There’s something satisfying about knitting useful accessories. Designed for a skein of DK weight yarn, PUFF CUFFS highlight a special skein of yarn and provide cozy warmth for your wrists. Cuffs are intended to have a slightly slouchy fit. Use the optional thumbhole to style them as fingerless mitts or style them as simple tubes. This design offers a great opportunity to practice a tubular cast-on and bind-off for smooth and stretchy edges.

This pattern is worked in the round and flat (to form the thumbhole). The design works equally well with commercially available or handspun DK weight yarn in your favorite solid, tonal, or variegated colorway. With 2 length options and 4 sizes, you’re sure to find your perfect fit.

YARN
Sun Valley Fibers DK Weight Zebra, 100% Superwash Merino, 246 yd / 225 m per 100 g or similar DK weight yarn. www.sunvalleyfibers.com

Sample shown in Size 2, long length, colorway Kindred Spirit, 157 yd / 144 m (64 g).

YARN ESTIMATE – SHORT
138 (153, 170, 189) yd / 126 (140, 155, 173) m
56 (62, 69, 77) g

YARN ESTIMATE – LONG
157 (173, 189, 209) yd / 144 (158, 173, 191) m
64 (70, 77, 85) g

Yarn estimate includes 10% buffer.

GAUGE & NEEDLES
23 stitches & 40 rounds = 4” / 10 cm in pattern with main needle
US 4 / 3.5 mm circular needle, 32” / 80 cm or double-pointed needles or size needed to get gauge
US 3 / 3.25 mm circular needle, 32” / 80 cm or double-pointed needles or 1 size smaller than main needle
Crochet hook of similar size for tubular cast-on

FINISHED CIRCUMFERENCE
Sizes 1 (2, 3, 4)
7” (7.7”, 8.4”, 9”) / 17.8 (19.6, 21.3, 22.9) cm

FINISHED LENGTH – SHORT
All sizes: 7.75” / 19.7 cm

FINISHED LENGTH – LONG
All sizes: 10.25” / 26 cm

Cuffs tend to bunch up a bit when worn and relax to a slightly shorter length.

Pattern includes video and photo tutorial links.

Share your finished creations on Instagram with #PuffCuffs

Tech editing: Bronwyn Hahn
Test knitting: Cathy A., Babs D., Sara D., Laura G., Laura H., Penny J., Laura L., Julia S., & Pam S.