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Hi. My name is Bonnie Barker
and I'd like to show you the four-stitch cable.
I'm calling it a four-stitch
because it uses four post-stitches of varying types.
To begin with, we're going to do
this stitch in a circle -- or in a round--
Doing this because this suits the project.
So let's go ahead and begin.
I've started out with a foundation row of
40 chains and then
I connected chains using a slip-stitch,
chain 2, and then 40 double crochets
around in a circle.
Then I connected it using the loop
of the first stitch -- the first double crochet of
the row, not the chain.
I am not counting the chains as stitches
as we go about here.
I've chained 2.
Let's go ahead and begin.
I'm going to wrap the needle twice.
I'm going to skip the turning chain
because, again, I'm not counting that as a stitch.
I'm going to skip one, two double crochets.
And then I'm going to do a
front-post treble crochet around the third stitch.
Like so.
And, I'm going to wrap it twice
and I'm going to do it around the fourth stitch.
I'm doing front-post treble crochet.
Now I'm going to wrap the needle twice again
because I'm going to now work
around the two stitches that I skipped.
I'm going to put treble crochets--
front-post trebles.
One,
-- around the needle twice --
two.
OK. I'm going to do that all the way around.
Wrap the needle twice, skip the next two stitches--
if you can see that.
Be careful. Sometimes when you see this stitch here
it's easy to think that stitch hasn't been crocheted around.
Sometimes you may just have to touch it
to make sure that that stitch is taken.
So we're going to skip one, two.
We're going to treble around
the third and fourth stitches.
There's one.
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Now we're going to go back
and do the two skipped stitches.
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OK, let's try that again.
And just for the record, I'm using
Berroco's Weekend DK weight yarn
and a size I crochet hook.
I'm going to skip this stitch--
it's already been taken.
Skip one, two.
Do this one more time for you.
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Ok, let's stop and see what we have so far.
So far this is what we have, which doesn't look
like a whole lot just yet.
Ok?
Let me finish this round then I'll get back to you.
OK, I've gone completely around my circle.
And I'm going to join to the first stitch of the row.
Let me just show you where that is.
This is the first treble crochet we worked.
We're going to do a slip-stitch
going through both loops. Just like this.
I'm going to chain 2.
And we're going to turn
and this row we're going to work
back-post double crochets
-- not trebles -- but,
double crochets.
So, going to try and reach around the back,
and do back-post double crochet
You may want to count to four
for each cable that you have.
This one might be a little tricky to do
because I'm having to -- I'm looping it over
reaching around the back.
And this is really,
as in a case with working
most back-post work,
it's more felt than seen.
So make use of your thumb and your middle finger there
to make sure your needle is going around
the entire post of the stitch.
Ok, this is going to be the trickiest one.
This is the third stitch of each cable.
OK?
I'm going to turn this
over backwards and see if you can
see this one all the way.
Notice we're going around the post
not through the tops.
And then here's the third one.
I'll show you how that one looks from the backside.
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OK?
I'm going do one more.
One more cable here.
Then I'm going to pause.
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OK.
OK, I have gone all the way around
and I'm going to join
again through the top loops
of my first stitch of the row.
Pull it through, chain 2.
And let me show you
what we have so far.
OK, this is what we have.
OK, you have cables all the way around.
Now for the next stitch-- or the next row of stitches.
We are going to repeat the first row.
It should be a little bit easier since you can see
where the cables are forming.
OK, I've chained 2, going to wrap the needle twice.
Now instead of doing double crochets,
we're going to do front-post treble crochets.
So always remember, do front-post trebles
when you're working from the front side
and you're going to do
back-post double crochets
when working from the back side.
OK, I'm going -- let me start that again.
I'm going to skip the first two stitches.
Wrap the needle twice for the treble.
Bring that in as so.
And do the next one as well.
Now we're going to go back
and work the two skipped stitches.
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I'm going to -- pull him through two, pull him through two,
pull him through two on this treble.
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Just for the record, I could have done this earlier,
but for a treble stitch
you're going to wrap the needle twice,
I'm going to pull up a loop, wrap around again,
pull it through two, wrap around,
pull it through two.
Wrap it around twice,
again, we're going around the body of the stitch.
Wrap it around, pull it through two,
wrap it around, pull it through two,
wrap around, pull it through two.
And there you have your cable in the round.
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