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In the last weeks of my father’s life, as his body began to shut down and his circulation failed, I knit him hand warmers. I drew on the inspiration of my father’s deep love of trees, and his fascination for the ways that weather and disease made their mark on the bark. The ribbing and cables of this design are drawn from the deeply ribbed bark and the knots left behind after branches break, and the way bark grows around a wound to both frame and protect the damage. As my father said, we can learn a lot from trees.

The Wrapped Wristers are a simple fingerless and thumbless wrist and hand warmer pattern that uses 2x2 ribbing for an elastic fit and cable crosses to frame the opening for the thumb and add interest to the wristers. Easily adaptable to fit many hands, and using only 100 yards of yarn per pair, these are a quick knit for gifts, craft fairs, or any unexpected drop in temperature.

Materials Needed:
Yarn used in the sample is a mid-range worsted weight acrylic/merino blend yarn with a soft twist, and a put up of 213 yards per 100 grams.
- @100 yards worsted weight yarn
- 3.5mm (US 4) circular needle or dpns suitable for small circumference knitting or size needed to make gauge

Gauge: 37 stitches by 31 rows over 4”/10cm
Measured over relaxed 2x2 ribbing; remember to include the hidden purl stitches in your count.

Size Information: 5 1/2“ circumference by 6” length in unstretched ribbing
one size - fits hand circumference of 6.5” to 8.5” measured between the thumb and first finger joint
Because the pattern is worked in ribbing with no thumb shaping it is super adaptable to almost any size hand. If needed, circumference for the wristers is adjustable by adding or subtracting four stitches to the cast on and working one more or one less ribbing pair. Length may be adjusted by inserting an extra row between cable crosses or by removing one row between crosses. Keep in mind that these adjustments will change the amount of yarn needed for the project.

Pattern Instruction Format:
The pattern is fully written; you do not need to refer to the charts to knit this pattern.
The pattern is also fully charted; you do not need to refer to the written instructions to knit this pattern.

Proceeds in part from sale of this pattern will be donated to the Grand River Conservation Authority, in recognition of the many long walks my father and I took through conservation lands to observe the growth of trees and other things.