The sand cable stitch creates a graceful pattern
that resembles a beach landscape.
Hi, I'm Kristen and welcome back to my channel, Studio Knit.
On a smooth stockinette fabric,
it results in a soft piece with wavy edges
and it's reminiscent of your favorite seaside retreat.
I'm sharing instructions on how to knit
flat on straight needles as well as in the round
on circular needles.
This is not a reversible pattern,
because the right side of our work displays the design.
However, the wrong, the backside of our work does not.
I think here in the blue color,
it also looks a lot like ocean waves.
If you have project ideas for this sand cable stitch,
please share them in the comments below
and please like up this video to let me know
you'd like to see more videos like this.
For our knitting supplies,
you can use any yarn of your choice
with appropriately size knitting needles.
We also have scissors and a tapestry needle on hand,
as well as a cable needle.
You can buy a specific cable needle
or you can just use a double pointed needle
like I am right here
and I painted one tip with nail polish
and it's held up really great throughout the years.
We're beginning by casting on in multiples of 12 stitches,
so we're adding 12 stitches to our needle
and then depending on the length of the piece
you'd like to knit up,
continue adding additional multiples of 12 stitches.
For my swatch, I have three multiples of 12,
which makes 36 stitches.
As always, the written pattern instructions
are available totally for free.
Over on my website, Studio Knit.
The written row by row instructions
also include a knitting chart.
If you enjoy knitting from a chart,
you can see it's really quite simple.
So let's knit it up.
Rows one, two, three, and four,
rows one through four are the stockinette stitch.
If you are watching a cable stitch video,
you are likely very familiar with knitting and purling.
So on the right side, row one,
we're knitting on the wrong side, row two,
it's purls purling all the way down the row.
Again, row three, that is our right side,
so we're knitting all the way down the row
and lastly, row four on the wrong side,
purling all stitches and here's where the fun begins
on row five, it's a 3/3R cable stitch that we begin with.
That's a right crossing cable stitch.
So we are slipping three stitches, that's purl-wise
onto our cable needle and then I slide it down to the tip
where we'll be knitting it from,
but first we're holding it to the back
and we begin with knitting three stitches
from our main needle, while that cable needle
is being held to the back
and I wanna show you here
the yarn goes between the cable and the main needle
and then we're knitting three stitches,
one, two and three from the main needle.
Now we'll let go of the needle in our left hand
and get the cable needle in a position
that is easiest for you to knit from
and then knit three stitches from your cable needle
and you'll see why I painted it pink.
It's really helpful to differentiate
the main and the cable needle for you here in this video
and then between the two asterisks,
you'll see that there's also a K6
and that means that we are knitting six stitches
after we complete that 3/3R cable stitch.
So that's really easy.
So you'll see the reason that we cast on in multiples of 12
is because the 3/3R uses six stitches
and then we finish up with six stitches
and we're going to continue this multiple of 12
to the end of the row.
Let's do it one more time,
that way you do not have to rewind this video.
You can watch it again and get it firmly in your hand.
So we are beginning by slipping three stitches
onto our cable needle,
and from there we're going to hold it
to the back of our work.
We're knitting three stitches from our main needle
so one, two, three from the main needle
and then taking the cable needle,
place it where it's easy for you to knit from
and knit three stitches from the cable needle.
Continue this pattern, the 3/3R and knitting six stitches,
until you reach the end of your row
and here is the beginning,
the first five rows of our 10 row repeat here.
Now rows six, seven, eight and nine are equally as easy
as those first four rows.
We're continuing the stockinette stitch.
Now this time we're beginning on the wrong side of our work
since we just completed our cabling on the right side
and the wrong side is purling
and then row seven is the right side
and we're knitting all stitches,
going to the back, the wrong side of our work,
we'll be purling all stitches and lastly, row nine,
we are on the right side of our work
so we are knitting all stitches.
We are continuing this beautiful smooth stockinette stitch
and here on row 10, we're finishing it up.
For those of you experienced with cabling,
cabling on the wrong side of the work is pretty unique.
So we have a 3/3L that's a left crossing,
but we're doing it on the wrong side of the work.
So we're switching up the 3/3L a little bit,
because we're on the wrong side of our work.
We're slipping three stitches onto our cable needle
and holding it to the front.
Then we are going to purl three stitches
from our main needle.
Again, purling, you always want to make sure
that you have that yarn in the front of the needle
that you're working from and slowly take your time,
purl those first three stitches from your main needle
and then we're going to be purling three stitches
from the cable needle.
Again, it's this pink tipped needle that we have,
or that I'm using as my cable needle
and we'll scooching those stitches around.
Again, the yarn is in the front right here
and we'll purl three stitches from our cable needle,
one, two, and three.
Lastly, for this 12 stitch multiple,
we're purling six stitches.
So the 3/3L are six stitches, purling three stitches.
That completes our multiple of 12 stitches
and we are going to repeat this pattern,
between the asterisks until we reach the end of our row.
Let's flip it around here so we can see our progress
and see how those cable stitches have twisted the yarn.
So let's do it one more time together,
we're slipping three stitches to our cable needle
and we're holding it to the front of our work.
We're going to take our main needle
and first purl three stitches from it,
and then finish up purling three stitches
from your cable needle.
Once you've completed this row, continue knitting rows
one through 10 until your piece is the length you desire.
I really appreciate the subtle texture
of the front, the right side of our work here.
I have lots of ideas.
I think a blanket would be so gorgeous in this pattern
and again, here is the wrong side of our work.
You'll see that we see all those purl bumps
on the wrong side, so this is not a reversible pattern.
Now for those of you who enjoy knitting in the round,
I want to quickly share one little difference.
We're knitting stocking that stitch rose, one, two, three,
and four and rows six, seven, eight, and nine,
of course, when we're knitting stocking net in the round,
we are knitting all stitches.
Row five, the cabling is totally identical.
The only difference,
which is what I wanna share with you here, is row 10.
On row 10, we begin by knitting six stitches
in the 12 stitch repeat
and we have a 3/3L, but we are working
on the right side of our work here
when we're knitting in the round.
So we're slipping three stitches to our cable needle,
three stitches knitting from the main needle
and three stitches knitting from the cable needle.
Of course, that is because we're knitting in the round,
we are always on the right side of our work,
so there's no purling involved
when we are going to knit on circular needles
or double pointed needles
and I think this would be a really cool hat pattern.
It could also be a gorgeous sleeve on a sweater.
If you'd like to give this project a try,
I think a scarf would be really easy.
You could get really creative with your yarn choice
the width and the length that you'd like to make it
and I just wanna share with you,
this yarn that I've been knitting with,
it's from Jupiter Moon Farm
and the yarn is called Moonshine.
I'll have all the information in the description for you
and I hope you are inspired
to give this sand cable knit stitch a try.
For even more cable knitting inspiration,
Check this next video. I think you'll really enjoy it.
It's been very popular lately, and I will see you there.