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Friday, May 23, 2008

Seven Deadly Ribs Wrist Warmers (Free Pattern!)

The Seven Deadly Ribs Wrist Warmer


I designed these wrist warmers with yarn that
I received from the Seven Deadly S(p)ins yarn
club. The cable contains seven twisted rib stitches, each one standing for each sin. The palm is basic stockinette stitch and there is some shaping above the wrist to really hug your hand. I used the picot bind off from the Fetching Fingerless gloves on Knitty, and it seems to give the right amount of "edginess" to the pattern.

Edited on 7/13/08: I must have been on crack when I wrote this, because I made a lot of mistakes. Actually I just made the same one over and over, but it definitely affects the pattern. I'll highlight the changes for anyone that has already printed this off. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. :)

Yarn: The Unique Sheep Pima Petite (100% Peruvian Cotton; 2 oz/150 yds) 1 skein, Peace

Needles: US 3 straight, or size needed to get gauge

Stitch markers
Cable Needle
Tapestry Needle

Gauge: 20sts and 32 rows = 4 in.

tbl- through back loop
ktfbl- knit through front and back loop
13-st rib RC- slip 6 st to cable needle, hold in back, [K1 tbl, P1] 3 times, K1 tbl, cont in rib from cn as foll: [p1, k1 tbl] 3 times.


Left Glove

CO 36 st. (leave a long tail for sewing up the side)
K1, P1 for 6 rows
Row 1: K3, [K1 tbl, P1] 6 times, K1 tbl, K20
Row 2: P17, K3, [P1 tbl, K1] 6 times, P1 tbl, K3
rep rows 1 and 2; 3 times.

Cable Rows:
K3, 13-st rib RC, K20
P17, K3, [P1 tbl, K1] 6 times, P1 tbl, K3

Row 1: K3, [K1 tbl, P1] 6 times, K1 tbl, K20
Row 2: P17, K3, [P1 tbl, K1] 6 times, P1 tbl, K3
rep rows 1 and 2; 3 times.

Increase Rows:
Row 1: K1, ktfbl, K1, [K1 tbl, P1] 6 times, K1 tbl, K2, ktfbl, K15,
ktfbl, K1
Row 2: P18, K4, [P1 tbl, K1] 6 times, P1 tbl, K4
Row 3: K1, ktfbl, K2, [K1 tbl, P1] 6 times, K1 tbl, K3, ktfbl, K16,
ktfbl, K1
Row 4: P19, K5, [P1 tbl, K1] 6 times, P1 tbl, K5
Row 5: K5, [13-st rib RC], K24
Row 6: P19, K5, [P1 tbl, K1] 6 times, P1 tbl, K5
Row 7: K5, [K1 tbl, P1] 6 times, K1 tbl, K24
Row 8: P19, K5, [P1 tbl, K1] 6 times, P1 tbl, K5
rep rows 7 and 8; 4 times.
rep rows 5 and 6 once.
rep rows 7 and 8; 5 times.


Picot Bind Off:
BO 5 sts, [slip st on right needle back to left needle; CO 1 st using Cable Cast On, BO 6 sts] until all sts have been bound off.

Cut yarn with enough length to sew down to your thumb.

Fold piece in half, right sides together. Starting at the top, graft the sides together stopping after about an inch (or desired length). Weave in end. Using tail yarn, sew up from the bottom for about 2 in. (or desired length). Weave in end.


Right Glove

For the right glove, you can change the cable to be opposite from the other glove by holding the cable needle to the front instead of the back.
Since this is an odd numbered cable, this doesn't work like I thought it would. I'm fine with my cables going in the same direction, how about you?

CO 36 st. (leave a long tail for sewing up the side)
K1, P1 for 6 rows
Row 1: K20, [K1 tbl, P1] 6 times, K1tbl, K3
Row2: K3, [P1 tbl, K1] 6 times, P1 tbl, K3, P17
rep rows 1 and 2; 3 times

Cable Rows:
K20, 13-st rib RC, K3
K3, [P1tbl, K1] 6 times, P1 tbl, K3, P17

Row 1: K20, [K1tbl, P1] 6 times, K1 tbl, K3
Row 2: K3, [P1tbl, K1] 6 times, P1 tbl, K3, P17
rep rows 1 and 2; 3 times

Increase Rows:
Row 1: K1, ktfbl, K15, ktfbl, K2, [K1tbl, P1] 6 times, K1 tbl, K1, ktfbl, K1
Row 2: K4, [P1 tbl, K1] 6 times, P1 tbl, K4, P18
Row 3: K1, ktfbl, K16, ktfbl, K3, [K1 tbl, P1] 6 times, K1 tbl, K2, ktfbl, K1
Row 4: K5, [P1 tbl, K1] 6 times, P1 tbl, K5, P19
Row 5: K24, [13-st rib RC], K5
Row 6: K5, [P1 tbl, K1] 6 times, P1 tbl, K5, P19
Row 7: K24, [K1 tbl, P1] 6 times, K1 tbl, K5
Row 8: K5, [P1 tbl, K1] 6 times, P1 tbl, K5, P19
rep rows 7 and 8; 4 times.
rep rows 5 and 6 once.
rep rows 7 and 8; 5 times.

Use Picot Bind Off to finish. Follow instructions from left glove to sew seam.

Block item and enjoy!!


This pattern hasn't been test knitted yet. Please let me know if anything is wrong or if the instructions are unclear.

1 comment:

Little Hen Knits said...

Hey Girlcat---we should do a little photo shoot of these cuffs with the knife and all~~~I could make them look very spiffy. I will talk to you about it at basket making!