Snowbank Throw (Knit Pattern)

Note: This is a listing for the printable PDF file only, not for a printed copy or the finished garment.

Design
This is a supersized, extended version of my Snow in April design.

A wide center panel of interlocking cables is framed by a section of simple lace and long double-braided cables. Long bands of slipped stitches hug the garter edges, helping this throw lay nice and flat. Worsted weight yarn is held double for instant gratification.

A quick note on doubling yarn: I tend to lean towards using this method for most of my throws due to the fact that worsted weight skeins usually have generous yardage. This means far fewer ends to weave in at the end of your project. Bulky weight skeins tend to have very minimal yardage. But feel free to sub out a bulky yarn if you wish!

Yarn
1,700 yards/1,600 meters of Worsted/Aran weight yarn (held double-stranded) Yarn shown is Universal Yarn’s Uptown Worsted in “Cream”.
Alternatively, you can use 850 yards/777 meters of Super Bulky weight yarn, held single-stranded.

Needles
Size US #15 (10 mm) 32”/80 cm, or longer Circular Needle for working back & forth

Notions
(2) Cable Needles
Tapestry Needle
Blocking materials

Gauge
23-stitch swatch worked flat and blocked
23 stitches & 15 rows = 7”/17.8 cm wide x 5”/12.7 cm tall

Finished Measurements
38”/96 cm wide x 52”/132 cm long” (Blocked)

Stitches/Abbreviations
( ) – repeat what is shown between
2/1 LPC -(see stitch guide)
2/1 RPC-(see stitch guide)
2/1/2 LPC -(see stitch guide)
2/1/2 RPC -(see stitch guide)
BO – bind off
CN – cable needle
CO – cast on
K – knit
k2tog – knit 2 stitches together
LH – lefthand
mm – millimeter/s
mb – make bobble (see stitch guide)
P – purl
psso – pass slipped stitch over
rep – repeat
RS – right side
sl1pwyif – slip one purlwise, with yarn in front
ssk – slip, slip, knit
st/s – stitch/es
WS – wrong side
yo – yarn over

Stitch Guide & Video Links
Left-leaning double decrease (sl1, k2tog, psso):
Slip next stitch knitwise, knit 2 together, then pass slipped stitch over. (3 sts decreased to 1)
Video link: https://youtu.be/MBsws2rca_M

Make bobble (mb): Worked from WS: (k1, yo, k1, yo, k1) into the same stitch, turn and k5, turn and p5, pass second stitch over first stitch 4 times. (1 stitch remains on needle)
Video link: https://youtu.be/3TeDx24qKIg

2/1/2 LPC : Slip next 2 stitches to CN and place at front of work, slip next stitch to second CN and place at back of work, k2, p1 from back CN, then k2 from front CN.
Video link: https://youtu.be/0ZGvA2qhdus

2/1/2 RPC : Slip next 3 stitches to CN and place at back of work, k2, slip left-most stitch from CN to LH needle, move CN with remaining stitches to front of work, p1 from LH needle, then k2 from CN.
Video link: https://youtu.be/_I3HslN88Vw

2/1 LPC : Slip next 2 stitches to CN and place at front of work, p1, then k2 from CN.
Video link: https://youtu.be/XLILga6JQ5Y

2/1 RPC : Slip next stitch to CN and place at back of work, k2, then p1 from CN.
Video link: https://youtu.be/uYOrBMtjtMg