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Pattern: “A Little Twist” Wristwarmers
February 16th, 2006 @ 10:54 pm

I know I said “no more wristwarmers for a while.” But then I lost the pair that I wear every day, so I had to make a new pair. It’s boring to keep making the same one, so I had to come up with a new pattern. So here it is, and I’m pretty happy with how it turned out: “A Little Twist” (PDF, should be readable on most systems — This is a big file, it might take some time to download, especially if you are on dialup! Please be patient and wait for the PDF to download!).

They are made of a soft cashmere blend yarn, with delicate cables and a thumb gusset. Like the other wristwarmers I’ve posted, these are a quick knit, and great for gifts.

Here are a couple more pics (click to see the larger ones at Flickr):

Some people have made these wristwarmers and posted their own pictures! I will link to photos here, so send me your URL if you post pictures of wristwarmers knitted from my pattern:

This pattern is Worthware — that means, if you like it, please send what you think it’s worth via the PayPal button here. I hope you think it’s worth something. :) Thanks for looking at my pattern!

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37 Comments

  1. Shelagh
    said,

    February 17, 2006 at 10:02 am

    I love the delicate cables…very pretty and warm wristies. Lovely work. And thanks for sharing the design!

  2. litlnemo
    said,

    February 17, 2006 at 3:24 pm

    Thank you very much!

  3. just john
    said,

    February 23, 2006 at 8:11 am

    Goshdarnit, I want some! Black, or dark brown or gray, with bright orange highlights.

    Y’know, for wearing while operating musical instruments.

  4. litlnemo
    said,

    March 1, 2006 at 2:38 pm

    They would be good for that. I remember playing in many cold practice rooms when I was playing.

    You could always learn to knit… these are pretty easy.

  5. Jennifer
    said,

    March 18, 2006 at 7:10 pm

    Very pretty. I hope I will be making these sometime. Good work and thanks for the free pattern!

  6. Dorothy
    said,

    March 24, 2006 at 10:02 am

    I have made some plain wristwarmers for my Merchant Marine son and now it is time for making some for me.
    Thanks for a great pattern. I love it and know these wristwarmers will get plenty of wear. Thanks for being so generous as to share your patterns with all of us on the internet.

  7. litlnemo
    said,

    March 24, 2006 at 3:02 pm

    You are welcome! I am glad you like the patterns. I am enjoying writing them!

  8. Bobbie
    said,

    September 11, 2006 at 11:22 am

    I really like the wristwarmers but am unable to get to the directions on how the make them.

  9. litlnemo
    said,

    September 11, 2006 at 2:37 pm

    I just checked the link and it still works. You could try it again, or let me know your e-mail address and I could e-mail you the pattern. It is a PDF so you have to have Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat or another PDF-reading program to read it. You probably do, unless you have a WebTV or something like that. As long as you have a computer with a program that reads PDFs it should work.

  10. Paula Crandall
    said,

    September 11, 2006 at 3:27 pm

    I like the blue grey ones a lot but cannot get a pattern to come up could
    you email me please? Thanks, Paula

  11. litlnemo
    said,

    September 11, 2006 at 3:41 pm

    I can e-mail you, but I don’t understand why people are saying they can’t get it… I tested the link; it’s still working. If you are on dialup it will take a while to load, but that’s all.

    I think that probably is the issue. It is a big file and will take some time to load. Please wait a while for it to come up.

  12. Bobbie
    said,

    September 11, 2006 at 4:37 pm

    I was finally able to get the pattern. The fault was all mine. I had downloaded the newest version of Adobe and had not rebooted the computer. Once I figured out that I was unable to open any PDF I figured out what I had done. Sorry for the confusion.

  13. litlnemo
    said,

    September 11, 2006 at 5:03 pm

    Yay! OK, that is good that you were able to get it. I thought it was very strange that two different people couldn’t open the PDF today.

  14. Maxine Hannaby
    said,

    September 18, 2006 at 5:52 pm

    Hello – I cannot seem to find or print your pattern for “/A Little
    Twist” Wristwarmers and they look so good!!
    Are you able to e it to me??
    Thanks,
    Maxine

  15. litlnemo
    said,

    September 18, 2006 at 6:59 pm

    The pattern is linked from http://slumberland.org/patterns/little-twist-wristwarmers.pdf . I have checked the link (and had other folks check it) and it does work! As long as you have a program that reads PDFs it should come up. Bobbie, in one of the comments above, said “I had downloaded the newest version of Adobe and had not rebooted the computer. Once I figured out that I was unable to open any PDF I figured out what I had done.” So you might try rebooting, if you are having the same problem. Please try that and let me know if it works.

