A very beautiful knit motif, with a pair of wings in the middle of a diamond.

Difficulty level: Medium

Instructions

You need 26 stitches for this cable.

Work right side rows (1, 3, etc.) from right to left, as shown in the chart. Work all stitches on the wrong side as they appear.

Symbol Key

- purl 1

- knit 1

- make 1 (increase 1 stitch by lifting strand between last stitch worked and next stitch on left-hand needle, place lifted strand on left-hand needle, knit into back loop of lifted strand)

- knit 2 together

- slip 1 knitwise, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over

- purl 2 together

- 8-stitch back cable = c8b (slip 4 stitches onto a cable needle and hold in back of work; knit 4; knit 4 from the cable needle)

- 8-stitch front cable = c8f (slip 4 stitches onto a cable needle and hold in front of work; knit 4; knit 4 from the cable needle)

Traditional Instructions

Row 1: k9, p8, k9
Row 2: p9, k8, p9
Row 3: k7, sl1kw, k1, psso, p3, m1, p2, m1, p3, k2tog, k7
Row 4: p8, k3, p1, k2, p1, k3, p8
Row 5: k6, sl1kw, k1, psso, p3, m1, k1, p2, k1, m1, p3, k2tog, k6
Row 6: p7, k3, p2, k2, p2, k3, p7
Row 7: k5, sl1kw, k1, psso, p3, m1, k2, p2, k2, m1, p3, k2tog, k5
Row 8: p6, k3, p3, k2, p3, k3, p6
Row 9: k4, sl1kw, k1, psso, p3, m1, k3, p2, k3, m1, p3, k2tog, k4
Row 10: p5, k3, p4, k2, p4, k3, p5
Row 11: k3, sl1kw, k1, psso, p3, m1, k4, p2, k4, m1, p3, k2tog, k3
Row 12: p4, k3, p5, k2, p5, k3, p4
Row 13: k2, sl1kw, k1, psso, p3, m1, k5, p2, k5, m1, p3, k2tog, k2
Row 14: p3, k3, p6, k2, p6, k3, p3
Row 15: k1, sl1kw, k1, psso, p3, m1, k6, p2, k6, m1, p3, k2tog, k1
Row 16: p2, k3, p7, k2, p7, k3, p2
Row 17: sl1kw, k1, psso, p3, m1, k7, p2, k7, m1, p3, k2tog
Row 18: p1, k3, p8, k2, p8, k3, p1
Row 19: k1, p3, c8b, p2, c8f, p3, k1
Row 20: p1, k3, p8, k2, p8, k3, p1
Row 21: k1, m1, p3, k2tog, k6, p2, k6, sl1kw, k1, psso, p3, m1, k1
Row 22: p2, k3, p7, k2, p7, k3, p2
Row 23: k2, m1, p3, k2tog, k5, p2, k5, sl1kw, k1, psso, p3, m1, k2
Row 24: p3, k3, p6, k2, p6, k3, p3
Row 25: k3, m1, p3, k2tog, k4, p2, k4, sl1kw, k1, psso, p3, m1, k3
Row 26: p4, k3, p5, k2, p5, k3, p4
Row 27: k4, m1, p3, k2tog, k3, p2, k3, sl1kw, k1, psso, p3, m1, k4
Row 28: p5, k3, p4, k2, p4, k3, p5
Row 29: k5, m1, p3, k2tog, k2, p2, k2, sl1kw, k1, psso, p3, m1, k5
Row 30: p6, k3, p3, k2, p3, k3, p6
Row 31: k6, m1, p3, k2tog, k1, p2, k1, sl1kw, k1, psso, p3, m1, k6
Row 32: p7, k3, p2, k2, p2, k3, p7
Row 33: k7, m1, p3, k2tog, p2, sl1kw, k1, psso, p3, m1, k7
Row 34: p8, k3, p1, k2, p1, k3, p8
Row 35: k8, m1, p2, p2tog, p2, p2tog, p2, m1, k8
Row 36: p9, k8, p9

Repeat rows 1 through 36.