Free Pattern: Simple Striped Arm Warmers

It’s the perfect time of year for knitting and wearing arm warmers or fingerless gloves (I had mine on just the other day) and this pattern from Yarnologue is a great quick, easy and colorful choice.

Worked in the round in two colors of gorgeous Mirasol yarn, you don’t even have to cut the yarn as you work, just weave it up the side.

This yarn is a beauty: a blend of llama, wool and angora. Of course you could use something else you have lying around if you want, or make this a stash-busting project by working in a series of stripes. You could make them match by dividing up your odd balls or go wild and make them out of completely different colors.

Of course it’s totally appropriate for this time of year that they happen to be orange and white…

[Photo via Yarnologue.]

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Why should the fireplace get all the fun? Instead of knitting stockings this year, why not whip up a pair of Christmas themed socks? These Christmas sock knitting patterns are lots of fun to make and you can wear them to holiday gatherings for years to come.

For our friends in the southern part of the world, there are the Christmas in July socks from the Kiwi Lodge – Kylie (Ravelry link). These shorty socks are covered in Christmas trees and have bright pink heels and toes for a tropical feel. There’s also an option to make a longer sock if you celebrate somewhere it’s colder.

Twin Stitches Designs (Ravelry) has a fun pattern with mix and match colorwork motifs you can use to build your own cozy Christmas socks. From the sample socks I see Christmas puddings, trucks hauling trees, Santa belts, ornaments and a couple of different borders. There may be more patterns included but the listing doesn’t say. Make a pair that matches or use different motifs on each foot for extra holiday cheer.

If you want to stick to Christmas puddings on your holiday socks, check out this cute pattern from Stone Knits. These lovely socks feature a band of puddings around the leg and a bit of holly by the toes.

These vintage holiday light socks from Grey Owl Knits by Sarah are classic looking and lots of fun at the same time. I love this color combination but of course you can make your lights and stripes whatever colors you like or have on hand. They’re worked using stranded knitting.

And if you’d like even more of a mix of patterns for your socks, try Barbara Ceglédi’s Christmas Chaos socks, a free pattern on Ravelry. The pattern includes 25 little motifs you can choose from, ranging from snowflakes and Christmas trees to elf hats, reindeer and hearts.

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Ann at KFI says
October 16, 2012 at 12:26 pm
Hey, that’s me! 😀
There was such demand for the pattern I had to get it posted before I had finished knitting.
Must have been a lot of cold arms out there that day.
If you don’t like double points you can knit it on two circulars, using magic loop, or two at a time on two circs.

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