An updated Victorian cuff with clean lines and simplified ruffle and ribbon details, the Ripley Cuffs are an homage to the Gothic novels that inspire part of the aesthetics behind Dark Academia. Whether it’s Edgar Allen Poe, Jane Eyre, The Picture of Dorian Gray, or Frankenstein you pick up to read (or listen to ) while knitting this autumn, these cuffs will whisk you away to sweeping moors, foggy landscapes, and abandoned great houses…and keep you cozy against a bone-chilling tale.

This pattern comes with 4 ways to style these cuffs with optional bow, ribbon and lace panel add-ons, a picot hem for a touch of femininity, and a very slightly ruffled hem meant to call back to the ribbing in corsets and costuming.

And yes, they may also have been designed as a cross-over for their namesake Ellen Ripley, from one of my favorite movie franchises – Alien – and Ripley’s Believe-it-or-Not curiosity showcase for all your spooky imaginings on earth and beyond.