Armrest covers for armchair
Finished
October 30, 2023
January 5, 2024

Armrest covers for armchair

Project info
Pinwheel Flower by Jackie Erickson-Schweitzer
Knitting
Coaster
CleaningWashcloth / Dishcloth
DecorativeDoily
Needles & yarn
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
HiKoo® by skacel CoBaSi
2 skeins = 440.0 yards (402.3 meters), 100 grams
053
Red
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Notes

I wanted some covers for the armrests of my armchair and had this sock yarn in my stash, waiting to be knitted up into socks, but decided that it is such a good color match for the chair covers.

Step 1: CO with #3 needle, then switch over to #4 and keep repeating the beginning instructions to a 3.5” diameter ; 1.75” radius which at a gauge of 10 rows per inch came to 18 rounds; 60 stitches.

Step 2: knitting up a rectangle for over the armrest.
Using the I-cord cast on ( very pink knits has a simple video instruction https://youtu.be/KxNtbWYXrvg?si=Gp03iCExUaDEIkaH) , I cast on two times 70 sts for approximately 10” each. To mimic the eyelet in the front rounds, I work k2tog, YO ten sts apart in a diagonal.
The length will be determined by when I almost run out of yarn.

Step3: The last step is to combine the rectangles and circles.

12.29. I was knitting along when I suddenly panicked that I have enough yarn to finish and did a I-cord bind off on a needle one size larger ( US #5). But undid it when I saw that the edge flips up rather than laying nice and flat.

1.2.2024 Blocking the rectangles on top of each other to a length of 15.5” and the rounds to a diameter of 3.75”

Seamed and I attached a length of yarn to the chair to hold down the outer far corner.

I like how it came out, very pleased.

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October 30, 2023
January 5, 2024
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by HiKoo® by skacel
Fingering
55% Cotton, 21% Nylon, 16% Rayon from Bamboo, 8% Silk
220 yards / 50 grams

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  • Project created: October 31, 2023
  • Updated: January 5, 2024