Cable Plait Stitch for a Quilt.
This forms a very warm quilt. It may be made in stripes or bands, of about seven inches in width, each band containing four repetitions of the pattern.—Three needles, No. 1, will be required, one of which must be pointed at either end.
Cast on forty-two stitches with nine-thread fleecy.
First row—knit two;(a) pearl six; knit four.—Repeat from (a).
Second row—pearl four;(b) pass three stitches on to the double-pointed needle; knit the next three stitches; knit the three stitches that were passed on to the third needle; pearl four.—Repeat from (b).
Third row—knit two;(c) pearl six; knit four.—Repeat from (c).
Fourth row—pearl four;(d) knit six; pearl four.—Repeat from (d).
Fifth row—knit two;(e) pearl six; knit four.—Repeat from (e).
Sixth row—pearl four;(f) knit six; pearl four.—Repeat from (f).
Seventh row—knit two;(g) pearl six; knit four.—Repeat from (g).
Commence again, as at second row.