Free Heart Wrist Warmers Knitting Pattern

If you love quick knits with a cute detail, these knitted wrist warmers with hearts are the perfect project.

They keep your hands warm while leaving your fingers free; ideal for walking, commuting, working at your desk, or cozy evenings at home.

The sweet knitted heart motif adds a playful pop of color, and the pattern is simple to customize in your favorite shades, making these wrist warmers a thoughtful, handmade gift too.

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Free Heart Wrist Warmers Knitting Pattern

Before You Get Started

Finishing tip: weave in ends as you go for a cleaner inside and less work at the end.
Read through the pattern first so you understand the construction and where the heart motif is placed.
Choose your size and decide how snug you want the fit (wrist warmers should sit close to the skin for warmth).
Check your gauge with a quick swatch for the best fit, especially if you’re using a different yarn or needles.
Pick your colors (main + contrast) and wind small bobbins if you prefer for the heart sections.
Get your tools ready: needles, stitch markers, tapestry needle, and scissors.
Count stitches as you go to keep the heart motif neat and centered.
Try them on as you knit (if possible) to confirm the length works for your hands and wrists.

Knitting The Hearts

The hearts are worked using intarsia, which is ideal for knitting flat or in the round.

Intarsia lets you add small areas of contrast color (like the hearts) without carrying yarn across the back of the work.

To keep the fabric neat and prevent holes at the color changes, twist the two yarns together each time you switch colors.

If you prefer, you can use stranded/Fair Isle colorwork instead, but you’ll have floats on the wrong side, so keep them loose (or catch them) for comfort.

Why Intarsia works well here

Easier to work flat than in the round.
Creates clean color blocks with no floats on the wrong side.
Great for small motifs like hearts (and larger designs too).
Uses separate yarn lengths for each heart section.
Trade-off: more ends to weave in.

Intarsia is worked flat

Intarsia is most commonly worked flat, following a chart to create a picture or motif in different colors.

Each separate area of color needs its own yarn source, so you’ll either pull from another small ball or wind a few bobbins/butterflies of the contrast yarn.

For the hearts, you’ll join in the contrast color only where it’s needed, then switch back to the main color, so there’s no yarn carried across the back like in stranded/Fair Isle 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.

You’ll knit this pattern fast using two colors of yarn, with three sizes to choose from.

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.

Materials

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

Abbreviations

Knitting Abbreviations And Terms (US And UK)

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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Helpful Resources

This pattern is for any intermediate knitters, but can also be a great way for advanced beginners to try intarsia.

2 Comments

Wendy says:

January 31, 2024 at 11:04 pm

Louise, what size did you knit for yourself that you are modeling?

1. Louise Bollanos says:
  
  February 1, 2024 at 9:55 am
  
  Hello Wendy,
  I am wearing the medium size (cast on 46) in the photos.
  They are not super tight to wear, I have a little room.
  I hope that helps!
  Louise

Free Heart Wrist Warmers Knitting Pattern

Before You Get Started