A Walk through Aspens

Pattern support: kalurah@whiletheyplay.com

a While they Play

Original Knit Design
by Kalurah Hudson

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 Supplies
Approx. 840 yards of Aran weight yarn
(Pictured in Cloudborn Wool Bulky Natural Kettle Dyes in Fog Heather, 4 hanks)
Size US #9 (5.5mm) needles
Cable Needle
Stitch markers
Tapestry Needle

Gauge
Finished Measurements 20 stitch center Cable pattern
14 wide X 88 long (blocked) (worked flat, blocked)

20 stitches & 22 rows = 4 x 4

or, 5 sts & 5.5 rows per inch

Stitches/Abbreviations
NOTE: For all cable stitches, see Stitch Guide on page 5.

1/1 RC
1/1 LC
1/1 LPC
1/1 RPC
2/1 LPC
2/1 RPC
2/2 LC
2/2 LPC
2/2 RC
2/2 RPC
BO - bind off
CN - cable needle
CO - cast on
K - knit
Mm - millimeter/s
P - purl
Rep - repeat
RS - right side
Sl1 pwise wyib - slip one purlwise, with yarn in back
St/s - stitch/es
WS - wrong side

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 Pattern

CO 62.

Work rows 1-9 of chart once.

Work rows 10-25 of chart 26 times (416 rows)
Work rows 26-41 of chart once.

(RS) BO in pattern.

Weave in all ends and block to finished dimensions.

Chart & Key

Read all odd numbered rows from left to right. These are WS rows.
Read all even numbered rows from right to left. These are RS rows.

