Endless Knot Cable

By Melissa Walshe

This basic cable, inspired by a piece of knot work that represents the cycle of life and rebirth in
Tibetan Buddhism, can easily be expanded or elongated for incorporation into any number of
small projects, such as gloves, scarves, and other quick gift projects.

Abbreviations
C2B: Slip next st to cable needle and hold to back of work,
k1, k1 from cable needle.
C2F: Slip next st to cable needle and hold to front of work,
k1, k1 from cable needle.
PC2B: Slip next st to cable needle and hold to back of work,
k1, p1 from cable needle.
PC2F: Slip next st to cable needle and hold to front of work,
p1, k1 from cable needle.

Directions
Cast on 16
Row 1: (RS) K1, P6, K2, P6, K1
Row 2: (and all WS rows) Work stitches as they appear.
Row 3: K1, P5, PC2B, PC2F, P5, K1
Row 5: K1, P5, K1, P2, K1, P5, K1
Row 7: K1, P5, PC2F, PC2B, P5, K1
Row 9: K1, P2, K2, P2, C2B, P2, K2, P2, K1
Row 11: K1, P1, [PC2B, PC2F] 3 times, P1, K1
To Repeat
Row 13: K1, P1, K1, P2, [C2F, P2] 2 times, K1, P1, K1 Work from Row 9 (1 diamond in between larger
Row 15: K1, P1, [PC2F, PC2B] 3 times, P1, K1 section) or from Row 2 (2 diamonds in between
Row 17: K1, P2, [C2B, P2] 3 times, K1 larger section)
Row 19: K1, P1, [PC2B, PC2F] 3 times, P1, K1
To Increase
Row 21: K1, P1, K1, P2, [C2F, P2] 2 times, K1, P1, K1
Increase in increments of 6 stitches, adding rows
Row 23: K1, P1, [PC2F, PC2B] 3 times, P1, K1 to pattern to increase diamonds after Row 4, Row
Row 25: K1, P6, C2B, P6, K1 12, Row 16, Row 20, and Row 28
Row 27: K1, P5, PC2B, PC2F, P5, K1
Row 29: K1, P5, K1, P2, K1, P5, K1 To Finish
Bind off in pattern (Row 2) or continue on in
Row 31: K1, P5, PC2F, PC2B, P5, K1 pattern of larger work.

About the Designer

Melissa Walshe is a non-school teacher, a writer, and a knitter. She is new to the fine art of pattern design and would
be grateful for feedback from experienced knitters. Her blog of fanciful essays about her life, The Lightning Bug and
the Lightning, can be found at http://melissawalshe.com. Melissa lives in semi-close proximity to Boston, where she
is engaged in a constant battle for bandwidth and her stitch counter with, respectively, her husband and their two
cats.

Copyright Melissa Walshe, 2011. Use for personal purposes only.