Woven Cable Square Knit Pattern

Finished Size

6″ (15 cm) square.

Materials

• Lion Brand Vanna's Choice yarn (100% acrylic, 3.5 oz/100 g/170 yd/156 m) – 1 skein in 173 Dusty Green, or approximately 45 yd (41 m) in any medium weight yarn.
• US Size 7/4.5 mm knitting needles, or any size needed to obtain gauge.
• Cable needle.
• Yarn needle.

Gauge

20 sts = 4″ (10 cm) in pattern. Completed square = 6″ (15 cm) in pattern after blocking. Exact gauge is not critical for this project.

Abbreviations Used in This Pattern

• BO – bind off
• C6B – 6-stitch right-leaning cable – Sl 3 sts to cable needle, hold cable needle at back, k3, k3 from cable needle. Leisure Arts has a helpful video tutorial for this stitch here.
• C6F – 6-stitch left-leaning cable – Sl 3 sts to cable needle, hold cable needle at front, k3, k3 from cable needle. Leisure Arts has a helpful video tutorial for this stitch here.
• CO – cast on
• k – knit
• p – purl
• rep – repeat
• RS – right (front) side
• sl 1 – slip 1 st, knitwise
• st(s) – stitch(es)
• [] Repeat instructions between brackets as indicated.

Pattern Note

Pattern repeat is any multiple of 18 sts for the cable, + 4 sts for edges, + 8 sts for borders.

Pattern Instructions

CO 30 sts.

Border

• Border Row 1: K to last st, p1.
• Border Row 2: Sl 1, k to last st, p1.
• Border Rows 3 & 4: Rep Row 2 twice.

Woven Cable Square Knit Pattern

• Row 1: (RS) Sl 1, k3, p2, k18, p2, k3, p1.
• Row 2: Sl 1, k5, p18, k5, p1.
• Row 3: Sl 1, k3, p2, [C6F] 3 times, p2, k3, p1.
• Row 4: Rep Row 2.
• Row 5: Rep Row 1.
• Row 6: Rep Row 2.
• Row 7: Sl 1, k3, p2, k3, [C6B] twice, k3, p2, k3, p1.
• Row 8: Rep Row 2.

Rep Rows 1-8 until square measures approximately 5.5″ (14 cm), ending after Row 4 or Row 8.

Final Border

• Border Rows 1-4: Rep Border Row 2, 4 times.
• BO in pattern for Border Row 2. Fasten off with long yarn tail (approximately 3 times the width of square).