Snowflakes Beaded Wrist Warmers by Guoda Rugeviciute

Snowflakes Beaded Wrist Warmers

Knitting
September 2013
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
25 stitches and 39 rows = 2 inches
in Garter stitch
US 000 - 1.5 mm
109 - 153 yards (100 - 140 m)
S / M
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

Wrist warmers are a perfect and stylish way to keep your wrists warm both for daily use and as addition to an evening outfit.

Fits hand: 17 cm (6.7’’) around
Length: 9.5 cm (3.7’’)
Resizing guide for other wrist sizes included.

Gauge:
25 sts x 39 rows = 5 x 5 cm (1.97’’) in garter stitch.

Beads: 1302 beads for a pair.
One wrist warmer needs 651 seed beeds of your favourite size, choose one from 8/0 - 11/0 (2 - 3.2 mm). Will need 93 beads extra for each 2 cm (0.78’’) larger wrist sizes (744 beads for 19 cm / 7.5’’ wrist etc.).
Check your bead manufacturer for details: this might be 15 - 40 grams of beads per single wrist warmer as the weight is very different. Be sure to have some extra beads as they sometimes break while knitting.
If you can choose: get the smallest bead with the largest hole in a given size range possible.

Suggested yarn: Mondial Merino Extrafine or similar

Knitting skills needed:

  • garter stitch knitting
  • ability to knit tight (using smaller size needles than recommended by yarn manufacturer)
  • flat knitting