Hot off my hook is an actual finished object and a big tick off my Make 9 in 2024 list and it’s still only January! Yay me!
My eldest daughter had made a request for me to make her some rainbow wrist warmers for her upcoming birthday. Around about the same time I came across a pattern by Rosina (of Zeens and Roger) for her Companions set, which included a lovely pair of stripy wrist warmers. I showed a picture to my daughter and she said I was on the right track…
However, as a pre-teen she had some very specific ideas about what she wanted; and the wrist warmers underwent a few modifications in order to be exactly what she’d envisioned.
The original Companions wrist warmers were made from gorgeous looking Yarnadelic by John Arbon Textiles which is a plump woolly 4ply (baby weight) yarn. However my daughter has clothing sensory issues and would never have coped with a woollen yarn so I had to look for an acceptable (to her) substitute.
With her agreement I used Scheepjes Colour Crafter DK which is a very soft 100% premium acrylic that comes in 100g balls (330m). It’s classed as a double knit (light worsted) yarn, however I would say it is a thin DK, so I thought it would work for this project.
She knew she wanted long stripy ‘arms’ so I used a combination of Amsterdam (Red 1010), Vlissingen (Orange 1723), Leuven (Yellow 2008), Terneuzen (Green 1821), Knokke (Blue 2012) and Drachten (Magenta 1827) and a contrast colour of Wolvega (Grey 1099).
The pattern provides different measurements for wrist and hand circumference which was very handy *excuse the pun*. My daughter is only 12 therefore I had to make adjustments so that the finished article would fit her smaller wrist size, yet allowing for them to fit higher up on her arm. As a consequence I had to blend the smaller hand with a medium wrist size to make them fit. I think had I been making the wrist warmers for myself then the medium size would have fit my hands / wrists perfectly.
At the last moment, my daughter asked if I could ‘add fingers’ – I tried to explain that this wasn’t part of the pattern, but she insisted that they were necessary. So, sorry Rosina, I cobbled some ‘fingers’ onto the ends of the design. They aren’t the prettiest addition, but they are functional and pleased the pre-teen. Please don’t ask me what I did to make the fingers as I don’t think it could (or should) be recreated in that way.
Anyway, Daughter is delighted with the finished modified mitts – even with the dodgy added fingers. The pattern was easy to follow and I think if I were to make them again for myself I would try the Yarnadelic yarn in a gradient of some of the pretty muted colours they offer in this range. Rosina’s pattern if you want to make some yourself is available from her pattern stores – I picked mine up on Ravelry.
Do you have a favourite finished object that you’ve made recently? I’d love to hear about it – let me know in the comments below.
Until next time folks! Happy hooking, keep calm and crochet on my friends xx
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