Cable Crochet Wrist Warmer Pattern Free 

Meet the Orchard Mitts, a stunning cable crochet wrist warmer pattern designed to keep your forearms and wrists cosy while leaving your fingers free for whatever the day demands. The cable centre looks wonderfully detailed but is deceptively simple to work, giving you a pair of sophisticated cabled gloves that make gorgeous gifts or best sellers on the market stall. Worked in rows to form a flat rectangle with the cable running along the front, you simply seam the sides as much or as little as you like to create the perfect-sized thumb hole for you.

In this post you’ll find everything you need to know how to make these crochet cable wrist warmers step by step, including materials, stitches, a detailed video tutorial and free written pattern for blog subscribers.

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Sizing

The crochet wrist warmers are one size fits all and will fit an average adult hand.

The finished fingerless mitts measure 10.5″ by 9″ (27cm by 22.5cm).

Fancy more cables? This crochet wrist warmer pattern and free crochet cable hat pattern are a cute matching set that use similar crochet cable stitches to this headband!

Glossary and Abbreviations

• ch(s) – chain(s) (chain stitch tutorial)
• sp – space
• ss – slip stitch (how to crochet a slip stitch)
• RS – right side
• WS – wrong side
• sk – skip
• rep – repeat
• yoh – yarn over hook
• blo – back loop only (how to crochet in the back loop only)
• FP – front post
• BP – back post

Stitches

The pattern is written in standard US terms and uses the following crochet stitches:

sc – single crochet (how to single crochet stitch)

hdc – half double crochet (how to half double crochet)

dc – double crochet (how to work a double crochet)

tr – treble crochet

Special Stitches

The wrist warmers use a really beautiful crochet cable stitch that is worked in rows. I really love crochet cables and feel like people are much more scared of them than they need to be!

I have quite a few other cable stitch crochet patterns that you might like to check out too if you’re a cable stitch lover:

• Crochet cable hat pattern (perfect for winter)
• Crochet cable scarf pattern (matches the hat!)
• Crochet cable boot cuff pattern (quick and easy)
• Crochet cable pillow pattern (colourwork cables!)
• Crochet cable wall hanging pattern (corner to corner cables)
• Crochet cable sock pattern (easier than they sound!)
• Crochet cable headband (quick and great for gifts)

For cable stitches you’ll need to know how to work around the front and the back of a post as follows:

Back Post Crochet Stitch

To work the back post, yarn over, reaching over top of the piece and working on opposite or right side of the work, insert the hook from right to left around vertical post of next stitch, yarn over and complete the stitch.

Front Post Crochet Stitch

To work the front post, yarn over, insert hook from front to back and to front again around the vertical post (upright part) of next st, yoh and draw yarn through, yoh and complete stitch.

How do you crochet cable gloves like these?

• The wrist warmers (but I suppose you could class them as fingerless mitts) are made from a simple rectangle that is seamed at the side leaving a space for the thumbhole.
• The crochet cable stitch section is added with a slight variation for the right and left mitt so that the pattern faces the same way but it’s nice and easy once you’ve made one.
• You can add a second pop of colour like I have or just have them one solid colour – entirely up to you!
• Finally you add the cuffs to the bottom and the top which you can adjust to your liking too. Such an easy pair of cabled crochet gloves to customise!

• A ch1 at the beginning of a row or round does not count as a stitch.
• A ch3 at the beginning of a row does count as a stitch (alternatively use standing stitches if you prefer).
• Turn at the end of each row.
• The pattern is written in standard US crochet terms.

Crochet Cable Wrist Warmer Pattern

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US Crochet Terminology

Repeat the set pattern 4 more times.

Row 26: change to B, rep R2, change to A.

Row 27: Rep R2, change to B.

Row 28: Rep R2, change to A.

Row 29: ch3, dc in each st across.

Continue for arm cuff.

ARM CUFF:

Continuing with working yarn, ch5.

Row 1: sc in 2nd and each to end of chain, skip next st on R29, ss in next st of R29, turn. [4]

Row 2: ch1, sc in blo of each, turn.

Row 3: ch1, sc in blo of each, skip next st in R29, ss in next st of R29, turn.

Repeat Rows 2 and 3 to end of cuff, turn the work so that the cable is facing inwards and ss seam the cuff together to join the last row to the first row.

If you like this pattern, you might like another cable pattern. Warm, cozy, and packed full of texture, this elegant cable crochet headband pattern is one for all the family.

HAND CUFF:

Join A to foundation chain, repeat as for arm cuff but start with a ch3 instead of ch5.

RIGHT MITT:

As for Left but the cable section is as follows:

Row 6: ch3, dc in next 5 sts, FPdc in next 3 sts, skip next 3 sts, FPtr in next 3 sts, working behind the sts just made, FPtr in 3 skipped sts, dc in next 21 sts.

Row 7: ch1, hdc in next 21 sts, BPdc in next 9 sts, hdc in last 6 sts.

Row 8: ch3, dc in next 5 sts, skip next 3 sts, FPtr in next 3 sts, working behind the sts just made, FPtr in 3 skipped sts, FPdc in next 3 sts, dc in last 21 sts.

Row 9: Repeat Row 7.

TO SEW SEAMS:

With the cable facing inwards, sew the mitt seam along the sides of the rows, leaving an opening from Rows 2-9 for the thumbhole.

TO FINISH

Weave in ends and block to measurements.

Congratulations on crocheting your very own crochet cable gloves! 🌟 Now that you’ve completed this fun project, why stop here? Explore my other crochet mitts and gloves, each waiting to be transformed into your next crochet masterpiece.

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