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First swatch

• (cable based on http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter03/PATTcoronet.html)
• (slip stitch fake i-cord edging idea from http://www.modeknit.com/blog/alisons_scarf.pdf)
• lambswool knitted double on 4mm needles

Special abbreviations:

• RSB (right side border): K1, sl 1 wyif, K1, sl 1 wyif, K1
• WSB (wrong side border): sl 1 wyif, K1, sl 1 wyif, K1, sl 1 wyif

Cast on 20 st.

• Row 1: RSB, P2, K6, P2, RSB.
• Row 2: WSB, K2, P6, K2, WSB.
• Row 3: RSB, P2, slip next 2 st onto cable needle leaving it at front of work, K2, K2 from cable needle, K2, P2, RSB.
• Row 4: As row 2.
• Row 5: As row 1.
• Row 6: As row 2.
• Row 7: RSB, P2, K2, slip next 2 st onto cable needle leaving it at back of work, K2, K2 from cable needle, P2, RSB.
• Row 8: As row 2.

Work 5 1/2 repeats in total, ending row 3. Cast off (I used Icelandic bind off).

Second swatch

Cast on 41 stitches and work in [shadow rib]? as follows:

• Row 1: K2, (P1, K2) to end.
• Row 2: P to end.

This stitch pattern taken from http://home.wlu.edu/~mortonc/knitting/RibStitches.html - see there for a chart.

See Also: Kake's Projects