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Row 1 (right side): *K1, p1; rep from * to end. Row 2: *K1, p1; rep from * to end. Rows 3 and 4: *P1, k1; rep from * to end.
Please select a suitable size needle for your yarn. Cast on 24 stitches. Work the pattern as given over those stitches, until your swatch resembles a square piece of fabric. Don't skimp on size -- we want an accurate gauge measurement. Bind off and -- this is the important part! -- block your swatch using a method appropriate for the fiber in the yarn. We will take our measurement from the blocked swatch.
Abbreviations:
K: knit
P: purl
cn: cable needle
LH: left-hand
RH: right-hand
1/2 LC: slip next st to cn and hold at front, k2, k1 from cn
1/2 RC: slip next 2 sts to cn and hold at back, k1, k2 from cn
2/1 RPC: slip next st to cn and hold at back of work, K2, then p1 from cn
2/1 LPC: slip next 2 sts to cn and hold at front of work, p1, k2 from cn
2/1/2 RPC: slip next 3 sts to cn and hold at back of work, k2, slip last
st from cn back to LH needle and purl it, k2 from cn
2/1/2 LPC: slip next 3 sts to cn and hold at front of work, k2, slip
last st from cn back to LH needle and purl it, k2 from cn
2/2 RC: slip next 2 sts to cn and hold at back of work, k2, then k2 from cn
2/2 LC: slip next 2 sts to cn and hold at front of work, k2, then k2
from cn
Cast on 77 sts.
Row 1: K3, p6, [k2, p2] three times, k1, [p2, k2] three times, p6, k2, p32, k3.
Row 2: P3, k32, p2, 1/2 LC, 1/2 RC, p2, knit 2nd st, then first st, then slip
both from needle, p2, k2, p2, 2/1/2 RPC, p2, k2, p2, knit 2nd st, then
first st, then slip both from needle, p2, 1/2 LC, 1/2 RC, p3
Row 3 and all subsequent wrong-side rows: Knit the knits and purl the purls
Row 4: P3, *2/2 RC, 2/2 LC; rep from * three more times, p2, k2, [k2tog but
leave the sts on the needle, then insert the RH needle into the first
of those two sts and knit it again], k2, p2, knit 2nd st, then first st,
then slip both from needle, p2, 2/1 LPC, 2/1 RPC, p1, 2/1 LPC, 2/1 RPC,
p2, knit 2nd st, then first st, then slip both from needle, p2, k2,
[k2tog but leave the sts on the needle, then insert the RH needle into
the first of those two sts and knit it again], k2, p3
Row 6: P3, k32, p2, 1/2 LC, 1/2 RC, p2, knit 2nd st, then first st, then slip
both from needle, p3, 2/2 RC, p3, 2/2 LC, p3, knit 2nd st, then first st,
then slip both from needle, p2, 1/2 LC, 1/2 RC, p3
Row 8: P3, *2/2 LC, 2/2 RC; rep from * three more times, p2, k2, [k2tog but
leave the sts on the needle, then insert the RH needle into the first of
those two sts and knit it again], k2, p2, knit 2nd st, then first st,
then slip both from needle, p2, 2/1 RPC, 2/1 LPC, p1, 2/1 RPC, 2/1 LPC,
p2, knit 2nd st, then first st, then slip both from needle, p2, k2,
[k2tog but leave the sts on the needle, then insert the RH needle into
the first of those two sts and knit it again], k2, p3
Row 10: P3, k32, p2, 1/2 LC, 1/2 RC, p2, knit 2nd st, then first st, then slip
both from needle, p2, k2, p2, 2/1/2 LPC, p2, k2, p2, knit 2nd st, then
first st, then slip both from needle, p2, 1/2 LC, 1/2 RC, p3
Row 12: P3, *2/2 RC, 2/2 LC; rep from * three more times, p2, k2, [k2tog but
leave the sts on the needle, then insert the RH needle into the first of
those two sts and knit it again], k2, p2, knit 2nd st, then first st,
then slip both from needle, p2, 2/1 LPC, 2/1 RPC, p1, 2/1 LPC, 2/1 RPC,
p2, knit 2nd st, then first st, then slip both from needle, p2, k2,
[k2tog but leave the sts on the needle, then insert the RH needle into
the first of those two sts and knit it again], k2, p3
Row 14: P3, k32, p2, 1/2 LC, 1/2 RC, p2, knit 2nd st, then first st, then slip
both from needle, p3, 2/2 RC, p3, 2/2 LC, p3, knit 2nd st, then first st,
then slip both from needle, p2, 1/2 LC, 1/2 RC, p3
Row 16: P3, *2/2 LC, 2/2 RC; rep from * three more times, p2, k2, [k2tog but
leave the sts on the needle, then insert the RH needle into the first of
those two sts and knit it again], k2, p2, knit 2nd st, then first st,
then slip both from needle, p2, 2/1 RPC, 2/1 LPC, p1, 2/1 RPC, 2/1 LPC,
p2, knit 2nd st, then first st, then slip both from needle, p2, k2,
[k2tog but leave the sts on the needle, then insert the RH needle into
the first of those two sts and knit it again], k2, p3
Janet
jknitter@digisys.net
Q & A:
Having finished knitting the filler stitch swatch, I am currently working on the pattern stitch swatch, which measures roughly 12-14 inches. Am I right that this swatch is worked until it resembles a square...making it approx. 14 x 14 inches?
Feel free to make it that big if you want -- I wanted everyone to knit at least one time through the repeat (16 rows). But you don't have to knit it square (mine never are...!)
Which is the center design on the worsted swatch? The Four Rib Cable? If this is true, then on the other side of the honeycomb would be the moss stitch filler (is this where we add stitches to get the desired bust measurement?).
Good question. When I had you knit the swatch, I had you knit the center panel and the cables flanking it to one side only. I could have had you knit representing the whole front of the sweater, but that takes time and yarn. The center pattern of both the worsted weight and sport weight sweaters will be the Aran Honeycomb. Imagine that the narrower cables to one side on your swatch will also appear -- in mirror image -- on the other side of the AH pattern.
On my worsted weight sweater, then, the cables will be -- going from left to right as I look at the sweater:
Moss st -- Little Twist -- Right Twist -- Four-Rib Braid -- Right Twist -- Little Twist -- Aran Honeycomb -- Little Twist -- Right Twist -- Four-Rib Braid -- Right Twist -- Little Twist -- Moss st
Janet
jknitter@digisys.net