Men's Triangular Wrist Warmers

This pattern was created with my BIL in mind. He's has a lot of problems with his wrists. He's had many surgeries that left swelling, scaring and sensitivity to cold. I wanted to make a wrist warmer that was not tight on his skin, but still warm enough for a Wisconsin winter. I also wanted them to be easy going on as he can't move his wrists.



Men’s Triangular Twists Wrist Warmers

Worsted weight yarn
Set of 5 dpns size 8 US. Large cable needle.
Small amount of scrap yarn in contrasting color, needed for thumbs.
6 rows by 5 sts. per inch


Fit’s a 9“ wrist. This pattern size can be made larger or smaller by changing needle size or yarn weight as well as by adding or removing sts. keeping the number of sts. to 10 on needles 1 & 2 for the right hand and needles 1 & 4 for the left hand. You may need to do 1 by 1 ribbing instead of 2 by 2 depending on how many sts. are changed.

Stitch explanation :
K1 - f / b = Make new stitch by knitting into the front and back of same stitch.

T2F = ( twist 2 front ) Slip st. onto cable needle hold front side, purl next st. on left hand needle, knit st. from cable needle.

T2B = ( twist 2 back ) Slip st. onto cable needle hold on backside, knit next st. on left hand needle, purl st. from cable needle.

M1 = Make a new stitch by picking up bar in between stitches.

SKP = Slip one st. knit the next, then pass slid st. over the knit one.


Cast on 40 sts.

Space evenly among 4 dpns.
Join yarn in the round. Work in 2 by 2 ribbing ( k2, p2 ) for 8 rows. Then 5 rows in knit st.

Instructions for rows 1 thru 11 are for first needle only, all other needles are knit. Both hands are knit the same to this point.

Row 1 - Knit. ( right side )
Row 2 - Purl.
Row 3 - T2F, K6, T2B.
Row 4 - K1, K8, K1.
Row 5 - P1, T2F, K4, T2B, P1.
Row 6 - K2, P6, K2.
Row 7 - P2, T2F, K2, T2B, P2.
Row 8 - K3, P4, K3.
Row 9 - P3, T2F, T2B, P3.
Row 10 - K4, P2, K4.
Row 11 - Repeat rows 1 - 10.

We start to add the gussets here, so go to which ever hand you are working on and continue with those instructions.

Right hand

After completing rows 1 - 11 you should be at row 17. Instructions are now for needles # 1 and # 2, numbers 3 and 4 are knit across.

Row 17 - #1- P2, T2F, K2, T2B, P1.
#2 - K2, [K1-F/B]x2, K4.

Row 18 - #1- K3, P4, K3.
#2- Knit.

Row 19 - #1- P3, T2F, T2B, P3.
#2- K4, K1-F/B, K2, K1-F/B, K4.

Row 20 - #1- K4, P2, K4.
#2- Knit.

Row 21 - #1- Knit.
#2- K4, K1-F/B, K4, K1-F/B, K4.

Row 22 - #1- Purl.
#2- Knit.

Row 23 - #1- T2F, K6, T2B.
#2- K4, K1-F/B, K6, K1-F/B, K4.

Row 24 - #1- K1, P8, K1.
#2- Knit.

Row 25 - #1- P1, T2F, K4, T2B, P1.
#2- K5, using scrap yarn in contrasting color knit 8 sts. Slide those 8 sts. back onto your left hand needle. Knit rest of round. Making sure to keep the scrap yarn nice and snug by giving it a small thug at the start and finish. We will remove the scrap yarn later to add a little to the thumb for a nice snug fit.

Row 26 - #1- K2, P6, K2.
#2- K5, K2TOG, K4, SKP, Knit rest of round.

Row 27 - #1- P2, T2F, K2, T2B, P2.
#2- K5, K2TOG, K2, SKP, Knit rest of round.

Row 28 - #1- K3, P4, K3.
#2- K5, K2TOG, Knit rest of round.

Row 29 - #1- P3, T2F, T2B, P3.
#2- K5, K2TOG, SKP, Knit rest of round.

Row 30 - #1- K4, P2, K4.
#2- K4, K2TOG, Knit rest of round.

Knit 2 more rounds, then 10 rounds of 2 by 2 ribbing, cast off in ribbing.

The left hand is done in the same manner using number one needle for # 1 instructions, knitting needles numbers two and three, each round and number four needle being knit as per #2 instructions.

Thumb
Remove scarp yarn by thumb gusset, by sliding live sts onto to dpns. It’s easiest to use three needles, one each for the top and bottom sts. and one to help pick out the scrap yarn. Then place sts. evenly on three needles to knit in the round making 1 (M1) at each end of sts. to cover gap. Knit 2 rounds and cast off. Weave in ends.