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Description: For knitters new to cables, it's helpful to take each step of a pattern piece by piece to help breakdown what a pattern is saying in order to do a right cable, or back cable, 4 over 2, Purl Back. The steps for these 4-over-2 cables also apply to any numbers of stitches. For Right Cables, the first set of 2 stitches goes in back, the second 4 stitches front, so the six stitches will twist with the second 4 going to the right up over the first 2. Slip the first 2 stitches (back stitches) to the cable needle, and let the needle drop to the back. Knit the next 4 stitches (front stitches) from the knitting needle. Pick up the cable needle, and hold it up to knit the stitches from it. Purl across the 2 (back) stitches from the cable needle. The stitches have flipped places; the second 4 stitches now in front to the right, the first 2 stitches twisted in back to the left, purled. On the next row, work across those stitches normally. The swatch in this tutorial is based on the Bowline Hat by Lee Meredith For more cable learning, head to: knitpicks.com/learning-center/knit-bits-learn-to-cable Learn more about cables knitpicks.com/learning-center/videos/cable-tutorials Discover more knitting patterns at knitpicks.com/patterns/knitting_patterns.html This tutorial series was filmed following the CDC Covid-19 Safety Guidelines. Music is Single Acoustic Guitar 4 by jhunger via Envato Element's paid subscription