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.
