The Snow Mittens are quickly knitted and keep your wrists pleasantly and stylishly warm. The wrist warmers are knitted in the round using a circular needle size 3.00mm (cuffs) and 4.00mm (hand) in the Magic Loop Technique. The thumb gusset ensures a good fit and is created by working left leaning increases on the left wrist warmer and right leaning increases on the right wrist warmer. A beautiful, cabled pattern is worked at the top side of the mittens.

Size:
One size
Length: 20cm

Yarn:
Note: If you are working with DK weight yarn, you will need only the amount listed for the fingering weight yarn. Work with a single strand throughout the whole project.

The sample is knitted with 1 skein Cardiff Cashmere Prime in colorway 5268 (68% Cashmere, 32% Silk; 300m/25g) held together with 50g Hillesvag Huldra (100% pure Montevideo wool from Uruguay; 425m/100g)

Another sample is knitted with 1 skein Cardiff Cashmere Prime in colorway 177 held toghether with 1 skein Cardiff Cashmere Classic in colorway 671.

Needles:
Note: Always use the needle size that gets you the right gauge!
3.00mm / US 2.5 circular needles with a cable of 80cm for the cuffs
4.00mm / US 6 circular needles with a cable of 80cm for the main part

Gauge:
28 sts x 28rounds = 10x10cm in cable pattern on lager needles

Cable Pattern for swatch in the round:
Round 1: k4, p1, k4, p3, k8, p3, k4, p1
Round 2: k4, p1, k4, p3, 2/2RC, 2/2LC, k4, p1
Round 3: k4, p1, 2/2RC, p3, k8, p3, 2/2LC, p1
Repeat these 3 rounds a total of 10 times.