Dragon Skin Sleeve by Patrizia Freeman

Dragon Skin Sleeve

Knitting
May 2021
yarn held together
Fingering
+ Fingering
= DK (11 wpi) ?
30 stitches and 35 rows = 4 inches
in Dragon Skin
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
350 - 400 yards (320 - 366 m)
One size - easily modified
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

This is for all those people out there who arms get cold either because they live in cold climes OR because they live with aggressive AC.

Originally, this was just going to be a plain ribbed tube, but that’s kinda boring, no? So, I tweaked it around a bit. First, I decided to go with a bunch of colors, ‘cause why not? Next, I decided to add a bit of a pattern. Last, I don’t know about the rest of you BUT I have a LOT of partial skeins of fingering/sock yarn.

Hold fingering weight yarn doubled and you end up with a roughly DK weight or you can just go straight to DK weight.

Yarns used:

Main color – Miss Babs Katahdin in Sempervirens; approx 140 yards
CC1 – Anzula Squishy in Orchid; approx 40 yards
CC2 – Alisha Goes Around Unicorn Fingering in Teal; approx 40 yards
CC3 – Chasing Rabbit’s Remy in Octobers; approx 40 yards
CC4 – TML Daffodil; approx 40 yards
CC5 – Bronotta Yarns, LLC Supple in Gecko; approx 40 yards
CC6 – Bronotta Yarns, LLC Supple in Sanquine; approx 40 yards
CC7- Alisha Goes Around Descent of Woodpeckers Fingering in Brown; approx 40 yards

Note: These are all Fingering yarns that I held doubled. I put in the purchase dates so that you can see how easy it is to use bits and bobs of leftover yarn.

Needles:
US 4 – upper arm ribbing
US 5 – Dragon Skin pattern, upper arm
US 4 – Dragon Skin pattern, lower arm
US 3 – wrist ribbing

This is a top - down pattern i.e. start at the upper arm and end at middle of the hand.