A pair of fingerless mittens with a folded 2×2 rib cuff and lozenge-shaped cables at the centre. The cables are filled with an elongated seed stitch, and edged with snaking columns of rib. The palm is knitted in plain stocking-stitch, whilst a shaped thumb gusset mimics the contours of the hand and is finished with seed stitch.
Textured cable motif
Ribbed
Knitted in the round
4-ply/fingering-weight wool
Quince & Co. Finch (100% American wool, 202m/221yd per 50g hank)
1 hank each in shades Aleutian, Audoin & Barolo.
Rico Creative Lamé (38% Polyamide, 62% Polyester, 135m/25g ball) in Gold.
1 ball
This is a 4-ply weight lurex yarn
26 stitches and 38 rows = 10 cm/4″ in Stocking Stitch in the round
Tension was achieved using size 3.5mm/US4 needles
Your preferred needle type for knitting small circumferences in the round
3.5mm/US4 knitting needles or size needed to obtain gauge
Below-gauge-size knitting needles
Tapestry needle
Embroidery scissors
This pattern is multi-sized for 3 adult sizes, to fit hand circumference 17 (19, 21) cm / 6¾ (7½, 8¼)”
2 stretchy cast-ons for flexible knitting
a simple organisation system for keeping knitting records
choose & swap yarns for any gauge and budget
