Castle Leoch Cable Cuff Arm Warmers Pattern

The Castle Leoch Cable Cuff Arm Warmers Pattern will allow you to create a large twisted cabled cuff in an intricate design.

These arm warmers are inspired by the pair that Claire wears in Outlander season 1, episode 2 ‘Castle Leoch’.

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Inspired By The Outlander Knits

If you have been watching the Outlander TV series, through all of the seasons, Claire has worn fingerless gloves and wrist warmers.

The wrist warmers that inspired this design were knit in a dark grey yarn, so I chose a similar shade in an acrylic/natural wool blend.

The cabled cuff is at the top of the wrist warmers, with a stockinette body, and a ribbed design at the bottom.

Image Source – Starz

Just Like Outlander Claire’s Hand Knit Arm Warmers!

Inspired by Claire Fraser wearing beautiful knitted pieces, the arm warmers are knit both flat and in the round.

The cabled cuff is made separately from the arm length, it is knit flat and then stitches are picked up around the cuff to continue on with the arm section.

The cabled cuffs are slightly different from the image above, with a smaller cable design.

The Cable Knit Cuff

This pattern is for intermediate knitters, as the cable stitch is a little bit more complicated.

The cable itself is knit only on the cuffs, knit flat, and then seamed.

Once the cuff has been completed and seamed, you then pick up and knit stitches to start knitting the length of the arm warmer in the stocking stitch.

More Outlander Knitting Patterns

Whenever I watch Outlander I just love to look at the costumes and see how beautifully they are pieced together.

Claire and Brianna’s costumes have motivated many knitters to make shawls, infinity scarves, and more throughout the four seasons that have aired so far.

I wanted to make a collection of knits that are inspired by both Claire and her daughter Brianna, from gloves, wristwarmers, and scarves.

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Outlander Arm Warmers Pattern

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Skill Level – Intermediate

Notes

The cable cuffs knit up quickly and the simple design makes for a relaxing and enjoyable knit.

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Size – Woman’s Small/medium

Length of the arm warmers = 9 inches

Width (laying flat) = 4 inches

Gauge = 18 sts in 28 rounds in 10 x 10cm/4 x 4 inches/in stocking stitch.

The Supplies You Need…

Yarn

1 x 100g skein of medium weight yarn (04)/Aran/Worsted/10 Ply.
Yarn weight chart
I used Alize Lanagold Classic in Dark Grey.
You can purchase Alize yarns from YarnStreet or on Etsy.
Alize yarn substitute list.
Good Yarn Substitute – Cascade 220.

Needles

Notions

Pattern Instructions

Abbreviations / Knitting Abbreviations List

CO – cast on
Cont – Continue
C4B – (K2 and 2), slip the next 2 sts onto a cable needle and hold at the back of the work, K2 from the left-hand needle, then K2 from the cable needle.
K – knit
P – purl
St(s) – stitch(es)
Rep – repeat

Cable Knit Arm Warmers – make 2 pieces.

Both pieces are knit in the round.

The Cable Cuff

CO 16sts

K1, *K2, P3, K4, P3, K2* rep from * to * to last st K1,
Work each st in the manner it presents (P3, K3, P4, K3, P3)
K1, *K2, P3, K4, P3, K2* rep from * to * to last st K1,
Work each st in the manner it presents (P3, K3, P4, K3, P3)
K1, *K2, P3, C4B, P3, K2* rep from * to * to last st, K1,
Work each st in the manner it presents, (P3, K3, P4, K3, P3)
K1, *K2, P3, K4, P3, K2* rep from * to * to last st K1,
Work each st in the manner it presents, (P3, K3, P4, K3, P3)

Rep the 8 rows above until the piece measures 8 inches – or however long you need it to be to encircle your hand/wrist.

Cast off.

Stitch the ends together using an invisible seam. (Mattress stitch tutorial)

The Arm Length

Pick up and knit 40 sts around the edge of the cable cuff.
I counted about 49 sts on the bottom edge of my cable cuff so to pick up 40 sts I picked up and K 4, missed one and then picked up 4 and repeated that until the end, where there were 5 left, so I picked up 3, left one and picked up the last one.

Knit every round until the piece measures 7.5 inches (or however long you want it to be).
Purl 2 rounds
Knit 5 rounds
K5, P5 to end of the round
Cont to K5, P5 for 1 inch
Cast off loosely (knit) change to a larger needle if you wish.

Making Up

Sew in any loose ends.

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