Sunday, January 24, 2010

Cabled Neck Warmer

This is meant to go with my Cabled Ponytail Hat. I used a garter st border, but any border would work. I also like to slip the first stitch in every row. I find it helps lay scarves and blankets flat on the edges (thanks Cathy!). This pattern is easy to modify to change the width or the length to make into a scarf. The cable pattern is in a stitch count of 16, plus one p2 at the start, plus a border. The cable pattern repeats every 12 rows with the 1st cable row occurring at row 1 and the 2nd cable row occurring at row 7.

Cabled Neck Warmer
-US 7 straight needles
-Cascade 220 Superwash Paints (worsted weight)
-s1 = slip 1 stitch as if to knit
-C6F = place 3 stitches on cable needle to the front, K3 from the left needle, then K3 from cable needle

CO 42 st

R1-R4: knit across

R5: sl 1, k3, p2 (k2, p2) repeat until last 4, k4
R6: sl 1, k3, knit the knits and purl the purls until last 4, k4
repeat R5-R6 2x

R11 (initial 1st cabling row): sl 1, k3, p2 (C6F, p2, k2, p2, k2, p2) 2x, k4
R12-R16: s1, k3, knit the knits, and purl the purls until last 4, k4
R17 (2nd cabling row): sl1, k3, p2 (k6, p2, C6F, p2) 2x, k4
R18-R22: as R12-R16
R23 (1st cabling row throughout): s1, k3, p2 (C6F, p2, k6, p2) 2x, k4
R24-R28: as R12-R16
R29: as R17
R30-R34: as R12-R16
repeat R23-R34 until desired length (I started the end of the warmer at R150 to match the start of the warmer and include button holes)

R150: sl1, k5 (p2, k2, p2, k2, p6) 2x, k4
R151-R154: sl1, k3, knit the knits and purl the purls until last 4, k4
R155: sl1, k3, p2 (C6F, p2, k2, p2, k2, p2) 2x, k4
R156: sl1, k5 (p2, k2, p2, k2, p2, k2, p2, k2) 2x, k4
R157-R158: as R151-R154
R159 (button hole row): sl1, k3, p2, k2, p2, slip 2nd purl st over the 1st purl, k1, slip knit st over the purl, k1, p2, k2, p2, k2, p2, slip 2nd purl st over the 1st purl, k1, slip knit st over the purl, k1, p2, k2, p2, k2, p2, slip 2nd purl st over the 1st purl, k1, slip knit st over the purl, k1, p2, k4
R160: sl1, k3, knit the knits and purl the purls, but CO 2 st for each button hole, k4
R161: sl1, k3, knit the knits and purl the purls until last 4, k4
R162-R166: knit across

BO and weave in the ends

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