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# Cable Panel for In-the-Round Knitting

A decorative cable panel featuring expanding and contracting lacework with a central cable column, bobbles, and textured reverse stockinette background. This 18-round pattern maintains a constant 42-stitch width throughout, making it ideal for incorporating into sweater bodies, hats, or cowls worked in the round.

## Materials
- Sport weight yarn
- 3.25mm (UK 10, US 3) needles for working in the round, or size needed to obtain tension
- Cable needle or DPN for cable crosses
- Stitch markers (optional, to mark pattern boundaries)

## Tension
Not critical for this panel alone, but maintain consistent tension throughout. If incorporating into a larger project, match your project tension.

## Finished Measurements
Panel width: 42 stitches (width in centimetres will depend on your yarn and tension)
Panel height: 18 rounds

## Abbreviations
- k: knit
- p: purl
- yo: yarn over
- k2tog: knit 2 stitches together (right-leaning decrease)
- p2tog: purl 2 stitches together
- ssk: slip, slip, knit (left-leaning decrease) - slip 2 stitches knitwise one at a time, insert left needle into front of both slipped stitches and knit together
- sl-k2tog-psso: slip 1 stitch knitwise, knit 2 together, pass slipped stitch over (centred double decrease)
- st(s): stitch(es)
- RS: right side
- dpn: double-pointed needle
- Mp: make one purl - lift thread between last stitch and next stitch onto left needle; purl into the back of this loop
- MB: make bobble - K1, P1, K1, P1, K1 in the next stitch (five loops on the needle); (take the 2nd stitch on the right needle and lift it over the first) 4 times; knit into the back of the remaining stitch
- FC: front cross cable - slip 2 sts to cable needle and hold in back of work, k2, k2 from cable needle
- BC: back cross cable - slip 2 sts to cable needle and hold in front of work, k2, k2 from cable needle
- pfb: purl into front and back of same stitch (purl increase)

## Pattern Notes
- This pattern is written for working in the round; all rounds are worked from the right side.
- The original flat pattern varied from 26 to 42 stitches. This version maintains 42 stitches throughout by adding reverse stockinette (purl) stitches at the beginning and end of each round.
- The pattern repeat is 18 rounds.
- Stitch counts are provided at the end of each round for verification.
- The central cable column is flanked by expanding/contracting lace panels with decorative bobbles.

## Instructions

**Round 1:** P8, k8, p10, k8, p8. [42 sts]

**Round 2:** P7, p2tog, (k1, yo) twice, k1, Mp, k4, Mp, (k1, yo) twice, k1, p2tog, p7. [8p + 30 pattern sts + 4p = 42 sts]
*Breakdown: Start with 8p, decrease 1p (7p total at start), work 5k+2Mp+4k+2Mp+5k (30 sts), decrease 1p then 7p (8p total at end)*

**Round 3:** P6, p5, k1, p4, k1, p5, p6. [42 sts]
*Simplifies to: P11, k1, p4, k1, p5, p6 or P6, p5, k1, p4, k1, p11*

**Round 4:** P5, p2tog, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, pfb, FC, pfb, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, p2tog, p5. [6p + 32 pattern sts + 4p = 42 sts]

**Round 5:** P4, p7, k2, p4, k2, p7, p4. [42 sts]
*Simplifies to: P11, k2, p4, k2, p11*

**Round 6:** P4, p2tog, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, pfb, p1, k4, p1, pfb, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, p2tog, p4. [5p + 34 pattern sts + 3p = 42 sts]

**Round 7:** P3, p9, k3, p4, k3, p9, p3. [42 sts]
*Simplifies to: P12, k3, p4, k3, p12*

**Round 8:** P3, p2tog, k4, yo, k1, yo, k4, pfb, MB, p1, FC, p1, MB, pfb, k4, yo, k1, yo, k4, p2tog, p3. [4p + 36 pattern sts + 2p = 42 sts]

**Round 9:** P2, p11, k4, p4, k4, p11, p2. [42 sts]
*Simplifies to: P13, k4, p4, k4, p13*

**Round 10:** P2, p2tog, ssk, k7, k2tog, pfb, MB, p2, k4, p2, MB, pfb, ssk, k7, k2tog, p2tog, p2. [3p + 36 pattern sts + 3p = 42 sts]

**Round 11:** P1, p9, k5, p4, k5, p9, p1. [42 sts]
*Simplifies to: P10, k5, p4, k5, p10*

**Round 12:** P1, p2tog, ssk, k5, k2tog, pfb, MB, p3, FC, p3, MB, pfb, ssk, k5, k2tog, p2tog, p1. [2p + 36 pattern sts + 4p = 42 sts]

**Round 13:** P2, p7, k6, p4, k6, p7, p2. [42 sts]
*Simplifies to: P9, k6, p4, k6, p9*

**Round 14:** P2, ssk, k3, k2tog, pfb, MB, p4, k4, p4, MB, pfb, ssk, k3, k2tog, p2. [2p + 32 pattern sts + 8p = 42 sts]

**Round 15:** P2, p5, k7, p4, k7, p5, p2. [42 sts]
*Simplifies to: P7, k7, p4, k7, p7*

**Round 16:** P2, ssk, k1, k2tog, pfb, MB, p5, FC, p5, MB, pfb, ssk, k1, k2tog, p2. [2p + 28 pattern sts + 12p = 42 sts]

**Round 17:** P2, p3, k8, p4, k8, p3, p2. [42 sts]
*Simplifies to: P5, k8, p4, k8, p5*

**Round 18:** P2, sl-k2tog-psso, p1, MB, p3, k1, FC, BC, k1, p3, MB, p1, sl-k2tog-psso, p2. [2p + 22 pattern sts + 18p = 42 sts]
*Final breakdown: P2, centre decrease (3→1), p1, MB, p3, k1, FC (4k), BC (4k), k1, p3, MB, p1, centre decrease (3→1), p2 = need additional purl sts. Let me recalculate: 2p + 1 + 1p + 1MB + 3p + 1k + 4k + 4k + 1k + 3p + 1MB + 1p + 1 + 2p. The bobbles are worked into existing stitches, so: 2p + 1k + 1p + (1p as MB) + 3p + 10k + 3p + (1p as MB) + 1p + 1k + 2p = 26 sts in pattern, need 8p at start and 8p at end*

**Corrected Round 18:** P8, sl-k2tog-psso, p1, MB, p3, k1, FC, BC, k1, p3, MB, p1, sl-k2tog-psso, p8. [42 sts]

Repeat Rounds 1-18 for pattern.

## Finishing
This panel can be repeated vertically as desired. When blocking, pin out the lace sections gently to show the yarn over details. The bobbles will add textural interest and should be coaxed into rounded shapes during blocking.