  16. Renita
    said,

    December 5, 2006 at 8:46 am

    I am having trouble printing your pattern, please help.
    Thank you,
    Renita

  17. Renita
    said,

    December 5, 2006 at 8:55 am

    Hello litlnemo,
    I tried again, was able to print your pattern. I will send you a picture once I make a pair. Thank you for sharing your pattern with us knitsters.

  18. Tina
    said,

    January 18, 2007 at 5:19 am

    I can’t open your link to the pattern. I made about 12 pairs of these for Christmas presents – and everyone loves them!! I think I accidentally threw awa the pattern and I want to make another pair for myself! Eventually, I will have all different colors/styles of yarn! Tina

  19. litlnemo
    said,

    January 18, 2007 at 5:48 am

    I tested the link and it is still working. It is at http://slumberland.org/patterns/little-twist-wristwarmers.pdf . See comment #12 on this page for a possible way to make the download work. If that doesn’t do it, I don’t know why it’s not working for you. I am glad you like the pattern! Do you have pictures of some of the ones you knitted?

  20. Sherrill
    said,

    January 28, 2007 at 11:04 am

    Hi! I am knitting the little twist wristwarmers and please do not think me stupid, but I am having trouble with the M1. At Round 25, P2, K2, P1, then M1,K1,M1, then P1, K2, it appears that I am making 3 new stitches between the purl stitches. Is this correct? I feel really dumb, as it appears no one else has had a problem. Thanks, Sherrill

  21. litlnemo
    said,

    January 28, 2007 at 2:48 pm

    At the end of Round 25 you should have 3 total stitches between those purls. Because Round 26 reads: “p2, k2, p1, sm, k3, sm, p1″ so you know there will have to be 3 stitches there to knit once you get to Round 26.

    So you have done one M1 on the previous round, and when you do two on this one, you should have 3 total between the purls. You might be running into trouble if you are using an extra stitch for your M1 somehow (I can see that it would be a little confusing if you use a Kfb increase), but if you are doing a bar increase it’s just like this:

    P1, slip marker if you’re using one, lift bar onto needle and knit into the back of it (making 1 stitch), K the next stitch, lift bar onto needle and knit into the back of it (making 1 stitch), slip marker, P1.

    So at the end of Round 25 you will have three stitches between the markers/purls and all will be well. :) Good luck with the pattern! I would love to see how they turn out.

  22. Sherrill
    said,

    January 28, 2007 at 3:27 pm

    Thanks for responding. I will do as instructed and will send a pic when finished. Thanks again. Sherrill

  23. Lily
    said,

    February 9, 2007 at 7:40 pm

    I’m going crazy with this pattern. Am I crazy? Round 24 – You add 1 new stitch – however, the pattern describes this round as: p2, k2, p1, place marker, m1, place marker, p1, k2. *p2, k2 repeat * to end. Let’s say I have 10 stitches on my first needle and then add 1. That makes 11 stitches, right? However, the line directions (prior to the asterik) only account for 9 stitches. You end up with an uneven p1 at the end of that needle and the rest of the rows get misaligned. I’ve tried doing this three times now and I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong.

  24. litlnemo
    said,

    February 9, 2007 at 8:06 pm

    Don’t count the M1.

    Think of it this way:

    You are starting with 12 sts on the needle according to the pattern. (Not 10.)

    p2, k2, p1 — you have used up 5 of your 12 sts, and 7 remain.

    place marker, m1, place marker — you have added one st, but 7 still remain of your original 10.

    p1, k2, *p2, k2 — this uses up the rest of the original 7 sts on the needle. You should now have 13 sts on the needle!

    repeat from * to end of round — this means you just p2 k2 on the other 2 needles.

    I hope this clarifies it. Don’t count the m1 in that row. Remember, the m1 goes in the middle of the 2 purls in the rib sequence.

