A method for knitting a cable pattern for knitting a cable pattern in a knitted fabric using a flat knitting machine including at least a first needle bed and a second needle bed disposed opposite to each other in a front and back direction by interchanging a position of a first stitch row and a position of a second stitch row from a state in which a one-side base portion, the first stitch row, the second stitch row, and an other-side base portion are lined in order in a length direction of the needle beds; assuming a region where the first stitch row and the second stitch row are lined in the first needle bed as an intersecting region, the method characterized by: process α of moving the first stitch row to a position spaced apart by two to four needles from its final moving position by carrying out, for at least one or more times, moving of the first stitch row toward the other-side base portion in the intersecting region with the second stitch row temporarily moved to the second needle bed, and knitting of the one-side base portion, the first stitch row, and the other-side base portion without knitting the second stitch row; process β of dividing a plurality of stitches configuring the first stitch row to a one-side group closer to the one-side base portion and an other-side group closer to the other-side base portion, moving the other-side group to an end on the other-side base portion in the intersecting region, and moving at least some stitches of the one-side group toward the other-side base portion, forming an empty needle between the other-side group and the one-side group and between each of the needles of the one-side group within a knitting width of the one-side group; process γ of moving each stitch of the second stitch row to the empty needles of the intersecting region, and knitting the one-side base portion, the second stitch row, and the other-side base portion without knitting the first stitch row; and process δ of repeating moving the stitches of the first stitch row in a mixed region (4, 5), where the stitches of the first stitch row and the stitches of the second stitch row coexist, toward the other-side base portion, moving the stitches of the second stitch row in the mixed region (4, 5) toward the one-side base portion, and knitting the one-side base portion, the second stitch row, and the other-side base portion without knitting the first stitch row, until the coexistence of the stitches of the first stitch row and the stitches of the second stitch row is dissolved. process α of moving the first stitch row to a position spaced apart by two to four needles from its final moving position by carrying out, for at least one or more times, moving of the first stitch row toward the other-side base portion in the intersecting region with the second stitch row temporarily moved to the second needle bed, and knitting of the one-side base portion, the first stitch row, and the other-side base portion without knitting the second stitch row; process β of dividing a plurality of stitches configuring the first stitch row to a one-side group closer to the one-side base portion and an other-side group closer to the other-side base portion, moving the other-side group to an end on the other-side base portion in the intersecting region, and moving at least some stitches of the one-side group toward the other-side base portion, forming an empty needle between the other-side group and the one-side group and between each of the needles of the one-side group within a knitting width of the one-side group; process γ of moving each stitch of the second stitch row to the empty needles of the intersecting region, and knitting the one-side base portion, the second stitch row, and the other-side base portion without knitting the first stitch row; and process δ of repeating moving the stitches of the first stitch row in a mixed region (4, 5), where the stitches of the first stitch row and the stitches of the second stitch row coexist, toward the other-side base portion, moving the stitches of the second stitch row in the mixed region (4, 5) toward the one-side base portion, and knitting the one-side base portion, the second stitch row, and the other-side base portion without knitting the first stitch row, until the coexistence of the stitches of the first stitch row and the stitches of the second stitch row is dissolved.