Double Sided Cable Scarf Pattern

There s a clean mathematical precision about reversible cable knitting that is deeply fundamentally pleasing especially so because it works off the very simplest.

Double sided cable scarf pattern.

I am not very good at following complicated patterns so i have come up with an 8 row pattern that is double sided and easy to remember without constantly reading the. They tap into knitting at its most elemental turning the structure of the fabric itself into ornament rolling form and function into one elegant package. Instead of having the cable stitches knitting stockinette on the right side and purl on the wrong side you knit them as 1 1 rib. Stefanie at sweater surgery shows you how to knit this pretty double sided cable scarf.

I am a big fan of cables and scarves so this project combined both. Reversible patterns allow you freedom from worry about how your fold your blanket tie your scarf or wrap your shawl because they will look great from either side. The way to solve this is to knit them in a 1 1 rib stitch essentially. The way to make a cable double sided is simple.

I tie my scarves in loads of different ways so wanted a cabled scarf that was double sided so it showed off the lovely cables whichever way i wear it. Reversible stitches much of what makes a knitting pattern reversible has to do with the stitch that s used. But as you know generally cables don t look so hot from the back. I was playing about cable stitches and found that most patterns were one sided.

It works with any type of cable. Obviously not all patterns for these kinds of knitted items are double sided but you ll find that in the patterns below most of them fall into these categories. There s something intensely compelling about reversible cable knitting. These patterns interpret reversible in different ways.

Oh i m so ready for fall. As you know ribbing looks the same on both sides.