Crisp Apple Strudel

These charming fingerless mitts bring to life one of Fraulein Maria's favorite treats: crisp apple strudel. An off-kilter cable echoes overlapping layers of flaky pastry, and twisted ribbing gives a nod to traditional Bavarian stitch patterns. The cable is made solely of 3x3 right and left crosses, but the final effect is much more complex and striking. **Skill level:** Advanced beginner and up **Recommended yarn:** Little Skein Merino DK — 100% superwash merino — 231 yds per 100g. Shown in colorway "Apple Crisp". La Bien Aimée Merino DK — 100% superwash Merino — 252 yds (230 m) per 115 g. Shown in colorways *Brown Paper Packages* (long mitts) and *Blue Satin Sashes* (short mitts). **Sizing, based on mitts in La Bien Aimee Merino DK:** Short mitts – 6.5” (16.5 cm) unstretched palm circumference and 7” (18 cm) total length Long mitts – 6.5” (16.5 cm) unstretched palm circumference and 10.25” (26 cm) total length Mitts stretch to fit palm circumference of 7.5-8” (19-20.5 cm), with zero or slightly negative ease. Mitts are sized for average female hand, but can easily be made smaller or larger by adjusting cast-on number in increments of 2. Sample in YOTH Yarns Big Sister worked up fractionally larger. **Gauge:** 23 sts and 32 rows over 4” (10 cm) in stockinette st (knit in the round), after blocking. Mitts are knit at a tight gauge for durability and stitch definition. **PLEASE NOTE:** Changes in gauge will affect finished size, look of motifs, and amount of yarn used. To meet these dimensions, be sure to use needle size that gives gauge. **Needles:** Size US 5 (3.75 mm) needles, or size needed to obtain gauge. Sample mitts were knit using two 24” circular needles, with DPNs for thumbs. **Other Materials:** Cable needle, 2-3 thin stitch markers, waste yarn, tapestry needle **Skills needed:** * Knitting in the round * Increases and decreases * Putting stitches on waste yarn * Picking up stitches * Cabling * * * This pattern has been tech-edited in the ebook by Stitch Definition, and in the individual pattern by Lisa Beth Houchins of Meanest Mommy Knits. [1]: https://www.littleskein.com/ [2]: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/my-favorite-things-a-knitted-celebration-of-the-sound-of-music/patterns