Clamshell Pattern

Yarn: KnitPicks Merino Style, Moss
Needles: US #6/4mm KnitPicks Options
Gauge: 4.5 st/inch after blocking
Pattern: Clamshell Pattern
Stitch Count Repeat: 4 stitches
Book: A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns
Page: 128-29
Knit by: Emilee

Notes: This swatch shows six horizontal repeats and four vertical repeats. It includes the difficult “k5tog tbl” maneuver, so keep a crochet hook handy! While I wouldn’t necessarily call the wrong side attractive, it’s at least interesting.

Tear Drop

Yarn: Ella Rae Classic, blue
Needles: US #6/4mm KnitPicks Options
Gauge: 4.5 st/inch after blocking
Pattern: Tear Drop
Stitch Count Repeat: 4 stitches
Book: A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns
Page: 128-29
Knit by: Emilee

Note: This swatch shows six horizontal repeats and three vertical repeats.

Slip-Cross Cable with Bobbles

Yarn: Sirdar Tropicana, cotton effect dk
Wraps Per Inch: 10 wpi
Needles: 3mm aluminium (prym)
Gauge: 28 st and 34 rows to 10cm/4 inches in pattern
Pattern: Slip-Cross Cable with Bobbles
Stitch Count Repeat: Multiple of 9 stitches
Book: Charted Knitting Designs – A Third Treasury of Knitting Patterns
Page: 73

Comments: The swatch was 5 repeats wide and 3 high. Lightly blocked, it measured 6.5in wide by 4.25in high.
It benefitted from moderate horizontal blocking, which rounded the ‘cables’ nicely. The swatch above emulates the photo in the book. From  left to right: cables 1, 3 and 5 start on row 1 of the chart; cables 2 and 4 start on row 6 of the chart.

See below for an attempt at turning  the cable round an acute corner.

Knit by: zeph

Reverse Gnarled Wave Cable

Yarn: Sirdar Tropicana, cotton effect dk
Wraps Per Inch: 10 wpi
Needles: 3mm aluminium (prym)
Gauge: 34 st and 38 rows to 10cm/4 inches in pattern
Pattern: Reverse Gnarled Wave Cable
Stitch Count Repeat: Multiple of 12 stitches
Book: Charted Knitting Designs – A Third Treasury of Knitting Patterns
Page: 71

Comments: The swatch was 2 repeats wide and 2.5 high. Lightly blocked, it measured 2.75in wide by 5.25in high.
There looks like there is a problem with the chart in the 1998 Schoolhouse Press edition of the book. See below for reasoning.

Knit by: zeph

Gnarled Wave Cable

Yarn: Sirdar Tropicana, cotton effect dk
Wraps Per Inch: 10 wpi
Needles: 3mm aluminium (prym)
Gauge: 34 st and 38 rows to 10cm/4 inches in pattern
Pattern: Gnarled Wave Cable
Stitch Count Repeat: Multiple of 12 stitches
Book: Charted Knitting Designs – A Third Treasury of Knitting Patterns
Page: 71

Comments: The swatch was 2 repeats wide and 2.5 high. Lightly blocked, it measured 2.75in wide by 5.25in high.
See below for all four gnarled cables compared.

Knit by: zeph

Front-Cross Gnarled Cable

Yarn: Sirdar Tropicana, cotton effect dk
Wraps Per Inch: 10 wpi
Needles: 3mm aluminium (prym)
Gauge: 34 st and 38 rows to 10cm/4 inches in pattern
Pattern: Front-Cross Gnarled Cable
Stitch Count Repeat: Multiple of 12 stitches
Book: Charted Knitting Designs – A Third Treasury of Knitting Patterns
Page: 71

Comments: The swatch was 2 repeats wide and 2.5 high. Lightly blocked, it measured 2.75in wide by 5.25in high.
See below for all four gnarled cables compared.

Knit by: zeph

Back-Cross Gnarled Cable

Yarn: Sirdar Tropicana, cotton effect dk
Wraps Per Inch: 10 wpi
Needles: 3mm aluminium (prym)
Gauge: 34 st and 38 rows to 10cm/4 inches in pattern
Pattern: Back-Cross Gnarled Cable
Stitch Count Repeat: Multiple of 12 stitches
Book: Charted Knitting Designs – A Third Treasury of Knitting Patterns
Page: 71

Comments: The swatch was 2 repeats wide and 2.5 high. Lightly blocked, it measured 2.75in wide by 5.25in high.
See below for all four gnarled cables compared.

Knit by: zeph

Locked-Square Cable

Yarn: Sirdar Tropicana, cotton effect dk
Wraps Per Inch: 10 wpi
Needles: 3mm aluminium (prym)
Gauge: 28 st and 35 rows to 10cm/4 inches in stockinette
Pattern: Locked-Square Cable
Stitch Count Repeat: Multiple of 25 stitches
Book: Charted Knitting Designs – A Third Treasury of Knitting Patterns
Page: 117

Comments: The swatch was 1 repeat wide and 2 high. Lightly blocked, it measured 3.5in wide by 7.4in high.
Knit by: zeph

Double-Texture Cable

Yarn: Sirdar Tropicana, cotton effect dk
Wraps Per Inch: 10 wpi
Needles: 3mm aluminium (prym)
Gauge: 32 st and 38 rows to 10cm/4 inches in pattern
Pattern: Double-Texture Cable
Stitch Count Repeat: Multiple of 12 stitches
Book: Charted Knitting Designs – A Third Treasury of Knitting Patterns
Page: 70

Comments: The swatch was 2 repeats wide and 2 high. Lightly blocked, it measured 3in wide by 4.25in high.
Knit by: zeph

Example Cable: Spliced Oval

Yarn: Sirdar Tropicana, cotton effect dk
Wraps Per Inch: 10 wpi
Needles: 3mm aluminium (prym)
Gauge: 32 st and 38 rows to 10cm/4 inches in pattern
Pattern: Example Cable: Spliced Oval
Stitch Count Repeat: Multiple of 24 stitches
Book: Charted Knitting Designs – A Third Treasury of Knitting Patterns
Page: 67

Comments: The swatch was measured over 1 repeat wide and 3  high. Lightly blocked, it measured 3in wide by 8.75in high.
Knit by: zeph