Mom’s Cabled Mitt’s
Size Large modeled by me.
Materials: 130ish yards of a heavy worsted weight. Examples were knit in Karabella Aurora 8, Black & Lorna’s Laces Shepherds Worsted, Red Rover.
Needles: US size 5 (3.75mm)
Gauge: 11 stitches and 14 rows per 2 inches
Size: Womens S/M (M/L) – The M/L is longer, but no bigger around. The pattern stretches plenty to cover both sizes.
Notes: This pattern was knit in the round on double pointed needles.
K1 – knit one
P1 – purl one
M1 – make one
PM – place marker
SM – slip marker
Ribbing Row
P1, (K3, P2 - 3x), K8, (P2, K3 - 3x), P1
Cable Row
P1, (K3, P2 3x), Cable Twist, (P2, K3 3x), P1
Cable Twist
Slip 4 stitches to cable needle, hold to front or back, knit 4 stitches from needle, knit 4 stitches from cable needle, continue in pattern around.
**I made these with mirrored cables. You can do this easily by holding the cable stitches to the back on one mitten and the front on the other. Or if you just want them the same hold to the same (front or back) on both.
Directions:
Cast on 40 stitches. (I use long tail cast on – you want it to be stretchy)
Join to begin knitting in the round.
Knit 5(6) rows of Ribbing Row
Knit Cable Row
**Knit Ribbing Row 8x(9x)
**Knit Cable Row
**Repeat these 9(10) rows for 18(20) rows, it’s time to start the thumb shaping.
Thumb Shaping:
For this pattern you will have an “assigned” mitt for each hand because you want the cable on top of each hand. So you will be putting a thumb on opposite sides of the cable for each mitt.
Right Mitten:
Prep Round: P1, (K3, P2 - 3x), K8, P2, K3, P2, K1, PM, K1, PM, continue in pattern to end.
**Rnd 1: Knit in pattern to marker, SM, M1, Knit to marker, M1, SM, knit in pattern to end.
**Rnd 2 & 3: Knit in pattern
Left Mitten:
PrepRound: P1, K3, P2, K1, PM, K1, PM, Continue in pattern around.
**Rnd 1: Knit in pattern to marker, SM, M1, Knit to marker, M1, SM, knit in pattern to end.
**Rnd 2 & 3: Knit in pattern
**Repeat these three rows until you have 13 stitches between your markers for the thumb.
Knit 2 more rows in pattern.
Knit around in pattern, when you get to the thumb stitches, place them on some waste yarn and cast on one stitch in it’s place. (I used backwards loop method, do as you choose!)
Knit 7(11) more rows in pattern. (There should be 5(6) rows of ribbing at beg & end of mitts bef/after the cable at either end of the mitt – in other words they should mirror one another)
Cast off loosely in pattern!
Now you need to go back and pick up the thumb stitches that you have on waste yarn. You will also want to pick up 3 stitches in the gap at the top of the thumb. (This could be more or less… just make sure there are no gaps.)
Knit 4(5) rows.
Cast off loosely!
Viola, gorgeous mitt’s!
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