Scarlett’s Reversible Cable Baby Blanket

Finished Measurements
36” X 36” (90cm X 90cm)!
Materials
Cascade Yarns 220 SUPERWASH (100% wool, 220 yards /
100 grams) or equivalent weight yarn, 7 skeins color 1940 Peach
US 7 (4.5 mm) needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
Cable needle optional
Tapestry needle
Gauge
26 sts and 32 rows over 4”/10cm in Cable Stitch Pattern. To save time, take time to check gauge.

Special Techniques
Cabling without a cable needle.
Place rt needle into fronts of the 3rd and 4th sts on the left needle.
Holding the 4 sts on the left needle between your fingers, remove the left needle, from the
back reinsert the left needle into the two right stitches. Place the two stitches on the right needle onto the left needle. For row 4 these
stitches will be knit and for row 8 these stitches will be purled.

Special Abbreviations
2/2RC: Sl 2 sts to cn, hold to back, k2; k2 from cn.
2/2 RPC: Sl 2 sts to cn, hold to back, p2; p2 from cn.
pf&b: Purl into the front of the next st, leaving the st
on the left needle, purl into the back. Remove st
from left needle.
Seed Stitch Pattern
Multiple of 2 + 1
All rows: *K1, p1; repeat from *, k1.
Cable Stitch Pattern
Multiple of 8 + 4
Rows 1, 3, 5 & 7 (WS):
*P4, k4; repeat from *, p4.
Rows 2 & 6 (RS): *K4, p4;
repeat from *, k4.
Row 4: *2/2RC, p4; repeat
from *, 2/2RC.
Row 8: *K4, 2/2RPC; repeat
from *, k4.
Blanket Directions
CO 175 sts, work in Seed Stitch Pattern for 1”.
Inc row (RS): Work in Seed Stitch Pattern for 5 sts,
*k2, kf&b, p2, pf&b; repeat from * until 8 sts rem, k2,
kf&b, work in Seed Stitch Pattern for rem 5 sts (230
sts).
Maintaining the first and last 5 sts in Seed Stitch
Pattern work Cable Stitch Pattern over center 220 sts
until piece measures 35” in length.
Dec row: (K1, p1) twice, k1, *p1, k1, p2tog, k1, p1,
k2tog; repeat from * until 5 sts rem, (k1, p1) twice, k1.
Work 1” in Seed Stitch Pattern.
BO in pattern. Weave in ends and block