Valentine’s Themed Knit Wristwarmers

Some of you might know that I got my start writing about knitting at the now-defunct About.com. I wrote a lot of patterns for that site, nearly 200 of which are chronicled on Ravelry (though I am sure that’s not all of them).

Since About.com went away, some of the patterns migrated to that company’s new home and hobby themed site called the Spruce, but many others fell off the face of the Internet. I’ve been going through lately and finding the links to them on the Internet Archive and am happy to say as I write this that I’m almost done and should have valid links for all the projects on Ravelry by the end of this week (finding which patterns are not already in Ravlery and adding them will probably take a lot longer).

It’s not a perfect solution, because the Internet Archive pages don’t always show images, and if there were PDF downloads of charts, say, those links no longer seem to work.

Such is the case with these cute Valentine’s wristwarmers. They’re a quick and easy project, great for those who are new to colorwork, and you still have time to make them for the holiday.

As I updated that pattern page I wanted to be able to share the charts as well so that people could actually knit the pattern again. There are JPGs of the charts on the Ravelry pattern page, but the PDFs are now being housed here so you can download and print them. There is a color and a black and white option. These are from back in the day before I had a chart making program so they are hand drawn. It’s fun to see how far I’ve come!

I hope you enjoy this sweet little pattern!

Looking for more Heart-shaped Knitting Patterns for Valentine’s Day? Check these out on Etsy.

Fall will be here before we know it, and that means there are holidays coming right behind where we might be entertaining at home. It’s always fun to have a hand knit touch in your home for other people to see, and if you’re going to be in the kitchen all day you might as well have some nice knit dish cloths to use.

I love this little plaid hand towel from Darling Jadore. Use a little bit of leftover cotton yarn from another project for the plaid portion. It looks like the horizontal stripes are worked as you knit and the vertical stripes are done with duplicate stitch, making this a quick and easy project even newer knitters can make.

Combine garter stitch and an easy eyelet pattern worked sideways to make the Annette Dish Towel from Cluck Cluck Boots, which is meant to be reminiscent of flour sack towels. It calls for DK weight yarn and you can work it in one color or two (or even three!).

Add a little more texture with this set of kitchen towels from Whileberry Creative. They’re mostly worked in garter stitch with borders in easy knit/purl patterns, and you can work them in sport or worsted weight yarn.

Two of Wands Shop has another cute allover knit and purl pattern they call the Seersucker Textured Tea Towel. It’s an easy repeating pattern worked in worsted weight yarn, and there’s a chart in the pattern you can use, but don’t have to, if you want to practice knitting from a chart.

The Classic Cloth dish towel from Handmade Home by Connie is another one that can use a little leftover yarn in a contrasting color, or you could color block it our use stripes throughout the pattern. This one uses worsted weight yarn and another easy repeating knit purl stitch pattern.

If you like to hang your towel on the oven handle or elsewhere but it’s always falling off, try the Stay Put kitchen towel from Fancy Step Knits. This project is worked in garter stitch and includes a hole partway through so you can pull the towel through itself over a rod or handle. Stripes are optional but a nice addition.

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