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Learn to Knit: Right Purl Cross Cable

2nd May 2017 cables 0 min read
Learn to Knit: Right Purl Cross Cable

This cable is worked across 4 knit stitches, crossing 2 purl stitches with 2 knit stitches. To create a cable that slopes to the right you slip the first 2 stitches onto a cable needle and hold that needle at the back of your work. Now you knit the next 2 stitches. Finally you come back to the 2 stitches on your cable needle and you purl them. This is called a 2/2 RPC which means that 2 stitches cross with 2 stitches forming a Right Purl Cross.

Here is a video of this at work:

Cable Chart

 This is what this stitch looks like when it's shown in a cable chart.

To break down how the stitch is worked you can use this illustration:

 

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Carol Feller

Carol trained as a structural engineer, and she brings that love of analysing structure into her knitting, creating complex patterns that are easy to understand, while her approach to process is all about testing and playing, and making mistakes along the way. That’s where the
joy lies!

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