How to make neck warmers and gauntlets

How to make a neck warmer and cuffs

Winter is coming. In a few weeks we'll need gloves and scarves and... cuffs and neck warmers could be useful. Today I want to show you these two accessories, made with soft cashmere, knitted with 5 needles (cuffs) and circular needles (neck warmer).

The neck warmer you see next to it was made with 4.5 mm circular needles (the length of the plastic cord connecting the two needles, 35 cm, will facilitate the movement of the stitches).

Cast on 88 stitches and knit in the round.

Rows 1-4: all stitches knit;

Rows 5-8: all stitches purl.

Repeat these two rows until the desired neck height is reached (in my case, 9 more times). Then continue the knit and purl stripes, incorporating increases.

Preparation for increases

Mark 2 stitches with a colored thread, skip 9, and mark 2 stitches again. Continue this way until the end of the round. You will have 8 groups of 2 stitches marked with colored thread, separated by 9 unmarked stitches.

How to make increases

There are several methods:

1) you can cast on a stitch with the yarn from the ball;

2) you can make a yarn over and knit it twisted after reaching it in the next round;

3) you can place the transverse thread between the stitches of the previous round onto the left needle and knit it twisted.

Choose the method you like best.

Distribution of increases

Make an increase every 4 rounds, before and after each group of 2 stitches (in each increase round you will have 16 more stitches).

Work 8 more stripes (4 with knit stitches and 4 with purl stitches), distributing the increases in the first round of each stripe.

Bind off stitches.

Cuffs

To make the cuffs you will need 5 double-pointed 3 mm needles.

Cast on 36 stitches and knit in the round, distributing them over 4 needles (9 stitches per needle). Make the cuff consisting of 4 stripes of knit stitches and 4 stripes of purl stitches. Continue with 8 rounds of knit stitches.

To make the thumb, you need to make increases every two rounds. Mark one stitch with a colored thread and make an increase before and after the marked stitch (you will have 38 stitches). Continue to make increases every two rounds, before and after the underlying increases, until you have 52 stitches (35 initial + 17 for the triangle). Leave the 17 thumb stitches on hold and knit only the 35 in the round (6 knit rounds and 4 purl rounds). Bind off stitches. Pick up the 17 thumb stitches and distribute them over 3 needles. With the 4th needle, knit 4 purl rounds in the round. Bind off stitches.

Make the other cuff following the same instructions.