The old-fashioned look of gingham is given a fresh new feel in these lovely wristwarmers. The top and bottom are exact reverse images of each other, and in fact, the wristwarmers can be flipped upside-down if you want the opposite colour on top – or wear one upside-down and one right-side up, whatever strikes your fancy! The bamboo yarn used to make the model wristwarmers shown here gives a fabric with a lovely softness, shimmer and drape, without being too hot; but any fibre will work nicely, depending on how cold you expect it to be!
Sizing
- Short small: 5” length, 6” outer circumference
- Long small: 7.25” length, 6” outer circumference
- Short medium: 5.75” length, 7” outer circumference
- Long medium: 8” length, 7” outer circumference
- Short large: 5.75” length, 8” outer circumference
- Long large: 8” length, 8” outer circumference
Skill requirements
- Long-tail cast-on
- Working in the round
- Chart reading
- Knitting, Purling
Materials needed
- Yarn: Fingering weight, as follows (all yardages are approximates) - model used S. R. Kertzer "On Your Toes Bamboo", 75% bamboo/25% nylon, 328yds/100g, colours ON260318 (green) and ON260191 (purple)
- Short small: 60 yards of each colour
- Long small: 80 yards of each colour
- Short medium: 82 yards of each colour
- Long medium: 110 yards of each colour
- Short large: 95 yards of each colour
- Long large: 125 yards of each colour
- Needles: 2.75m DPNs
- Stitch marker, or whatever you use to mark for beginning of rounds
Gauge
- 36 sts and 41.5 rows = 4 inches in stranded pattern
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