This is a steampunk version of the 1840’s muffatees or wristlets in a swirling pattern knit in the round on 3.5mm/US 4 size needles in the round on Lang Yarns Lanalux, a metallic brown/rust coloured yarn.
One skein makes the two muffatees with a little bit left over. This pair was not made for me so they are a little big.
The wool pair was knit in Brown Sheep Nature Spun Worsted in Pomegranate on 3.5mm/4 US needles in the round. They were featured in an earlier post on this blog. The corkscrew pattern is very easy to memorise and can be knit flat, too, with a little bit of working out and care taken with the direction of the spirals. Working out a tension/gauge (none is given, of course, in the original pattern) is essential for a snug fit for different sizes of wrists, and it is not difficult to adjust the stitch count.
In both pairs, I added two rows of garter stitch at the top and bottom to create more elegant and tidy edges.
The pattern is Corkscrew Muffatees from Exercises in Knitting by Mrs. Cornelia Mee (1846.)
2 comments:
Lurvely! Thanks for including the Brown Sheep pair for reference; the new ones are so sparkly it's hard to see the detail. I bet they're gorgeous in person. And isn't it amazing how much a set of pulsewarmers can warm up your whole body? :)
Thanks!
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