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Learn to Knit: Right Leaning 2x2 Cable

2nd May 2017 cables 0 min read
Learn to Knit: Right Leaning 2x2 Cable

This cable is worked across 4 knit stitches, crossing 2 stitches with 2 stitches. To create a cable that slopes to the right you slip the first 2 stitches onto a cable needle and hold that needle at the back of your work. Now you knit the next 2 stitches. Finally you come back to the 2 stitches on your cable needle and you knit them.

Here is a video of how this is worked:

This is know as a 2/2RC (a 2 by 2 right leaning cable). If you see it in a chart it will look like this:

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