Purple Scarf and Wrist Warmers

This was the fist project I did with cotton yarn. A friend of mine was going to use this beautiful Ultra Pima Cotton from Cascade Yarns to make a scarf on my knitting machine, but it turned out to be a little too thick for the machine and I traded her some skinny cotton from my stash for this yarn. With the winter Northern California weather upon us, it seemed appropriate to make a scarf/hat/mittens set, and I settled on a scarf and wrist warmers that worked quite nicely with the amount of yarn I had. The scarf is the same as the Raspberry Scarf from an earlier post, but the wrist warmers are new.

Yarn and Needles

• 2.5 skeins Ultra Pima Cotton yarn (220yds/100g each) - 2 skeins for the scarf, 0.5 for the wrist warmers
• 1 circular or 5 double pointed needles US size 5 for the wrist warmers
• 2 single pointed needles US size 5 for the scarf (you can buy these here)

Gauge

Pattern and Process

For the scarf, follow the pattern in the Raspberry Scarf and Mittens post but increase the number of stitches to cast on to 48. Knit until it reaches desired length.

For the mittens:

Cast on 40 stitches and distribute them evenly over 4 double pointed needles.

Work the first 10 rounds in 1x1 rib (alternating purl and knit stitches) to make the cuff. Then continue in the following pattern:

• Round 1: (k5, k2tog, yo, k1, p1, k1, yo, ssk, k6, p1, k1) x 2
• Round 2 and all even rounds until Round 38: k8, (p1, k9, p1) x 2, k1
• Round 3: (k4, k2tog, yo, k2, p1, k2, yo, ssk, k5, p1, k1) x 2
• Round 5: (k3, k2tog, yo, k3, p1, k3, yo, ssk, k4, p1, k1) x 2
• Round 7: (k2, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k1, p1, k1, yo, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, k3, p1, k1) x 2
• Round 9: (k1, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k2, p1, k2, yo, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, k2, p1, k1) x 2
• Round 11: (k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k3, p1, k3, yo, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, k1, p1, k1) x 2
• Rounds 13, 19, 25: repeat Round 7
• Rounds 15, 21, 27: repeat Round 9
• Rounds 17, 23, 29: repeat Round 11
• Round 31, make thumb hole: k2, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k1, p1, k1, yo, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, move the following 7 stitches onto a stitch holder and cast on 7 stitches onto the right needle, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k1, p1, k1, yo, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, k3, p1, k1
• Round 33: repeat Round 9
• Round 35: repeat Round 11
• Round 37 (reduce 2 st at the thumb hole): k2, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k1, p1, k1, yo, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, k1, ssk, p1, k2tog, k1, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k1, p1, k1, yo, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, k3, p1, k1
• Rounds 38, 40, 42: k8, p1, k8, p1, k8, p1, k9, p1, k1
• Round 39: k1, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k2, p1, k2, yo, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, k1, p1, k1, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k2, p1, k2, yo, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, k2, p1, k1
• Round 41: k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k3, p1, k3, yo, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, p1, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k3, p1, k3, yo, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, k1, p1, k1
• Rounds 43-47: 1x1 rib, start with a purl
• Round 48: cast off

To make the thumb, pick up 9 stitches from the body of the mitten and arrange all 18 stitches (7 from the stitch holder + 9 newly picked up ones) on 3 or 4 double-pointed needles.  Work in stockinette stitch (all knit rounds) for 9 rounds. Cast off on the 10th round