Castle Leoch Cable Cuff Arm Warmers Pattern
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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 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.
A chic combination of classic cable knit with a simple knitted fabric.
This pattern is part of my Outlander collection, you can see the other Outlander patterns here.
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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.
Perfect to wear with a T-shirt or long sleeves.
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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This pattern is great for any intermediate knitters.
- Knitting cast-on methods.
- How to cast on knitting.
- How to cast off knitting.
- How to knit the garter stitch.
- How to knit the purl stitch.
- How to read knitting patterns.
- Knitting abbreviations and terms.
- You should be comfortable working cable stitches and using a cable needle.
Notes
Skill Level – Intermediate
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
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
Pattern Instructions
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 K1.
- Work each st in the manner it presents (P3, K3, P4, K3, P3)
- K1, K2, P3, K4, P3, K2 K1.
- Work each st in the manner it presents (P3, K3, P4, K3, P3)
- K1, K2, P3, C4B, P3, K2 K1.
- Work each st in the manner it presents, (P3, K3, P4, K3, P3)
- K1, K2, P3, K4, P3, K2 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 the end of the round.
- Cont to K5, P5 for 1 inch.
- Cast off loosely (knit) and change to a larger needle if you wish.
