December wristwarmers

December  6th

A hint of red under the coat

I love mittens and gloves but confess to not being able to keep them on for too long.  My hands just become too hot. My solution after several years has been to wear wrist warmers if the weather is not too cold as that seems to be enough for me. Warmth around the wrist where the cold air can seep in between the coat cuff and my skin.

So a perfect excuse to grab those knitting needles and make yourself a pair or maybe even gift them away.  I am actually thinking of making a navy blue pair next for my husband.

They are incredibly quick to knit up one or two evenings maximum I would guess and are perfect for intermediate knitters as you do have a few rows of using three colours at once.
Beginner knitters, this is such a small project that you really could give this a try! If three colours is too much for you, omit the Christmas tree and go with the white snow flecks instead.

Knitted wrist warmer number two in the making

Close up of the knitted pattern

Full effect of the wrist warmer 

WRIST WARMER PATTERN:

Using dk wool of your choice and appropriate needles, I tend to prefer dpn, but you could very easily use circular needles instead.
The wrist warmers can be made in either the standard long length or can be adapted to be made into shorter wrist warmers.

Cast on 32 (8 on each of the four dpn)
Rows 1 - 10
knit in rib ~  knit 2 pearl 2

Rows 11 - 31
Begin the pattern at bottom left hand corner.  Start each row from the left side of the chart.  The pattern follows a repeat after 8 stitches, so if you are knitting on dpn each needle will follow exactly the same pattern.

SHORT VERSION:  If you wish to have short wrist warmers that literally just cover the wrists then follow the pattern with ribbing on either side only and no plain red after the pattern.
Short version only:
After the pattern
Rows 32 - 42 
knit in rib ~  knit 2 pearl 2
Cast off

Make second wrist warmer.

STANDARD VERSION:

Rows 32 - 62
Knit 30 rows
NOTE: If your lower arms are larger than average, as are mine, then you will need to increase stitches to accommodate for the widening of the arm.  I added 8 stitches making one at the beginning of each of the following rows: 32, 36, 41, 45, 49, 53, 56, 60 = total of now 40 stitches in each row


After the pattern
Rows 63 - 73 
knit in rib ~  knit 2 pearl 2
Cast off

Make second wrist warmer.

Please note the numbers at the side do not correspond to the written pattern

Please note the numbers at the side do not correspond to the written pattern

Inspiration from here

♥   Keep warm out there   ♥