Arm/Wrist Warmer Fun

I've gotten back to my roots - knitting wrist/arm warmers :)  I went through this phase early in my pattern knitting career making up patterns for wrist warmers.  But of course I made up the pattern as I went, and I didn't write it down (well there are notes, but it's all short-handed jibberish with dots, squiggly lines and numbers - a language I think I could only understand).

My sis and her husband ventured downtown one afternoon and happened to stroll into this yarn store.  Now, my sister does not knit (she sews... we make a pretty good crafting mega team!), but she strolled in because she wanted to get me a business card just in case I wanted to go some time.  While she was there she saw these arm warmers that looked pretty cool - it was a long cable knit arm warmer with a cable pattern.  What was so interesting about these arm warmers was the cable wrapped around the thumb hole.  She asked me if I could knit something similar for her.  I consulted my cable knitting bible (LoL) and this is what I came up with:

 
I think they turned out pretty well :)  I used Martha Stewart 100% merino wool to make her wrist warmers.  I love knitting with merino - the structure of wool but super soft.  My sis loved the arm warmers - yay! :D

Pattern is available to purchase by clicking the "buy now" button below (sold through Ravelry and is a direct file download)

Colder Weather Means... Wrist Warmer Time!! *Updated*

So I have been thinking about how to diversify my Etsy store. Since it has been getting colder I thought what better item than wrist warmers! I love knitting them :)

The first pair I knit was from a pattern I found off of Ravelry but I had to modify the pattern because my yarn gauge was higher. Here are some shots of my first ever wrist warms... and the first time I ever knit cable!!



I do admit I can be ambitious sometimes. I tend to tackle projects where the difficulty of a new skill is high. But I made a ton of mistakes while making these. I made these at the beginning of this year, and since then I've knit pairs for various friends, each getting a different cable pattern on the back. Once you get the basic wrist warmer pattern, it is fairly easy to come up with your own pattern to personalize it. The hardest part about coming up with your own pattern is centering the cable pattern on the back :D