Mock Cable Stitch Pattern

To get started with my Mack cable sample, I want to cast on a multiple of 5 plus 2. I'm gonna go a little smaller than I did with this one, just in the interest of getting through it all. So I'm gonna go ahead and cast on 17. Now I'm using a long tail cast on, which is my preference. You can use whatever cast on you like, but you'll notice on this pattern it says row one is a wrong side row, and that is because when you use the long tail cast on it actually counts as a knit row.

So that is why row one of the pattern is a wrong side row. I'm gonna go ahead and let my cast on function as the right side. So let me see, we wanted 17, 123456789, 1011. 1213 1415 So for row one. Which is our wrong side row.

We're going to knit 2. 1 2 and then it's pearl 3 knit 2 all the way across. So pearl 3. And knit too. Pearl 3 Knit to.

Row 2 is where the fun begins. It's a right side row. We're going to pearl 2. Then it says slip one pearl wise, so I want to pass the stitch from my left hand needle to the right hand needle, no twists or turns, and I'm going to orient my right hand needle as if I'm pearling. However, before I do that, I want to make sure that my yarn goes to the back because I finished with a pearl stitch.

My next stitch is going to be a knit stitch. I want to get the yarn to the back before I slip the next stitch. So I'm going to slip that stitch. I'm going to knit 2. One 2 and then it says PSSO2, which means pass slipped stitch over 2 so I'm going to grab the stitch that I slipped and pass it over the two stitches that I knit.

That's gonna give me that wrap right there and that's what's going to give me my mock cable appearance and we're gonna pearl too. And then here is our repeat all the way across. Get your yarn in the back. Slip 1 pearl wise, knit 21. 2 Pass slipped stitch over to.

Grab the slipped stitch. Pass it over 2 stitches and let it drop. Pearl 2. Let's do that repeat one more time. Get your yarn in the back first.

Slip 1 stitch pearl wise, knit 21. 2 Pass slipped stitch over to now the way that I do it so that I don't lose any stitches is I'm keeping a little bit of tension on the working yarn. I don't wanna pull it super tight because that's unattractive, but if I don't have at least a little bit of pressure on here, it's gonna wanna fall off the end of the needle, which I would not appreciate so I'm gonna grab that slip stitch and I'm holding on to the working yarn which holds these guys in place. Pass the slipped stitch over. Pearl 2, so that was my whole of row 2.

One thing I want you to notice about the stitch pattern that makes it different from many of the other stitch patterns that you may have learned is that this row at the end of row 2, you do not have the same number of stitches as you did for row 1 or you will have for row 3. So on row 2 we are taking stitches away on row 3 we're putting them back with yarn overs. So let's take a look and see what that looks like. For row 3 we're going to knit 2. And then here is the repeat.

Pearl one Yarn over. So we're gonna take the yarn over the right hand needle and bring it back through back through between the needles. Pearl one Knit too. One 2, so we took the stitches away. On row 2 by doing that PSSO 2, I'm putting them back by adding the yarn overs.

So let's get our yarn where it belongs. Go to pearl 1. You aren't over. Pearl one Knit 2 One more time, get the yarn where it belongs. Pearl one.

Yarn over Pearl one Knit too. One 2 Now that row 3 is completed, you should have the same number of stitches that you had when you did your cast on. In my case that was 17, 123456789, 1011, 1213, 1415, 1617. So do not get yourself confused at the end of row 2. So now here we are for row 4.

We're going to pearl 2. And then the repeat is knit 3, pearl 2, all the way across. So that was my net 3 and pearl 2. A lot of people get confused about knitting into yarn overs, but honestly it's the same as knitting into any other stitch. They're just a little loosey goosey and that's OK.

That's part of the stitch pattern we're not getting excited about that, so don't come up to where your yarn over is and get panicky that you have an issue. Here's my last repeat nit 312. 3 Pearl 21. 2 So there we are after our 1st 4 rows of the pattern. And uh there is a note here on this pattern that says, you want to bind off after row 3.

So I'm gonna put 3 more rows on this pattern and talk to you a little bit about the bind off. All right, I have 7 rows completed and again you'll make however many rows you need and what I want to do is bind off in pattern. So I'm going to pearl the 1st 2 stitches. Pass one over the next, and then I'm going to knit one. Pass the stitch over knit one.

Pass the stitch over. Nit one. You can use a different bind off if you like, but I like binding off at this point in the pattern. Here we have a pearl. Pass it over And a pearl You don't want to bind off after a row 2 because there are too few stitches because row 2 is where you take the stitches away.

And I don't like to bind off after row 4 because to me it extends the top too much. You could, you could, you could bind off after row 4 if you did it with the wrong side facing you. Let me just grab the sample here. So this is where I did the bind off after row 3. And to me that's the arena in which it most closely matches the cast on at the bottom.

I like my top and my bottom to be as symmetrical as possible, so I prefer that you bind off after row 3. You can do it however you like, but please, for the love of your sanity, do not try and bind off after row 2. You will have too few stitches and it's gonna draw in width wise. So that 4 row repeat is all there is to the mock cable stitch, which gives you this beautiful textured appearance without having to get your cable needle out at all. Once again, I'm Mary Beth Temple.

Thanks so much for hanging out with me today. We'll see you again real soon.