This technique creates cables using the simplest crochet stitch – the single crochet – along with its variations: foundation single crochet and extended single crochet.

Each cable is worked sideways and consists of twisted, interlocking waves. To achieve this effect, the yarn is carried through the arches of the waves as you progress; it naturally unravels on the way back when working the next row in the opposite direction, so there’s no need to cut the yarn.

There are two ways to twist the cable’s waves and single cables with a different twists form larger cables, which are twice as wide and have a more complex look.