Wave Cable aka Snake Cable

Wave Cable aka Snake cable stitch free pattern.

Free wave cable stitch pattern

Abbreviations:

k = Knit
p = Purl
c6f = (cable 6 front)- slip 3 stitches to a cable needle and hold at the front of the work, knit 3, then knit the 3 stitches from the cable needle.
c6b = (cable 6 back)- slip 3 stitches to a cable needle and hold at the back of the work, knit 3, then knit the 3 stitches from the cable needle.

Cast on multiples of 8

Row 1 (RS): p2, k6, p2
Row 2 (WS): k2, p6, k2
Row 3 (cable Row): p2, c6b, p2
Row 4: k2, p6, k2
Row 5: p2, k6, p2
Row 6: k2, p6, k2
Row 7: p2, k6, p2
Row 8: k2, p6, k2
Row 9 (cable row): p2, c6f, p2
Row 10: k2, p6, k2
Row 11: p2, k6, p2
Row 12: k2, p6, k2

12 rows make up the wave cable pattern.

Comments

5 responses to “Wave Cable aka Snake Cable”

  1. Maureen Doyle Avatar
    Maureen Doyle

    Making an Aran pattern afghan and am trying to work out a stitch called “snake stitch” described as follows ‘ P2, sk 2 sts, k next st, k 2 skipped sts, sl knitted st already worked off left hand needle’ Well, I am an experienced knitter of Aran patterns but this has me totally bamboozled. No matter how I try it, it doesn’t seem to work, so thought I could google it, to see if anyone else has knitted it. Your stitch is not exactly the same but I might have to substitute it for the patterns one. Any suggestions???? Cheers and have a nice day.

  2. Helen Bond Avatar
    Helen Bond

    I think this snake/wave cable needs a small edit, I think it’s a 10 stitch pattern, not 8. So cast on multiples of 10. Then it works nicely.

  3. Linda Sanford Avatar
    Linda Sanford

    How is this stitch knit if working in the Round?

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