Knit your cabled path of discovery for an impish name onto these scrumptious fingerless Rumpelstiltskin Mitts. The Colorburst yarn guides when to cable, so each mitt will become its own secret map.

Yarn: Wonderland Yarns “Silk Twist” DK weight, 72% fine superwash merino, 28% mulberry silk: 250 yards/3.5 oz skein, shown in limited edition color: “At the Wheel”.
Note: For this pattern to work as written it should be worked with one of our “Colorburst” yarns which has one
chunk dyed differently than the rest of the skein.
Needles & Notions: US size 5/3.75mm (or size to get gauge) AND US size 3/3.25mm doublepointed needles (or two sizes smaller than gauge needle) in preferred style for working small circumferences in the round, 5 stitch markers (1 unique to mark beginning of the round, 2 unique to mark gusset, 1 unique to mark Colorburst cable), cable needle, scrap yarn or stitch holder, yarn needle
Gauge: 21 stitches & 28 rounds = 4”/10 cm in stockinette stitch on larger needle, without blocking
Sizes: S (M, L) to fit hand circumferences 6.75 (7.5, 8.25)“ / 17 (19, 21)cm. (Sample pictured is size L on 8.25”/21cm circumference hands.)
Abbreviations: BO: bind-off; cn: cable needle; CO: cast on; k: knit; k2tog: knit two stitches together (1 st decreased); LH: left
hand; m: marker; m1R (make one right): with left hand needle tip lift strand between needles from back to front, k lifted loop
through the front (1 st increased); m1L (make one left): with left hand needle tip lift strand between needles from front to back, k
lifted loop through the back (1 st increased); p: purl; patt: pattern; pm: place marker; RH: right hand; rm: remove marker;
rnd/rnds: round(s); sl: slip as if to purl, with yarn in back; ssk: slip 1 st knitwise, slip 1 st knitwise, knit two sts together through the
back loop (1 st decreased); st/sts: stitch(es); St st: stockinette stitch; tbl: through the back loop; * : repeat as directed
— see key on last page for cable stitch instructions—
Techniques: backward loop CO