2/2 Right Purl Cross (2/2 RPC)

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2/2 Right Purl Cross (2/2 RPC)

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Summary: This first video shows how to work the 2/2 RPC using a cable needle. For right-leaning cables, always hold the cable needle to the back. (For left-leaning cables, always hold the cable needle to the front.) The second video shows how to work the 2/2 RPC without a cable needle by rearranging the stitches on the needle before working. For right-leaning cable, always slip through the front loops of stitches. (For left-leaning cables, always slip through the back loops of the stitches.)

Right-Handed Video: 0:00

Left-Handed (mirror knitting) Video: 0:28

Instructions: Slip 2 stitches purlwise to the cable needle and hold to the back. Knit the next 2 stitches, p2 from the cable needle.

Right Handed Video: 0:00

Left Handed (mirror knitting) Video: 0:37

Summary: This video shows how to work a 2/2 right cable (in this case a right purl cable) by rearranging the stitches on the needle without a cable needle. For right-leaning cables, always slip through the front loops of stitches. (For left-leaning cables, always slip through the back loops.)

Instructions: Slip the next 4 stitches together as if to knit. Transfer 2 stitches together back to the holding needle, untwisting them. Transfer the next 2 stitches together back to the holding needle, untwisting them. Work the cable, in this case k2, p2. (For a 2/2 RC, you would simply knit 4.)