Wednesday 19 September 2012

Time for Wrist Warmers/Mittens

Although it is lovely and sunny, it is getting chilly in the mornings on the bike. Not quite time for gloves yet, but wrist warmers are definitely useful. It can also be rather chilly when doing computer work (which seems to take 90% of my time) in the office as 'the mighty men in the Univeristy' have not turned on the central heating yet... !
 
 
So many creative bloggers were making wrist warmers last winter! Hard not to be inspired...! I got some lovely thin and soft Rowan yarn and with crochet hook no 3 it really is a quick job to whip up these wrist warmers. I got the idea from the very inspirational blog Hobbyuglas Hule. Click on the link to her blog for the pattern in Norwegian. She has also translated it into English and I have ruthlessly copied it in below. I kept a hole for the thumb to stick out so they are like fingerless mittens.
 
A tip - here is a link to a page with the most common crochet terms in Norwegian AND English. Handy for the likes of me who is more used to the Norwegian terminology but often find inspiration in patterns in English!
 
Yarn: Thin Alpakka from Du Store Alpakka, 25 - 50 g or Soft silk like fluffy  Rowan yarn
Hook: 3mm
Size: Smal (Medium) Large (X-large)

ch – chain
sc – single crochet
dc – double crochet
sl st – slip stitch

Crochet 44 (50) 56 (62) loose ch. (Or use hook 3.5 mm just for these ch)
1. Row: 1 ch to turn with. 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook. Crochet (1 sc in each of next 2 ch, skip 1 ch). Repeat ( ) to end of row. Finish with 1 sc in the last ch. You will now have 30 (34) 38 (42) sc on this row. Turn your piece.

2. Row: 4 ch, 1 dc in 2nd sc. Crochet (1 ch, skip 1 sc, 1 dc in next sc), repeat ( ) to end of row. You will now have 15 (17) 19 (21) ch arch. Turn your piece.

3. Row: 1 sc in first chin first ch arch, 2 ch. Crochet (2 dc, 2 ch, 2 dc in the next ch arch, 1 sc in next ch arch), repeat ( ) to end of row. You will now have 7 (8) 9 (10) fans. Turn your piece.

4. Row: 3 ch. Crochet (3 dc, 2 ch, 3 dc) in first ch arch. Repeat ( ) in each ch arch to end of row. Finish with 1 dc in the 3rd starting ch of last row. Turn your piece.

Repeat row 4 until you reach preferred length
Sew the wrist warmer together.
If you prefer you may leave a hole to the thumb and use them as mittens.

3 comments:

  1. Ja, du pulsvanter er "hot" "hot" å lage selv, og disse ble super fine :o) Så flink du er og takk for oppskrift.

    Her for tiden går det i strikking av poncho, dog den har ligget brakk noen dager, fordi jeg var på tur til England, nærmere bestemt LONDON, åhhh...my god....så stort, så mye folk, og så GØY, vel 10 år siden siste besøk, så det var på tide :)

    Todelooooo - take care !

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  2. De var jo kjempefine og sikkert ikke vanskelig å lage heller.... Nyt helgen med Professoren på plass og forhåpentligvis varme og flotte høstdager.

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