Some years ago a dearheart asked via my Etsy shop if I might knit her a pair of boot cuffs because her boots were gappy at the top. This is the design I came up with for her, knitted in any DK yarn or fingering / 4 ply held together.

Ribbing means you can wear them around your ankles or at the top of your calves with knee-high boots or wellies, pretty cabling hugs the tops. Increasing at the back of your calves makes them shapely.

All this flexibility means the Medium size works for both small, medium and large legs.

You can work your River Boot Cuffs in the round or on a pair of needles, instructions are given for both.

You can also make them longer or shorter, of course. And you can also use the same instructions with a slight change to make a hat on bigger needles using any Aran yarn.

So I’ve included instructions for this quick-to-knit ‘River Hat’ too and made this pattern part of a 2-pattern ebook.

Enjoy!