Matchy matchy

I had lots of this interesting yarn and found a pattern just for it for a hat and scarf. I made a couple of the hats and then started on the scarf long, long ago. Then there was a birthday coming up... so I thought I'd finish the scarf as the birthday gal already had the matching hat. I didn't really end up following the pattern for the scarf and just eyeballed when to do the "pattern" rows. After finishing the scarf I still had plenty of yarn and thought something more was needed. So I made up a matching set of wristwarmers. I cast on 26 stitches in the round using size 10 dpns. I then knit for some rows and did the "pattern" rows whenever I thought it looked needed. One of them turned out looking possibly a little longer, but it's pretty hard to tell :-D

Fingerless Gloves to match...

After I made my Windy City Twist I still had some of the yarn left so I decided to work on some wrist warmers. I wanted to use the basic rib but also wanted to add in some interest with cables resembling a twist. I couldn't find a pattern was working for me, so I just got started with the rib. Then I decided to just start putting in cables and see how it worked out. It wasn't quite what I had in mind, but I like it and I made it up so that somehow makes it better :-) It was kind of complicated getting the cables to work on the left glove, but making it work backwards on the right glove was even more of a challenge. With that being said, here is my pattern:

BOTH GLOVES: CO 36 st on 7 dpns

k1, p1 in the round until ~4 1/2 inches

LEFT GLOVE

k1, p1, k16, *k1, p1, repeat from *; work this for three rows or ~ 5 inches

Begin the cable pattern

1) k1, p1, k2, c4b, k4, c4f, k2, *k1, p1, repeat from *

2) (begin knitting out of the round) (k1, p1)x8, k1, p16, k1, p1

3) k1, p1, k1, c4b, k6, c4f, k1, *k1, p1, repeat from *

4-6) even rows repeat row 2

5) k1, p1, k2, c4f, k4, c4b, k2, *k1, p1, repeat from *

7) k1, p1, k3, c4f, k2, c4b, k3, *k1, p1, repeat from *

8) (begin knitting in the round) k1, p1, k16, *k1, p1, repeat from *

9) k1, p1, k4, c4f, c4b, k4, *k1, p1, repeat from *

10-20) even rows repeat row 8

11) k1, p1, k4, c4b, c4f, k4, *k1, p1, repeat from *

13) k1, p1, k3, c4b, k2, c4f, k3, *k1, p1, repeat from *

15) repeat row 1

17) repeat row 3

19) k1, p1, c4b, k8, c4f, *k1, p1, repeat from *

21-22) repeat row 8

23) bind off

RIGHT GLOVE

(k1, p1) x9, k16, k1, p1; work this for three rows or ~ 5 inches

Begin the cable pattern

1) (k1, p1) x9, k2, c4b, k4, c4f, k3, p1

2) (begin knitting out of the round) k1, p17, (k1, p1) x9

3) (k1, p1) x9, k1, c4b, k6, c4f, k2, p1

4-6) even rows repeat row 2

5) (k1, p1) x9, k2, c4f, k4, c4b, k3, p1

7) (k1, p1) x9, k3, c4f, k2, c4b, k4, p1

8) (begin knitting in the round) (k1, p1) x9, k17, p1

9) (k1, p1) x9, k4, c4f, c4b, k5, p1

10-20) even rows repeat row 8

11) (k1, p1) x9, k4, c4b, c4f, k5, p1

13) (k1, p1) x9, k3, c4b, k2, c4f, k4, p1

15) repeat row 1

17) repeat row 3

19) (k1, p1) x9, c4b, k8, c4f, k1, p1

21-22) repeat row 8

23) bind off

Pink Camo Wrist Warmers

Just trying to use up the pink camo yarn I had purchased to make socks with. I decided on wrist warmers thinking they'd be an easy knit. I read some patterns on ravelry.com to get sizing ideas and then cast on.

CO 36 st on sz 3 dpns
Work in the round: K2, P2 until work is 4 1/2 inches
Stop working in the round and continue K2, P2 for Row 1 and P2, K2 for Row 2 repeating twice (total of 4 rows not in the round)
Work back in the round K2, P2 until work is 7 inches long
BO

I found the easiest way to create a thumb hole was to just stop knitting in the round for a little, long enough to make the hole the right size.

As an FYI, these were knit for an 8 year old girl, so sizing may vary based on the recipient.