Mirin asked me to knit him a special cuff for protecting his arm when he is practicing archery. If the bow is not drawn correctly, the string can snap back on your wrist. I made a pattern for it and added a pretty cable. It turned out nicely, and I thought I would share the very simple pattern I created. Of course it would be great just as a wrist warmer, in case you don’t have any boys who love archery on your hands.

I made it rather tight-fitting because I knew he would not want it to flop around on his arm. The width can be easily modified by adding more stitches (5 per inch) to be evenly distributed on Needle 1 and Needle 3. It is knitted in the round with four double-pointed needles.

The measurements I went with were:
Forearm 9” around
Wrist 6” around
Wrist to Forearm 7”

One skein of yarn was enough to knit 2 cuffs in this size.