Iola Mitts

These mits feature a fun, easily memorized cable pattern worked in twisted stitches. Knit the matching hat too for an eye-catching set!

Cable pattern is both written out in full and charted, and a link to a video tutorial for an unusual stitch is provided.

SIZE
One size, to fit average woman

6.5” [16.5 cm] palm circumference
7.5” [19 cm] long from bottom of cuff to top

MATERIALS NEEDED
Yarn:
Polka Dot Sheep Stumptown DK (100% merino wool; 231yds/211m per 100g skein); color Nessie; 1 skein

Recommended needles (check gauge and change size if needed):
US #5 [3.75 mm] set of DPNs or preferred needles for working small circumferences in the round

Notions:
-Three stitch markers
-Two cable needles
-Waste yarn
-Yarn needle

GAUGE
23 sts/33 rnds = 4”/10 cm in stockinette stitch

Cable panel = 2.5”/6.5 cm over 19 sts