Knittus Olympus Interruptus
We interrupt the regularly scheduled Olympic knitting to bring you…wristwarmers! My easy, take-along project came to the forefront b/c of Valentine’s Day.
These are Brandi’s FAR overdue wristwarmers from Last-Minute Knitted Gifts. Unfortunately, I seem to have lost track of my rows on the second one, so it ended up three or four rows longer than the first one. Uh, Brandi, you don’t happen to have one arm longer than the other, do you? (Models: Erica, Jenna the Dog; Photographer: Thing One)
I know she lurks on my blog, but I’ll risk posting this picture tonight anyhow. These are for Mrs. R, Thing One’s teacher. They’re adapted from the previous pattern. To make them an even faster knit, instead of doing an all-over spiral rib, I just ribbed the top & bottom and did the rest in plain stockinette. If I were really ambitious, I could have put purple hearts or something on them, but I was pressed for time, to put it mildly. (Model: Erica, Perimenopause book; Photographer: Hubby)
PATTERN NOTES: If you’re considering making this pattern, and you’re hesitating b/c you’re put off by the idea of having to buy and use two 8″ circ’s, don’t be. Also, don’t do it! Just use some dpn’s instead; I did, and it work just fine, thank you very much. This is also a good one-skein project, if you have little bit of something. I used ONE 110-yard skein of KnitPicks Wool of the Andes for each pair, and I had some leftover from each one! This would be good for using up your bits of yarn. When I have more time, some day, I’d love to alter this pattern to be lacy or scale it to make it kid-sized.
It’s too late now for lace knitting, and I only got seven rows done on Olympia today while Thing Two was in class. Tomorrow being Valentine’s Day, it’s doubtful that I’ll get any knitting done. I’ll have to crank on Wednesday while Thing Two is in class….
