Special Stitches for Knitting Patterns

Special Stitches

3x3 Seed Cable: Slip 3 stitches onto a cable needle and hold at the front, knit 3, then knit 1, purl 1, knit 1 from the cable needle.

3x3 Reverse Seed Cable: Slip 3 stitches onto a cable needle and hold at the front, knit 1, purl 1, knit 1, then knit 3 from the cable needle.

The quantity of stitches is a multiple of 16 plus 10.

Row Instructions

1^st row (WS): k2, p3, k1, p1, k3, *p3, k1, p1, k3, p3, k1, p1, k3; repeat from * across;

2^nd row: *p2, k1, p1, k4, p2, 3×3 Seed Cable; repeat from * across, ending p2, k1, p1, k4, p2;

3^rd row: k2, p3, k1, p1, k3, *k1, p1, k1, p3, k2, p3, k1, p1, k3; repeat from * across;

4^th row: *p2, k1, p1, k4, p2, k4, p1, k1; repeat from * across, ending p2, k1, p1, k4, p2;

5^th row: k2, p3, k1, p1, k3, *k1, p1, k1, p3, k2, p3, k1, p1, k3; repeat from * across;

6^th row: *p2, 3×3 Seed Cable, p2, k4, p1, k1; repeat from * across, ending p2, 3×3 Seed Cable, p2;

7^th row: k3, p1, k1, p3, k2, *k1, p1, k1, p3, k3, p1, k1, p3, k2; repeat from * across;

8^th row: *p2, k4, p1, k1, p2, k4, p1, k1; repeat from * across, ending p2, k4, p1, k1, p2;

9^th row: k3, p1, k1, p3, k2, *k1, p1, k1, p3, k3, p1, k1, p3, k2; repeat from * across;

10^th row: *p2, k3, p1, k1, p3, 3×3 Reverse Seed Cable; repeat from * across, ending p2, k4, p1, k1, p2;

11^th row: k3, p1, k1, p3, k2, *p3, k1, p1, k4, p1, k1, p3, k2; repeat from * across;

12^th row: *p2, k4, p1, k1, p2, k1, p1, k4; repeat from * across, ending p2, k4, p1, k1, p2;

13^th row: k3, p1, k1, p3, k2, *p3, k1, p1, k4, p1, k1, p3, k2; repeat from * across;

14^th row: *p2, 3×3 Reverse Seed Cable, p3, k1, p1, k3; repeat from * across, ending p2, 3×3 Reverse Seed Cable, p2;

15^th row: k2, p3, k1, p1, k3, *p3, k1, p1, k3, p3, k1, p1, k3; repeat from * across;

16^th row: *p2, k1, p1, k4, p2, k1, p1, k4; repeat from * across, ending p2, k1, p1, k4, p2.