November 12, 2008

• free! free! free! wristque wristwarmers (I’m too lazy to change the dorky name at this point.

  Hey, I was digging around in the vault and found this pattern from an online class I taught a zillion years ago.  Here you go!  Free knitting pattern, take it for what it’s worth.  Go ahead and knit a million and sell them with my blessing.  Make a donation to a charity you love if you feel so inclined.  Share the link with all your friends and if you give me credit bonus karma points for you.  Whee!
  
  

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  the bare-bones quickie class by Pamela Grossman

  two styles:  Flat-Knit and In-The-Round
  

   

  Beginner-Style Wristqué Wristwarmers

  This is a very simple version of the wristwarmers, knit flat without a shaped thumb.  At the end you will seam your rectangles up the side, leaving a hole for your thumb.  It’s that easy.

   

  Equipment:

   

  about 2 – 3 ounces of worsted weight yarn for 6” Wristwarmers

  needles to get gauge of 5 stitches per inch in stockinette

  yarn needle for sewing up the seam

   

   

  Pattern:

  Cast on 36 stitches for a women’s average size wristwarmer.  You can go up or down four stitches to accommodate wider or narrower wrists.  In other words, larger wrist = add 4 stitches.  Child size = subtract 4 stitches. 

   

  With the ribbing, it’s really a very stretchy item.  I got 36 inchers to fit on my 6 foot tall dh.  They were snug. 

   

  Wristqué Wristwarmers

  This is the standard knit-in-the-round version of the wristwarmers.  It features a gusset thumb that is cast on as you knit down from the top of the fingers.  Honestly, it’s not that hard either.

   

  Equipment:

   

  about 2 – 3 ounces of worsted weight yarn for 6” Wristwarmers

  needles to get gauge of 5 stitches per inch in stockinette

  needles a few sizes smaller to get a snug effect on the wrist portion

   

  Cast on 36 stitches.  (This is the knuckle end.)  

  Join and mark for the beginning of the round.

   

  Proceed in P1 K3 for 20 rows, or the distance between your lower knuckle and your thumb webbing. 

   

   

   

  **Note:  You want to be very accurate about how many rows you knit AS you knit them.  Because it is really hard to count later.  And two rows makes a big difference.   Ask me how I know. 

   

  This should be enough to get everyone started! 

   

  Next step:  Casting on the thumb gusset.

   

  You cast on 8 stitches for the thumb, then decrease every third row until all the thumb stitches are gone. 

   

  After some committee input, it seems the best way to proceed here is to do the cast on by turning your work to the wrong side and using the knit-on cast-on method. 

   

  Knitted cast-on at Knitting Help:  http://knittinghelp.com/knitting/basic_techniques/index.php

   

  Then I knit around three times on the remaining stitches.  You should have no problem continuing in p1 k3 pattern since you’ve cast on 8, a multiple of four.

   

  Each decrease reduces the number of stitches by two.

   

  Thumb Stitches Decrease #1:  p1, ssk, k1, p1, k1, k2tog

  Thumb Stitches Decrease #2:  p1, ssk, p1, k2tog

  Thumb Stitches Decrease #3:  p1, s1, k2tog, psso

  Thumb Stitches Decrease #4:  s1 purlwise, p2tog, psso (yes, this uses the first purl stitch of the next round!) 

   

  You should be back to your original number of stitches.

   

  At this point, decrease needle size by three sizes, if you  have the equipment, to get a snugger fit in the wrist.  Knit until you feel “done.”   Mine go to six inches, knuckle to cuff.  I cast off with a picot cast-off for a sweet simple edging.  I did my cable cast-off on the smallest size needles I had, size 1, for a delicate edging. 

   

  Picot cast-off:

  cast on 1 stitch using the cable cast-on method.

  cast off 3 stitches

   

  repeat until all stitches are gone.
  

   Enjoy!  Come to my knitting forum with your questions.  I’ll try to make a help forum specifically for these wristwarmers….  woolywonder forums
     

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