Knitted Wrist Warmers With Hearts

This pair of knitted wrist warmers with hearts are knit in two colors, using the intarsia technique following a chart.

They will look great made with any medium-weight yarn (worsted weight yarn) in any color.

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Knitting Your Own Wrist Warmers

The pattern instructions are to knit flat or in the round.

If knitting flat, you will create ribbing, use knit and purl stitches, follow the color chart to create the hearts, then seam to finish.

If you decide to knit in the round, you will knit every round, following the chart with knit rounds only, no purl stitches (only for the 1×1 rib stitch).

Knitting The Hearts

The technique you will use to create the hearts in the knitted fabric is called Intarsia.

This is a knitting technique that allows you to create various imagery in a different color/yarn in your project. 

You can use a special joining method, which prevents your fabric from coming apart or having large gaps.

You could use the Fair Isle/stranded knitting method if you prefer, it depends on what you are comfortable with.

Intarsia is used for more intricate designs

When you follow a chart for intarsia, it is normally for intricate designs that cover larger areas in the knitted fabric.

It uses less yarn than stranded knitting because you will use a new length of yarn for each heart.

You will have lots of ends to weave in and it’s a bit more difficult to knit in the round.

Intarsia is normally knit flat

Intarsia is normally knit flat and from a picture created on a chart with various colors.

Every time you have to change color, you will need a new skein or create small bobbins of the color you are working with.

For each heart, you will need to use long lengths of yarn, but you don’t carry the yarn across the main color, as you would in fair isle/stranded knitting.

Knitted Wrist Warmers With Hearts Pattern

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Notes

Skill Level – Intermediate

The knitted hand warmers are perfect for mildly cold weather to keep the upper part of the hands toasty.

This pattern works up fast using two different colors of yarn and can be made in three sizes.

You could use a one-skein wonder that has been lurking in your stash or scrap yarn.

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Size Information

Small

• To make the wrist warmers in the smallest size you can cast on 35 stitches.
• Length = 9 inches/23 cm.
• Width (laying flat and unstretched before seaming) = 6.3 inches/16 cm.

Medium

• To make the wrist warmers in a medium size you can cast on 46 stitches.
• Length = 9 inches/23 cm.
• Width (laying flat and unstretched before seaming) = 7.5 inches/19 cm.

Large/XL

• To make the wrist warmers in a larger size – you can add stitches, for example, cast on 57 stitches.
• This will mean working an extra 11 stitches to work one extra heart and the 2 edge stitches.
• Length = 9 inches/23 cm.
• Width (laying flat and unstretched before seaming) = 9.5 inches/24 cm.

Gauge – 18 sts / 24 rows in 4 inches/10 cm of stocking stitch.

The Supplies You Need…

Yarn

• You will need 2 colors to use in this project.
• Medium-weight yarn (04)/Aran/Worsted/10 Ply.
• Yarn Weight Guide (+ Conversion Chart)
• I used Cascade 220 Heathers (100% Peruvian Highland Wool 100g / 3.5oz / 220 yds/200 meters)
• 1 x Yarn A – Flamingo heather (1008).
• 1 x Yarn B – Soft Pink (4192).

Needles

• (US 6) 4 mm straight knitting needles.
• If you are working in the round you will need 4mm (US 6) 9″ or 16 ” circular needles.
• Knitting in the round – You will need 9″ or 16″ circulars or double-pointed needles.
• 9″ circulars are normally used for socks, so could be used for this project but if you can’t find them easily, then 16″ or longer is ok to use also – but you will have to use the magic loop technique.
• You can learn more about this here – Magic loop knitting | step by step

Notions

• Tape measure
• Yarn needle
• Scissors

Abbreviations / Knitting Abbreviations And Terms (US And UK) List

• CO – Cast on
• Cont – Continue
• K – Knit
• P – Purl
• St(s) – Stitch(es)
• St St – Stockinette stitch (one-row knit, one-row purl)
• Rep – Repeat
• RS – Right Side
• WS – Wrong side
• 1×1 Ribbing – Knit one stitch, purl one stitch, and repeat to the end of the row.

Pattern Instructions

Worked flat on two straight needles:

Make 2 the same:

In Yarn A – CO 35 (46, 57) sts. (See pattern size notes).

Work 4 rows in 1×1 ribbing – (K1, P1) to the end of the row.

(You will see the first four rows on the chart are included for the 1×1 ribbing).

Main pattern:

Row 5 (RS): Knit

Row 6 (WS): Purl

• Cont to work in stockinette stitch while working from the chart.
• You will alternate between the main color Yarn A and the coordinating color – Yarn B for the hearts.
• You will read the chart from the bottom up.
• RS rows (K rows) are read right to left.
• WS rows (P rows) are read left to right.

Work 4 rows in 1×1 ribbing – (K1, P1) to the end of the row.

(You will see the last four rows on the chart are included for the 1×1 ribbing).

Cast off in rib.

Making Up

• Weave in the loose ends with the darning needle/yarn needle.
• Stitch the side seam closed using an invisible seam like the mattress stitch.
• Weave in any further loose ends.

Video/Photo Tutorial

If you need help to seam, you can view this tutorial here – The Mattress Stitch – How To Seam Knitting.

Worked in the round on circular needles:

Make 2 the same:

In Yarn A – CO 35 (46, 57) sts. (See pattern size notes).

Join in the round and work 4 rows in 1×1 ribbing – (K1, P1) to the end of the round.

(You will see the first four rounds) on the chart are included for the 1×1 ribbing).

Main pattern:

Row 5 (RS): Knit

Row 6 (WS): Knit

• Cont to knit every round while working from the chart.
• You will alternate between the main color Yarn A and the coordinating color – Yarn B for the hearts.
• You will read the chart from the bottom up.
• RS rounds (K rounds) are read right to left.
• WS rounds (K rounds) are read left to right.

Work 4 rows in 1×1 ribbing – (K1, P1) to the end of the round.

(You will see the last four rounds on the chart are included for the 1×1 ribbing).

Cast off in rib.

Weave in all loose ends.

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