Plymouth Yarn Cabled Throw Blanket Knitting Pattern

Plymouth Bay Cabled Throw

Project Overview

The Plymouth Bay Cabled Throw is an intermediate-level knitted blanket designed as a seamless, bottom-up project. This downloadable PDF pattern (Pattern No. 3351) produces a finished throw measuring approximately 38 inches wide by 45 inches long, making it an ideal size for draping over furniture or providing warmth during relaxation.

What Is Being Made

This project creates a substantial cabled throw blanket featuring a sophisticated cable pattern design. The throw combines decorative cable work with seed stitch borders, resulting in a textured, visually interesting piece suitable for home décor or personal use.

Techniques Used

• Bottom-Up Construction: The throw is worked from the cast-on edge upward, allowing knitters to try on and adjust length as needed before binding off.
• Seamless Knitting: The entire piece is worked flat on a single needle without requiring seaming, creating a clean, unified fabric.
• Cable Techniques: The pattern incorporates cable crossing stitches, specifically the C8B (cable 8 back) maneuver, which creates the signature twisted rope texture throughout the design.
• Worked Flat: Rather than working in the round, this throw is constructed on straight needles with distinct right-side and wrong-side rows.

Stitches Used

• Stockinette Stitch (st st): The primary stitch used in the cable sections, created by knitting right-side rows and purling wrong-side rows to produce a smooth, V-textured fabric.
• Seed Stitch: Used for the border edges, this textured stitch is worked by alternating knit and purl stitches (P1, K1) on every row, creating a bumpy, reversible fabric that frames the cable design.
• Cable 8 Back (C8B): A cable cross stitch that involves placing 4 stitches on a cable needle, holding them to the back, knitting the next 4 stitches, then knitting the 4 held stitches. This creates an 8-stitch twisted cable element.

Pattern Structure

The throw begins with a loosely cast-on edge of 63 stitches, which is increased to 64 stitches during the initial seed stitch border. The pattern features 5-stitch seed stitch borders on both sides, with the cable and stockinette pattern repeated across the center. The offset center cable creates visual asymmetry and interest, distinguishing the left and right cable sections from the central motif.

Materials Required

• Yarn: Plymouth Bay yarn, 7 hanks of 200 grams each (approximately 1,400 grams total). The pattern is shown in color 3 Taupe, though other Plymouth Bay colorways may be substituted.
• Needles: US Size 19 needles, 32 inches in length, to accommodate the width of the throw.
• Additional Tools: A cable needle for executing cable crosses, and optional stitch markers to help track pattern repeats and sections.

Gauge and Sizing

The pattern is worked to a gauge of 6 stitches equal 4 inches over stockinette stitch. Maintaining this gauge is essential for achieving the finished dimensions of 38 inches by 45 inches. Knitters should swatch before beginning to ensure their tension matches the pattern specifications.

Difficulty Level

This project is rated as intermediate difficulty, making it suitable for knitters with foundational skills who are comfortable working with cable techniques and managing stitch counts across multiple pattern rows. The combination of seed stitch borders, stockinette sections, and cable crossings requires attention to pattern reading and stitch manipulation, but the straightforward bottom-up, flat construction keeps the project manageable.