Category: wrist warmers

This week’s list of free knitting patterns.

New Knitting Patterns This Week

Colorful Dress - photo:Elli Aravis

• Cloverfield Toddler Cardigan by Vickie Howell – adorable spring time cardigan for a toddler
• Colourful Dress by Elli Aravis – top-down knitted dress
• Riverrun by Erin McNellis – reversible scarf knit end-to-end
• Cables That Don’t Cable Hat by K Yarns – unique knitted hat
• Lace Gauntlets with Nupps by Victory Ranch – quick knit fingerless gloves with an elegant looking lace pattern

Know of any new free knitting patterns? Leave them in the comments!

This week’s list of free knitting patterns.

Spice Route Shawl by Lion Brand

New Knitting Patterns This Week

• Lion Brand has the Spice Route Shawl knitted with Superwash Merino Cashmere Yarn.
• Hillary Hunt at My Purls of Wisdom posted The Organic Mushroom Hat
• Crystal Palace Yarns has Merino 5 Pocket Fingerless Mitts
• Amanda J Smith created some The North Face inspired mittens, Wicker Pattern Mittens
• Jen Bianchi at Knitter’s Row knitted up some cable wrist warmers, Easy Peasy Fingerless Mitts
• Purl Soho at Purl Bee has an ingenious hoodie/cowl all in one, Spring Hoodie

Zinnia Dahlia Hat

Favorite Knitting Patterns

• Petra Hoy created used a beautiful stitch pattern in her Zinnia Dahlia hat pattern.
• Turvid has a simple but elegant scarf, One Row Lace Scarf
Princess Mitts by Jennifer Hagan is a lovely cabled fingerless mittens pattern.

Know of any new free knitting patterns? Leave them in the comments!

Today the Free Wrist Warmer Pattern Generator got mentioned on the Simply Knitting website under Nifty Onlne Knitting Gadget.

They make a good point about the generator being on an American site and to watch out for differences in terminology and needle size (they are a knitting magazine in the UK). Should I update the generator to use metric sizes too? And centimeters?

The Knitting News Cast website (http://www.knittingnewscast.com) has been updated along with its blog.   A couple of the most popular pages are:

Wrist Warmer Pattern Generator – generate your own custom wrist warmer pattern. This pattern knits up quick and best of all you get the perfect fit using any yarn you like.

Knit Earflap Hat Patterns – a listing of free earflap hat knitting patterns

The knitting news cast blog is located at http://www.knittingnewscast.com/blog

Wrist warmers and fingerless knitted gloves are a great way to keep your hands warm while leaving your fingers free. Here is a easy free wrist warmer pattern that knits up quick and is really fun.

Materials
Yarn: 1 skein Buckwheat Bridge Angoras Yarn (50% Kid Mohair, 50% wool, Corpus Cristi)
Needles: Size #3 Double Pointed Needles (DPNs)
Notions: Stitch Marker, Tapestry needle

Gauge
40 sts = 4 inches in K2P2 stitch pattern

Directions
Cast on 60 stitches on size 3 DPNs. Divide stitches between needles and join to begin working in the round, being careful not to twist stitches. Place stitch marker to indicate beginning of round.

Work in K2P2 stitch pattern until work measures 6 inches.

Next Round: Bind off 7 stitches. Knit to end of round.
Following Round: Cast on 7 stitches. Knit to end of round.
Thumb hole created.

Continue work in K2P2 until work measures 8 inches.
Bind off. Using tapestry needle, weave in yarn.

This wrist warmer pattern can be modified to use any yarn for any wrist size. Check out the free wrist warmer pattern generator to make a custom wrist warmer pattern.