How to knit the Horseshoe Cable stitch pattern

Today, I’m sharing how to knit the Horseshoe Cable stitch, one of the cable patterns I love!

It’s a six-row repeat pattern, and the right cross and left cross will repeat every 5 rows, so we’ll have a lot of plain knit + purl rows (“resting rows”).

In order to cross stitches, we’ll need a “cable needle”; a third needle of the same size, or a stitch holder.

However, you can also use a Bobby pin or hairpin, if you don’t have any of the above (use whatever short and easy-to-handle pin/ needle/holder/husband that works for you).

Finally, don’t forget to take a look at my Tips for Cable Knitting 😉

So, without further ado, let’s cable together 🙂

Abbreviations

CO: Cast on

st: Stitch

RS: Right side

K: Knit

P: Purl

Cable 2 back: Slip 2 stitches onto the cable needle, and hold at back of work. K2 from the left-hand needle, and K2 from the cable needle

Cable 2 front: Slip 2 stitches onto the cable needle, and hold at front of work. K2 from the left-hand needle, and K2 from the cable needle

BO: Bind off

N.B.:

The odd rows form the RS of the work.

The selvage st (the first and the last) will be knitted on every odd row and purled on every even row.