The Wedding Cable Knit Arm Warmers Pattern
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Arm warmers, hand warmers, and wrist warmers are perfect if you have cold hands but still need your fingers for writing, knitting (or scrolling).
Plus, they make great gifts for loved ones and family members.
Inspired by Claire’s wedding dress from the Outlander TV series season 1.
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Inspired By The Outlander Costumes
If you have been watching the Outlander TV series, through all of the seasons, Claire has worn fingerless gloves and wrist warmers.
The outfit that inspired this design was Claire’s bridal dress, she wasn’t wearing any knitted pieces but I think it would have been a great match!
The colors in the dress are just lovely for spring, with ivory, and sage green.
More Outlander Patterns
Inspired by Claire Fraser wearing beautiful knitted pieces, the arm warmers are knit flat and then seamed.
The large cables are seen twisting up through the design, moving up into a medium cable, and then finally a smaller cable.
The design is similar to another pattern in my Outlander collection, Claire’s cable knit wrist warmers.
Moreover, check out this fingerless mitts pattern with a unique staghorn cable stitch pattern – Craigh na Dun Cable Fingerless Mittens Knitting Pattern.
Or this fingerless mitten pattern, you can easily make with one skein of yarn.
And it’s one of my best sellers – Fraser’s Ridge Fingerless Mittens Pattern
Making Outlander knits it’s a great way to spend the Outlander season or the drought lander.
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The Cable Knit Stitch
This pattern is for intermediate knitters, as the cable knit stitches that have been used are a little bit more complicated.
- The cables are intertwined throughout the front piece of the wrist warmers with a stocking stitch flat piece on the underside of the arm/wrist.
- The pattern could be a bit difficult if you have never picked up the needles before, but if you have many projects under your belt and are looking to do something a bit more complicated, this pattern is worth your time!
The Yarn I Used
- For this project I used two yarns knit together, to give a fluffy texture.
- I used La Mia Natural Wool in the color beige(H2) from Hobium yarns and knit that with Drops Kid-Silk in pearl grey (09).
- Knitting two strands together was fun and gave a great texture to the wrist warmers.
- The two yarns knit together to give these cable cuffs a really great texture, which is both fluffy and soft.
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Resources and tutorials you may find helpful in following this pattern:
This pattern is great for any intermediate knitters.
- Knitting cast-on methods.
- Knitting Lessons
- How to cast on knitting.
- How to cast off knitting.
- How to knit the garter stitch.
- How to knit the purl stitch.
- How to knit stockinette stitch.
- How to read knitting patterns.
- Knitting abbreviations and terms.
- How to knit rib stitch.
- You should be comfortable knitting cable stitches and using a cable needle.
Notes
Skill Level – Intermediate
This pair of arm warmers knit up quickly in medium yarn, and the cable design makes for a relaxing and enjoyable knit.
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Size – Women’s medium
Length = 10 inches
Width (laying flat and unstretched) = 4 inches
Gauge = 16 sts in 24 rows in 10 x 10cm/4 x 4 inches in stocking stitch.
The Supplies You Need…
Yarn
- 1 x 100g Skein La Mia Natural Wool – H2 (Worsted)
- 1 x 25g Drops Kid-Silk – Pearl grey 09 (Lace)
- Medium weight yarn 04 (Aran/worsted/10ply) knit with a Lace weight together.
- Yarn weight chart
- Good Yarn Substitute for medium-weight yarn – Cascade 220.
- Good Yarn Substitute for lace-weight yarn – Rowan Kidsilk Haze.
Needles
Notions
Abbreviations / Knitting Abbreviations List
- CO – cast on
- Cont – Continue
- C24F – (Cable 24 front) – Slip 12 stitches onto a cable needle and hold in front of work, (K2, P2) 3 times from the left needle, then (K2, P2) 3 times from the cable needle.
- C16F – (Cable 16 front) – Slip 8 stitches onto a cable needle and hold in front of work, (K2, P2) 2 times from the left needle, then (K2, P2) 2 times from the cable needle.
- C8F – (Cable 8 Front) – Slip 4 stitches onto a cable needle and hold in front of work, K2, P2 from the left needle, then K2, P2 from the cable needle.
- K – knit
- P – purl
- PM – Place marker
- St(s) – stitch(es)
- Rep – repeat
Pattern Instructions
Make 2 pieces the same – with two strands of yarn held together – and knit flat on straight needles.
- CO 52sts
- P2, K2 / 2×2 ribbing for 2 rows
- K24, (pm) P2, K2 to end of row
- (P2, K2) x 7 for 28sts, P24 sts
- K24, P2, K2 to end of row
- (P2, K2) x 7 for 28sts, P24 sts
- K24, P2, K2 to end of row
- (P2, K2) x 7 for 28sts, P24 sts
- K24, P2, K2 to end of row
- (P2, K2) x 7 for 28sts, P24 sts
- K24, P2, K2 to end of row
- (P2, K2) x 7 for 28sts, P24 sts
First Cable
- K24, P2, C24F, K2
- (P2, K2) x 7 for 28sts, P24 sts
- K24, P2, K2 to end of row
- (P2, K2) x 7 for 28sts, P24 sts
- K24, P2, K2 to end of row
- (P2, K2) x 7 for 28sts, P24 sts
- K24, P2, K2 to end of row
- (P2, K2) x 7 for 28sts, P24 sts
- K24, P2, K2 to end of row
- (P2, K2) x 7 for 28sts, P24 sts
Second Cable
- K24, P2, C24F, K2
- (P2, K2) x 7 for 28sts, P24 sts
- K24, P2, K2 to end of row
- (P2, K2) x 7 for 28sts, P24 sts
- K24, P2, K2 to end of row
- (P2, K2) x 7 for 28sts, P24 sts
- K24, P2, K2 to end of row
- (P2, K2) x 7 for 28sts, P24 sts
- K24, P2, K2 to end of row
- (P2, K2) x 7 for 28sts, P24 sts
Third Cable
- K24, P2, K2, P2, C16F, K2, P2, K2
- (P2, K2) x 7 for 28sts, P24 sts
- K24, P2, K2 to end of row
- (P2, K2) x 7 for 28sts, P24 sts
- K24, P2, K2 to end of row
- (P2, K2) x 7 for 28sts, P24 sts
- K24, P2, K2 to end of row
- (P2, K2) x 7 for 28sts, P24 sts
Fourth Cable
- K24, P2, K2, P2, C16F, K2, P2, K2
- (P2, K2) x 7 for 28sts, P24 sts
- K24, P2, K2 to end of row
- (P2, K2) x 7 for 28sts, P24 sts
- K24, P2, K2 to end of row
- (P2, K2) x 7 for 28sts, P24 sts
- K24, P2, K2 to end of row
- (P2, K2) x 7 for 28sts, P24 sts
Fifth Cable
- K24, P2, K2, P2, K2, P2 C8F, K2, P2, K2, P2, K2 to the end of the row.
- (P2, K2) x 7 for 28sts, P24 sts
- K24, P2, K2 to end of row
- (P2, K2) x 7 for 28sts, P24 sts
- K24, P2, K2 to end of row
- (P2, K2) x 7 for 28sts, P24 sts
- K24, P2, K2 to end of row
- (P2, K2) x 7 for 28sts, P24 sts
Ribbed cuff
- P2, K2 / 2×2 ribbing for 2 rows
- Cast off in rib.
Making up
Stitch the side seam using the invisible seam stitch.
Weave in any loose ends.
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