by R. Renee Bembry

Created on: February 06, 2009   Last Updated: September 22, 2009

With so many different garments and bags and plant hangers and so on to be made using crocheting techniques, learning new stitches to increase your stitch repertoire is always a great thing to do. When you know a variety of stitches, for example, you can make ten different blankets using the same color and make of yarn and still manage to give each blanket its own unique appearance. The differing appearances can be accredited to the fact that you used a different stitch for each blanket; or that you used different combinations of stitches for each blanket. Either way, you could give all ten blankets to ten different mothers in a room at the same time and receive differing responses of gratitude and wonderment regarding - how you did that!

Adding the cable stitch to your repertoire is a good idea because it is an elevated stitch that could work well for purses, baby booties, sweaters, and hats, to name a few. Cable stitches are basically rows of twisty lines that look almost like braids. This guideline will provide instructions on how to make consecutive cabled rows.

Before working cable stitches into a project, you might want to practice the stitch to get the hang of it because it is a bit tricky. This can be done simply by crocheting a chain of say twenty or so stitches and then following the upcoming instructions.

First Row: After creating a loose chain of desired length, double crochet in the fourth chain from your hook. Continue double crocheting all the way across to the end of your chain. After completing the double crochets, chain one on the hook and then turn.

Second Row: Now you must make single crochets in every stitch going back the other way. Once the single crochets are completed, chain three and turn again.

The three you just chained will count as a double crochet. As you continue crocheting left to right and back again, the three chains you make in this fashion will also count as the first double crochet when you make a turn.

So far you should have made a chain your desired length, double crocheted beginning in the fourth chain from your hook and across the chain length, chained one, turned and single crocheted all the way back to other end, chained three and turned. Remember these three count as your first double crochet.

Third Row: *Next, you must double crochet in the next two single crochets. Skip one single crochet. After skipping a single crochet you must work what's called a front post double crochet (FPdc). This portion of the stitch

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