Jojoland Spiral Cable Mittens Knitting Pattern

Jojoland Spiral Cable Mittens

What is Being Made

The Jojoland Spiral Cable Mittens are a pair of knitted mittens featuring decorative spiral cable patterns worked in the round. These mittens measure 3 inches wide by 9¾ inches in length, making them a standard adult mitten size. The project is classified as Easy+ skill level, making it accessible to knitters with some experience beyond absolute beginners.

Techniques Used

This pattern employs cable knitting as its primary decorative technique, combined with working in the round using double-pointed needles. The cable work creates twisted, rope-like textures across the surface of the mittens. The pattern also incorporates increases and decreases strategically placed to shape the mittens, including M1L (make one left) and M1R (make one right) increases for adding stitches, and p2tog (purl two together) for decreasing. Stitch markers are used throughout to track pattern repeats and shaping sections, with markers moved as the work progresses.

Stitches Used

The pattern combines several fundamental and intermediate knitting stitches:

• Knit stitch (k): The basic stitch forming the foundation of the fabric
• Purl stitch (p): The reverse of the knit stitch, creating textural contrast
• T3B (Twist 3 Back): A cable stitch where one stitch is slipped onto a cable needle and held behind the work, then two stitches are knitted from the left-hand needle, followed by purling the stitch from the cable needle. This creates a twisted cable effect
• T3F (Twist 3 Front): A variation where the cable needle is held in front of the work instead of behind, reversing the direction of the twist
• M1L and M1R (Make One Left and Make One Right): Increases created by lifting the strand between stitches and knitting through the back loop to create a twisted stitch
• p2tog (Purl Two Together): A decrease that combines two purl stitches into one
• k2tog (Knit Two Together): A decrease combining two knit stitches into one

Materials

The Jojoland Spiral Cable Mittens require one skein of Jojoland Fantasia yarn, which is composed of 100% superwash wool. The total yardage is 145 yards, providing sufficient fiber to complete both mittens. Two needle sizes are needed: 5.5 mm (U.S. size 9) double-point needles for the main fabric and 4.5 mm (U.S. size 7) double-point needles, likely for ribbing or cuff work. The pattern also requires a cable needle for executing the T3B and T3F cable stitches, and stitch markers to track pattern repeats and shaping increases.

Gauge and Specifications

The pattern is worked at a gauge of 5.8 stitches by 6 rows per 1-inch square, which should be matched before beginning to ensure the mittens fit properly at the specified measurements of 3 inches wide by 9¾ inches long.