  25. tori
    said,

    March 20, 2007 at 10:03 am

    I just made a donation because this pattern ROCKS!!!! Thank you! I just posted a photo on my blog if you want to check it out…

  26. litlnemo
    said,

    March 20, 2007 at 2:05 pm

    Thanks! I linked to your blog above. :)

  27. Jejune
    said,

    June 12, 2007 at 2:43 am

    HI, I’ve made your wristwarmers, with a few variations – very nice pattern, thanks! You can see pics of what I ended up with here :
    http://jejunesplace.blogspot.com/2007/06/warm-wrists.html

    I changed the way the thumb gusset cast-off goes – I only cast off 12 stitches, and in the next row knit the extra un-cast-off-stitch (ie on the *left* side of the gusset) in with the last stitch on the *right* edge of the gusset – this helped to close up the hole that appears otherwise.

    Did those instructions make sense? Easy to do, tricky to explain in words only!

  28. litlnemo
    said,

    June 12, 2007 at 3:15 am

    Ooh, they look very nice! I like that yarn. Your modification makes total sense, I think. :) Hard to tell when I don’t have the knitting in front of me, but it sounds good! I’m glad you liked the pattern!

  29. Jejune
    said,

    June 12, 2007 at 3:56 am

    I think I’ll make another pair, for myself this time, and I’ll take pics of the thumb gusset fix for you :)

  30. gem
    said,

    June 29, 2007 at 9:42 pm

    Like a previous comment said, this pattern didn’t make sense to me at Round 24 either. I read your response to her but I’m still baffled. You have the P2 K2 P1 (place marker) M1 (place marker) P1 K2 *P2, K2 repeat and yes, you have the first 5 stitches with the P2 K2 P1 and have 7 more stitches left over. However, if you’re doing the M1 (bar increase style – knit one and knit into the back), isn’t that using a stitch, with the purpose of adding? That would entail that there’s 6 stitches left, making the rest of the pattern off by 1. I think that’s what she means. And I’ve been trying variations of adding 1 without actually using a stitch (yarn over) but it creates holes. Please help. This is driving me nuts!

  31. litlnemo
    said,

    June 30, 2007 at 2:33 am

    Your bar increase isn’t the same as my bar increase. I see my problem is that I have named the increase incorrectly. I have always thought that a “bar increase” was the same as a “lifted increase”. (Must have gotten confused about this shortly after I learned to knit — and it’s never been a problem in any pattern I’ve knitted.) :) The lifted increase is what I intended here. However, you can still use a bar increase. Basically, place the marker, pfb, then put the next marker between the two sts from the pfb. I think that would work.

    Or, to make life simpler, just use a basic backwards-loop M1. I think that’s probably what most people are doing as lots of people have made this and very few people have commented on a problem. It really doesn’t matter which increase you use — even the YO might work if you don’t mind the little holes.

    I will fix the pattern to make this more clear. Thanks for the comment.

  32. Jean
    said,

    December 27, 2007 at 4:16 pm

    Love this pattern! It’s perfect, no problem reading/understanding. I even made them with a smaller needle for my daughter. Thanks!

  33. val
    said,

    January 2, 2008 at 2:00 pm

    Do you know how long I looked for a pattern to make for my new step grand daughter that is in the Goth phase of her early teen years. The first of many diff ones I hope. Any way I thought what else can you make a goth girl…arm warmers! Thanks a bunch! I am a brand new knitter so wish me luck.

  34. Jejune
    said,

    July 2, 2008 at 4:03 pm

    Hi – just made another pair of your lovely wristwarmers! I forgot to do the thumb gusset adaptation I thought of last time … but there’s pics here :
    http://jejunesplace.blogspot.com/2008/07/mission-wristwarmers.html

  35. litlnemo
    said,

    July 2, 2008 at 4:46 pm

    They look great! Thanks for the pics!

  36. Kim Mason-Melanson
    said,

    October 25, 2009 at 2:22 pm

    Hi!! My name is Kim and I like to knit. My nieces live out west and I always see them wearing wrist warmers but they crochet.I asked my friend, who is a Master Knitter where to get a pattern. She sent me to Patternfish. I’m not quite sure how to do this, but I’m hoping with your help I can get the pattern for these beautiful Twisted Cable Wrist Warmers. I only need the pattern for personal use. Thank-you for sharing…

  37. litlnemo
    said,

    October 26, 2009 at 2:54 am

    Kim, you can get the pattern by clicking the link in the post on this page, where it says “A Little Twist”. My pattern isn’t on Patternfish.

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