HOUNDSTOOTH CUFFS with Fingerless Glove option

Cuffs are surprisingly warm and practical. We like them knitted up in this classicand simpletwo-color pattern, evocative of tweedy warmth. Make a pair to peek from under your coat sleeves, grab your wellies and go for a walk! Or, choose the fingerless glove option and wear them into winter. So cozy!

Finished Size:

Cuffs: Each approx. 3" long x 7" around. Fingerless Gloves: Each approx. 8" long x 7" around. Directions given for cuffs; fingerless gloves in parentheses ( ). 2(3) skeins Rowan Fine Tweed (98 yds each); 1(2) skein(s) Main Color (MC) and 1 skein Contrast Color (CC). Or approx. 45 yds MC and 35 yds CC of an equivalent fingering-weight yarn for the cuffs alone, and 60 more yds MC for pair of fingerless mitts. Note: If you reverse your MC and CC, a skein of each color should make two pairs of cuffs. Or use your leftovers in another stranded colorwork projectlittle bits of fingering-weight yarn are never wasted! US 3 (3.25mm) double-point needles, or size to obtain gauge. US 1 (2.5mm) double-point needles, or two to three sizes smaller than gauge size. Darning needle to finish. Approx. 30 sts = 4" on larger needles in pattern. CC = contrast color; M1L = make one, left-slanting increase (with tip of left needle, lift strand running between needles from the front; knit into the back of it); M1R = make one, right-slanting increase (with tip of left needle, lift strand running between needles from the back; knit into the front of it); MC = main color; PM = place marker; RM = remove marker; Sl Pwise = slip purlwise (insert right needle into next stitch as if to purl and transfer it to the right needle without working it); SM = slip marker; St(s) = stitch(es). A bit on color dominance: In two-handed stranded knitting, the color carried in your left hand will show up more than the other, by virtue of the fact that it is carried along below the other yarn; it essentially has a shorter commute. Known as left hand color dominance, this phenomenon is unrelated to which hand dominates in your everyday life, or which hand normally carries your yarn. Typically then, your pattern, or motif, color is held in your left hand, and your background color in your right, so the motif will pop. However, with a balanced pattern like houndstooth, there really isnt a background color. Heres an opportunity to take advantage of this theory: Since darker colors tend to recede, hold your darker color in your left hand (the dominant position), to bring it visually forward and balance it with the lighter color. Feel free to experimentjust be sure to hold colors consistently so your cuffs will matchits surprising how different they can look! Continued on reverse

Yarn:

Needles & Notions:

Gauge: Glossary:

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Cast on:

With smaller needles and MC, cast on 48 sts. Place 16 sts on each of three needles and join in the round, being careful not to twist. Purl 6 rounds. Change to larger needles. Knit 1 round. With MC and CC, work houndstooth chart in the round, always reading chart from right to left. Note: Take care to strand floats evenly across back of work. To keep floats as loose as possible, stretch out sts of your last color on right needle before you bring your new color across the back. Repeat Chart Rounds 1-4 a total of five times. Cut CC. Knit 1 round in MC. Change to smaller needles. Purl 6 rounds.
Knit in CC 4 3 2 1 4-st repeat. Repeat 12 times each round.

First welt: Houndstooth pattern:

Knit in MC

Second welt: Cuffs only:

Bind off purlwise with larger needle. Repeat to make a pair! Knit 2 rounds. Increase for thumb gusset: Round 1: K2, PM, P1, K2, P1, PM, knit to end. Round 2: K2, SM, P1, M1R, K2, M1L, P1, SM, knit to end. (6 sts between markers) Rounds 3-4: K2, SM, P1, K4, P1, SM, knit to end. Round 5: K2, SM, M1R, K4, M1L, P1, SM, knit to end. (8 sts between markers) Rounds 6-7: K2, SM, P1, K6, P1, SM, knit to end. Repeat increase sequence as established, increasing 2 sts every third round until there are 18 sts between markers. Rounds 21-22: K2, SM, P1, K16, P1, SM, knit to end. Round 23: K2, SM, Purl to next marker, SM, knit to end. Bind off thumb gusset: Round 24: K2, RM, P1; keeping yarn in front, Sl1 Pwise, bring yarn to back. *Sl1 Pwise, pass second st on right needle over the first to bind off. Repeat from * until you have bound off the last knit gusset st over the last purl; RM. Sl the last st remaining on right needle back to the left needle. Turn. Using cable cast-on method, cast on 4 sts. Turn. Sl the first st on the left needle to the right needle purlwise and pass the last cast-on st on the right needle over. Knit to end of round. (49 sts) Knit every round until work measures 4" from top of welted edge, or to desired length. Note: At a minimum, fabric should cover your palm to base of fingers. Bind off purlwise. Repeat to make a pair!

Fingerless gloves only:

Finishing (both versions):

Weave in ends. To block, soak for 10 minutes in tepid water with a no-rinse wool soap. Gently squeeze out as much water as possible. Roll up in a towel and gently squeeze out more moisture. Lay flat to dry.

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