Cable Stitch (Diagram 1):
Bring the needle up at A, move to the right over three canvas threads, bring the needle down at B. Bring the needle up at C, move to the right over four canvas threads, bring the needle down at D. Bring the needle up at E, move to the right over four canvas threads, bring the needle down at F. Note: When you work a stitch into the preceding stitch, be sure to bring the needle up BESIDE the preceding stitch, NOT through it - as seen in the above diagram. This is NOT a split stitch. Now, continue on to Diagram 2...
Cable Stitch (Diagram 2):
Beginning where we left off at F, bring the needle up at G, move down over two canvas threads and to the right over one canvas thread, bring the needle down at H. Bring the needle up at I, move down over two canvas threads and to the right over one canvas thread, bring the needle down at J. Bring the needle up at K, move down over two canvas threads and to the right over one canvas thread, bring the needle down at L. Bring the needle up at J, move down over two canvas threads and to the left over one canvas thread, bring the needle down at M. Bring the needle up at N, move to the right over three canvas threads, bring the needle down at O. Bring the needle up at P, move to the right over four canvas threads, bring the needle down at M. Bring the needle up at Q, move to the right over four canvas threads, bring the needle down at R. As I mentioned and as you can see from this diagram, the cable stitch is an excellent stitch for working corners and outlines.
