Noro Cabled Knitting Pattern

Noro Cabled Scarf

What is Being Made

The Noro Cabled scarf is a complex knitted accessory designed by Wei Wilkins. This finished piece measures 10½ inches wide by 60 inches long (without fringe), making it a substantial scarf suitable for layering and everyday wear. The design features intricate cable work throughout, creating a textured and visually striking finished garment.

Techniques Used

This pattern employs advanced knitting techniques that require intermediate to experienced skill levels. The primary technique is cable knitting, which involves crossing groups of stitches over one another to create twisted, rope-like patterns. The scarf uses a cable needle to temporarily hold stitches while others are worked, allowing the characteristic twisted effect to develop.

Additional techniques include yarn overs for creating decorative eyelet details within the cable pattern, and decreases (both k2tog and ssk methods) that are strategically placed to maintain stitch count while adding visual interest. The pattern also incorporates increases, specifically an Inc 7 technique that creates 7 stitches from a single stitch for textural variation.

Stitches Used

• Knit (k) and Purl (p) stitches form the foundation of the pattern
• Yarn Over (yo) creates decorative openings and increases
• Knit 2 Together (k2tog) and Slip, Slip, Knit (ssk) for left-leaning and right-leaning decreases
• 4-st RPC (Right Purl Cable): Slip 2 stitches to cable needle and hold to back, knit 2, then purl 2 from cable needle
• 4-st LPC (Left Purl Cable): Slip 2 stitches to cable needle and hold to front, purl 2, then knit 2 from cable needle
• 5-st RPC (Right Purl Cable): A more complex cable crossing involving slipping 3 stitches to cable needle, holding to back, knitting 2, then working the remaining stitches with a purl
• 5-st RPC (dec 2): A decorative cable variation that incorporates decreases within the cable crossing
• Inc 7: A specialized increase that expands one stitch into seven stitches (k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1)

The cable pattern itself is based on a multiple of 14 stitches plus 13 additional stitches, creating a repeating pattern that can be worked from either written instructions or a provided chart.

Materials

The Noro Cabled scarf pattern calls for 6 balls of Noro Silk Garden Lite yarn in colorway #2094, with each ball weighing 50 grams. This yarn choice provides a beautiful color variation and sheen appropriate for a complex cable design.

The pattern requires two sets of needles: US size 6 (4mm) needles for initial work and US size 8 (5mm) needles for the main cable pattern, or a size that achieves the specified gauge. Additional tools include a cable needle for managing cable crossings, stitch markers for tracking pattern repeats, and a crochet hook for attaching fringe to the finished scarf edges.

Gauge

The pattern specifies a gauge of 23 stitches and 23 rows over 4 inches (10 centimeters) when working the cable pattern using the larger needles. Achieving proper gauge is essential for obtaining the correct finished dimensions and ensuring the cables display properly.