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

[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