I made armwarmers! (x-posted from my journal)

[rivenwanderer]

I started these a long time ago--decided to finish them since the weather is being all New England and stuff. I had to modify the pattern to include some arm shaping, and I'm reasonably happy with how it turned out--could be tighter, but better too loose than too tight to wear comfortably. They keep my arms warm and I can still type in them! This is also my first project with cabling, so I feel like I leveled up in knitting in some small way.

Details on the arm shaping: I modified the pattern by adding an extra needle with some more stitches at the beginning (at the end by the elbow), and decreasing as I worked towards the wrist. (I did a bit of swatching and made an educated guess as to how many to add, and it seems to have worked out fine.) Since the cable is the only part with a pattern, this wasn't really tricky at all, and it's a tactic I think I'd recommend anyone with larger arms who's interested in full-length armwarmers.

Comments

[spuffyduds]

Oh, they're lovely, and clever modifications!

[rivenwanderer]

Thanks! :)

[gblvr]

Oooh -- those are *lovely*....

[in_lighter_ink]

Those are fantastic! Love the colors.

And congrats on your first cabling adventure! (I've just embarked on mine, and definitely feel like I'm leveling up.)

[evilawyer]

Very pretty! I'm glad to see the cables showed up so well with the variegated yarn.

[hugh_mannity]

Congratulations! You have reached a new level. You can now knit cabled items and amend patterns. You have 523,212 stitches to go to your next level.


Those are lovely. What yarn did you use? Looks like Noro.

[rivenwanderer]

Yep, it's Noro Yuzen. Webs had it on sale for something like 45% off (still does for a couple of colorways). Each armwarmer used just under one skein.

[suncat]

I love how the varied colors combine with the cables.

[vilakins]

They're beautiful, and I love the colours. [mems]

I learned cables recently too and also feel I'm more of a knitter. :-D

[aedifica]

Oh, pretty!