Hugs and Kisses Baby Blanket Pattern

A few people have asked me about the pattern for T & L's baby blanket. Well there really isn't a true pattern for it but here goes nothing........
I found the Hugs and Kisses cable pattern at Lion Brand's website. They have the pattern written up their way along with a chart.
I don't like the way they worded the stitch explanation so I reworded it for my own sanity use so it would not be as confusing to me. When I started this blanket it was my first cabling project so the way the folks at Lion had it worded just boggled my mind.

Hugs and Kisses baby blanket
needles: Knitpicks Options size 7 (US)
yarn: Caron Simply Soft mint green (no dye lot) 1.5 skeins (at 6 oz per skein)

Cast on any multiple of 20 plus X amount of stitches (for the border)
in other words -- I casted on 130 stitches which was:

5 knit sts (border) + 120 sts for the cables + 5 knit sts (border)

so in reality I had 5 stitch border 6 cable sets (20 stitches each) then another 5 stitch border

Hugs and Kisses baby blanket
Cast on 130 stitches
Knit 10 rows
Cable Pattern: (** NOTE: Knit the first and last 5 stitches of every row to create a border**)
Rows 1, 5, 9 and 13 *P1, k8, p1; rep from *, to end.
Row 2 and all WS rows *K1, p8, k1; rep from * to end.
Rows 3 and 7 *P1, C4B, C4F, p2, C4F, C4B, p1; rep from * to end.
Rows 11 and 15 *P1, C4F, C4B, p2, C4B, C4F, p1; rep from * to end.
Row 16 Rep row 2.
Rep rows 1–16 until blanket reaches desired length.
Knit 10 rows.
Bind off.

Abbreviations :
C4B ----- slip 2 stitches onto cable needle and hold in back of work (away from you); knit 2 stitches, knit 2 from cable needle.

C4F ----- slip 2 stitches onto cable needle and hold in front of work (to you); knit 2 stitches, knit 2 from cable needle.

What I like the most about this is that you can pretty much knit a blanket anyway you want with this pattern. Nothing is set in stone. You can have a border as wide or as narrow as you like and you can have as many cables as you want depending on the size. I'm sure there are much more gifted knitters out there that could incorporate all kinds of cable patterns into the blanket and not just have the X's & O's. You could also have spaces of different types of stitches in between the cables or what have you. The possibilities are endless.


I'm not sure about copyright information since I borrowed the cable pattern from Lion Brand but if you do decide to make a blanket from this pattern; please use this pattern only for personal use, a gift, or charity donation. Please do not use this pattern for profit.

**** I may have over simplified the pattern or the explanation but that is how my brain works. If you have any questions please let me know.