FILL IT WITH REVERSE STOCKINETTE STITCH.
WITH YOUR HAT YARN AND NEEDLES, CAST ON 12 STITCHES.

ROW 1:  (WRONG SIDE) K4, P4, K4.
ROW 2:  (RIGHT SIDE) P4, K4, P4.
ROW 3:  REPEAT ROW 1.  ON ALL (ALL) WRONG SIDE ROWS YOU WILL PURL AND KNIT THE STITCHES AS THEY FACE YOU – KNIT YOUR KNITS AND PURL YOUR PURLS – ALWAYS!!
ROW 4:  P4, SLIP THE NEXT 2 STITCHES ONTO THE CABLE NEEDLE AND HOLD TO THE BACK OF YOUR WORK.
KNIT THE NEXT 2 STITCHES. KNIT THE 2 STITCHES FROM THE CABLE NEEDLE. YOU HAVE JUST MADE A C4B ~ 4 STITCH CABLE BACK (OR “RIGHT”) TWIST. HEE HEE. PURL THE LAST 4 STITCHES.
ROW 6:  P3, SLIP THE NEXT PURL STITCH ONTO THE CABLE NEEDLE AND HOLD TO THE BACK OF YOUR WORK.
K2, PURL THE ST. FROM THE CABLE NEEDLE.  YOU HAVE JUST MADE A T3B – TWIST THREE BACK.  SLIP THE NEXT 2 KNIT STITCHES ONTO THE CABLE NEEDLE AND HOLD TO THE FRONT OF YOUR WORK.  PURL THE NEXT STITCH, THEN KNIT THE 2 STITCHES FROM YOUR CABLE NEEDLE. YOU HAVE JUST MADE A T3F – TWIST THREE FRONT. PURL THE LAST THREE STITCHES.
ROW 8:  P2, T3B, P2, T3F, P2.
ROW 10:  P1, T3B, P4, T3F, P1.

YOU SHOULD HAVE ONE PURL STITCH LEFT ON EITHER SIDE OF YOUR DIAMOND. THIS IS AS WIDE AS YOUR DIAMOND WILL GET! NOW IT IS TIME TO START MOVING THE SIDES OF THE DIAMOND IN.

ROW 12:  P1, T3F, P4, T3B, P1.
ROW 14:  P2, T3F, P2, T3B, P2.
ROW 16:  P3, T3F, T3B, P3.

REPEAT ROWS 3-16 FOR YOUR DIAMOND STRIP UNTIL IT IS SLIGHTLY LESS THAN STRIP 2 – ABOUT 20”LONG.

HERE ARE SOME CHARTING SYMBOLS FOR WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN LEARNING:

C4B:

INSERT CABLE NEEDLE INTO FIRST TWO STITCHES....

HOLD TO BACK OF WORK.....

KNIT THE NEXT 2 STITCHES.....

KNIT THE STITCHES FROM THE CABLE NEEDLE.......

C4B COMPLETE!

THIS IS WHAT THE C4B LOOKS LIKE ON A COLLECTION OF CHARTED CABLE SYMBOLS:

T3B: 

INSERT CABLE NEEDLE INTO NEXT PURL ST.....

HOLD TO BACK OF WORK AND KNIT NEXT 2 STITCHES.....

PURL STITCH FROM CABLE NEEDLE.

THIS IS WHAT THE T3B LOOKS LIKE ON A COLLECTION OF CHARTED CABLE SYMBOLS:

T3F:


INSERT CABLE NEEDLE INTO NEXT 2 KNIT STITCHES, HOLD TO FRONT OF WORK.....

PURL NEXT STITCH, THEN KNIT THE NEXT 2 STITCHES.....

T3F AND T3B COMPLETE!

THIS IS WHAT THE T3F LOOKS LIKE ON A COLLECTION OF CHARTED CABLE SYMBOLS:

WHEN THIS STRIP IS DONE YOU CAN SEW THE STRIPS TOGETHER! 
PIN THE LONG SIDES OF THE STRIPS TOGETHER, ONE TO TWO, EASING IN THE EXTRA LENGTH. 
USE A WHIP STITCH TO CATCH THE END SIDE STITCH OF STRIP ONE, SEWING IT TO THE END SIDE STITCH OF STRIP 2.
DO THE SAME SEWING STRIP 2 TO STRIP 3.
WHEN ALL THREE STRIPS ARE SEWN TOGETHER ALONG THE LONG SIDE, FOLD THE STRIPS IN HALF AND SEW THE SHORT ENDS TOGETHER IN ONE SEAM. YOU WILL HAVE A ROUND CYLINDER.

NOW YOU CAN GO ON TO LESSON 5!