It might be June, but we have seen a lot of rain here in the UK. It has even been cold enough to dig out some chunky yarn and have a jolly good knitting session.
I designed these fun, super chunky wrist warmers as part of a new knitting pattern collection called The Chunky Edit: 20 Modern Knitting Patterns for Hats, Scarves and Accessories.
The mitts are really fast and fun to knit. Just knit flat and seam up the ends, leaving a space for the thumbs.
These fingerless mittens are to fit an average adult hand.
You can use any super chunky yarn to knit up these wrist warmers. I chose a self striping yarn called Stylecraft Merry G Ground XL. This is a really soft super chunky yarn and is one of my favourite big, squishy yarns to knit quick accessories with. You can check out and purchase this yarn here at The Knitting Network or here at LoveCrafts.
Help with Super Chunky Knitting
Included in my new chunky knitting pattern book is lots of help with chunky knitting. For example, metric to USA knitting needles, and which ply to choose if you live in countries such as Australia.
Here is some of that information to help you select your yarn and knitting needles for using with this pattern.
Super Chunky (UK) is also known as Super Bulky (US)
Super chunky yarns are worked on 10 mm needles (US 15).
International equivalents include:
- US: Super Bulky (Weight Category 6)
- Australia/NZ: Typically 16ply
- Example: Malabrigo Rasta is a classic super bulky yarn for 10 mm needles
Super chunky yarns are very thick and produce warm, substantial knitwear with dramatic texture and very fast knitting.
Here is a list of metric to USA knitting needle sizes used in chunky knitting:
- 6mm – US 10
- 6.5mm – US 10.5
- 8mm – US 11
- 10mm – US 15
- 12mm – US 17
- 15mm – US 19
Ok, here is your free pattern for a pair of super chunky wrist warmers that I decided to name Pulse Mitts. This represents the changing the colours and textures, and the vibrancy of the mittens.
Pulse Mitts Knitting Pattern
Pule Mitts is and incredibly fast project ideal for whipping up a last minute gift. Using colourful self striping yarn looks great with this multi textured, fun design. You can of course use plain super chunky yarn if you prefer.
Materials
- One pair of 10mm knitting needles
- 50g of super chunky yarn. The yarn shown is Stylecraft XL Tweed.
- Scissors and wide eyed needle for sewing and finishing
Tension
A 5cm square using 10mm knitting needles, garter stitch and the stated yarn contains approximately 4 stitches and 7 rows.
Abbreviations and Terms
- K – knit
- P – purl
Instructions (make 2)
Leave long yarn tails when casting on and use for sewing up.
On 10mm needles, cast on 19 stitches.
K 6 rows.
Work the following 4 rows:
- K
- P
- K
- K
Repeat these 4 rows once more.
Work the following 4 rows:
- K
- P
- K1, *p1, k1*; repeat from * to end of row
- P
Repeat these 4 rows once more.
Work row 3 from the above for 6 rows.
Cast off as per row 3.
Sew up the side seams from bottom to middle and top to middle using yarn ends. Leave a 3cm space for the thumb hole. Sew in loose ends.
I hope you enjoyed this free super chunky knitting pattern. You can find many more patterns like in my new knitting pattern collection, The Chunky Edit: 20 Modern Knitting Patterns for Hats, Scarves and Accessories. You can access the knitting patterns for free if you have Kindle Unlimited.
I also have some individual knitting patterns available here in my Etsy store.
Many thanks for reading, hope to see you again soon! Cheers from Marie.
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