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 Written Instructions for Chart
Row 1 (WS): K4, p1, k3, p2, k2, p2, k3, p1, (k2, p2) x 6, k2, p1, k3, p2, k2, p2, k3, p1, k4. (62 sts)
Row 2 (RS): K4, sl1 pwise wyib, p3, k2, p2, k2, p3, sl1 pwise wyib, (p2, k2) x 6, p2, sl1 pwise wyib, p3, k2, p2, k2,
p3, sl1 pwise wyib, k4.
Row 3: Repeat row 1.
Rows 4 - 7: Repeat rows 2 - 3.
Row 8: K4, sl1 pwise wyib, p2, (1/1RC, 1/1LC) x 2, p2, sl1 pwise wyib, (p2, 2/1LPC, 2/1RPC) x 3, p2, sl1 pwise
wyib, p2, (1/1RC, 1/1LC) x 2, p2, sl1 pwise wyib, k4.
Row 9: K4, p1, k2, p8, k2, p1, k3, (p4, k4) x 2, p4, k3, p1, k2, p8, k2, p1, k4.
Row 10: K4, sl1 pwise wyib, p2, (1/1LC, 1/1RC) x 2, p2, sl1 pwise wyib, p3, (2/2RC, p4) x 2, 2/2RC, p3, sl1
pwise wyib, p2, (1/1LC, 1/1RC) x 2, p2, sl1 pwise wyib, k4.
Row 11: Repeat row 9.
Row 12: K4, sl1 pwise wyib, p2, (1/1RC, 1/1LC) x 2, p2, sl1 pwise wyib, p3, k2, (2/2LPC, 2/2RPC) x 2, k2, p3,
sl1 pwise wyib, p2, (1/1RC, 1/1LC) x 2, p2, sl1 pwise wyib, k4.
Row 13: K4, p1, k2, p8, k2, p1, k3, p2, k2, p4, k4, p4, k2, p2, k3, p1, k2, p8, k2, p1, k4.
Row 14: K4, sl1 pwise wyib, p2, (1/1LC, 1/1RC) x 2, p2, sl1 pwise wyib, p3, k2, p2, 2/2LC, p4, 2/2LC, p2, k2,
p3, sl1 pwise wyib, p2, (1/1LC, 1/1RC) x 2, p2, sl1 pwise wyib, k4.
Row 15: Repeat row 13.
Row 16: K4, sl1 pwise wyib, p2, (1/1RC, 1/1LC) x 2, p2, sl1 pwise wyib, p3, k2, (2/2RPC, 2/2LPC) x 2, k2, p3,
sl1 pwise wyib, p2, (1/1RC, 1/1LC) x 2, p2, sl1 pwise wyib, k4.
Row 17: Repeat row 9.
Row 18: Repeat row 10.
Row 19: Repeat row 9.
Row 20: K4, sl1 pwise wyib, p2, (1/1RC, 1/1LC) x 2, p2, sl1 pwise wyib, p3, k4, p2, 2/2RPC, 2/2LPC, p2, k4, p3,
sl1 pwise wyib, p2, (1/1RC, 1/1LC) x 2, p2, sl1 pwise wyib, k4.
Row 21: K4, p1, k2, p8, k2, p1, k3, p4, k2, p2, k4, p2, k2, p4, k3, p1, k2, p8, k2, p1, k4.
Row 22: K4, sl1 pwise wyib, p2, (1/1LC, 1/1RC) x 2, p2, sl1 pwise wyib, p3, 2/2RC, p2, k2, p4, k2, p2, 2/2RC,
p3, sl1 pwise wyib, p2, (1/1LC, 1/1RC) x 2, p2, sl1 pwise wyib, k4.
Row 23: Repeat row 21.
Row 24: K4, sl1 pwise wyib, p2, (1/1RC, 1/1LC) x 2, p2, sl1 pwise wyib, p3, k4, p2, 2/2LPC, 2/2RPC, p2, k4, p3,
sl1 pwise wyib, p2, (1/1RC, 1/1LC) x 2, p2, sl1 pwise wyib, k4.
Row 25: Repeat row 9.
Row 26: Repeat row 10.
Row 27: Repeat row 9.
Row 28: Repeat row 12.
Row 29: Repeat row 13.
Row 30: Repeat row 14.
Row 31: Repeat row 13.
Row 32: Repeat row 16.
Row 33: Repeat row 9.
Row 34: K4, sl1 pwise wyib, p2, (1/1LPC, 1/1RPC) x 2, p2, sl1 pwise wyib, p3, (2/2RC, p4) x 2, 2/2RC, p3, sl1
pwise wyib, p2, (1/1LPC, 1/1RPC) x 2, p2, sl1 pwise wyib, k4.
Row 35: K4, p1, k3, p2, k2, p2, k3, p1, (k2, 2/1LPC, 2/1RPC) x 3, k2, p1, k3, p2, k2, p2, k3, p1, k4.
Row 36: Repeat row 2.
Row 37: Repeat row 1.
Rows 38 - 41: Repeat rows 36 - 37.

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 Stitch Guide

2/1 RPC 2/1 LPC

Worked on RS: Worked on RS:

Slip 1 stitch to CN, hold to back. Slip 2 stitches to CN, hold to front.
K2, p1 from CN. P1, k2 from CN.

Worked on WS: Worked on WS:

Slip 2 stitches to CN, hold to back. Slip 1 stitch to CN, hold to front.
K1, p2 from CN. P2, k1 from CN.

1/1 RC 1/1 LC

Slip 1 stitch to CN, hold to back. Slip 1 stitch to CN, hold to front.
K1, k1 from CN. K1, k1 from CN.

1/1 RPC 1/1 LPC

Slip 1 stitch to CN, hold to back. Slip 1 stitch to CN, hold to front.
K1, p1 from P1, k1 from CN.

2/2 RC 2/2 LC

Slip 2 stitches to CN, hold to back. Slip 2 stitches to CN, hold to front.
K2, k2 from CN. K2, k2 from CN.

2/2 RPC 2/2 LPC

Slip 2 stitches to CN, hold to back. Slip 2 stitches to CN, hold to front.
K2, p2 from CN. P2, k2 from CN.

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