The fun thing for me about ring cables (well, one of the fun things) is that you can create horizontally symmetrical designs without changing knitting directions. Since you can start a cable strand with a half bauble, you can also end one, just by turning it upside down.
K1,
lifted increase in first stitch,
lifted increase,
k1.
Turn, p4
turn, k4
Make Barbara G Walker’s 4 to 1 decrease.
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Tree Increase
Tree Increase from the back of your work
Capping a cable
Half-Bauble beginning
Half-bauble ending