Almy Cabled Mittens by Angela Hahn

Almy Cabled Mittens

Knitting
November 2014
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 31 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette st using worsted weight yarn
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
200 yards (183 m)
Ladies' small to large, mens' small to medium
English
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Note: Only 1 size of needles/yarn needed: US Size 6 for worsted weight yarn, and US Size 5 for DK weight yarn.

From pattern:**
These mittens are worked in the round
from the bottom up. The backs of
the mitten are adorned with a unique
cabled motif.

EITHER worsted weight or DK weight
yarn may be used; using worsted weight,
the mittens should fit a ladies’ medium-large
or mens’ small-medium hand, and
using DK weight, the mittens should fit
a ladies’ small hand.

The design for these mittens was originally
commissioned by the Our Back
40 yarn company as the “Cabled City
Mittens” (pattern available only as a kit
with Our Back 40 yarn). The Almy Cabled
Mittens and Cabled City Mittens
patterns differ only in that non-cabled
sections are knitted in the former, and
purled in the latter.

Difficulty: Intermediate: skills included working in
the round on double pointed needles,
reading a chart, cable knitting, decreases,
and picking up stitches.

Finished Sizes:
Worsted weight version (shown in
gray):
10½“/27 cm long, 8”/20 cm
circumference.
DK weight version (shown in cedar
brown):
10”/25.5 cm long, 7
½”/19 cm circumference.

Worsted weight version:
Yarn: 200 yds worsted weight yarn.
Shown in Our Back 40 Ne Plus Ultra
(100% alpaca, 100 yds per skein), color
Nightsky, 2 skeins.
Needles: US size 6/4 mm: set of doublepointed
(dp) needles.
Gauge: 22 sts/31 rnds to 4”/10 cm in
stockinette stitch.

DK weight version:
Yarn: 200 yds DK weight yarn. Shown
in Spirit Trail Fiberworks “Birte” (75%
superwash merino, 15% cashmere, 10%
silk, 275 yds/113 gm), color Roman
Bronze, 1 skein.
Needles: US size 5/3.75 mm: set of
double-pointed needles (dpn).
Gauge 23 sts/32 rnds to 4”/10 cm in
stockinette stitch.

Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain
the correct gauge.

Notions: Cable needle; stitch markers;
tapestry needle.

Notes: Instructions are included for lengthening
or shortening mittens.