Ruffle Cuffs in Crochet

These ruffled wristwarmers are crocheted with sportweight yarn.  Fast and fun to make: no seaming or blocking.  An innovative ruffling technique is included, which produces uniform ruffles that keep their shape.  Wear them tucked in or tucked out, or put one on your jam jar to dress up a meal.

Skill Level   Easy - Intermediate

Yarn
86-120 yds / 79-110m sportweight / DK wool, acrylic, or blend


A free .pdf of this pattern is available as a Ravelry download.

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You can find crochet tips and variations for this pattern in the following posts:
Ruffled Jar Cozy
Smooth Chain Finish
Forming a Base Chain Circle

Peppermint Warmers

These Christmasy wristwarmers are the armwarmers-short version from the Witch Warmers in Crochet pattern. To look more like peppermint, it has been modified to have fat white stripes and skinny red stripes. Here are the modifications:

MC is red, CC is white.

Ruffle
Base chain & R1: use MC.
R2-R3: use CC, do not change color at end.
R4: skip.
R5: use CC, change color at end.
R6-R7: use MC, change color at end.

Arm
R8-R9: use CC, don't change color at end.
R10: skip.
R11: use CC, omit sl st, change color at end.
Inc R1-R2: use MC, change color at end.
Inc R3-R4: use CC, do not change color at end.
Repeat Inc R2: use CC, omit sl st, change color at end.
Repeat Inc R3-R4: use MC, change color at end.

Top
Repeat R10-R11: use CC, do not change color at end.
Repeat R11: use CC, sc-bl all, change color at end.
Repeat R10-R11: use MC, change color at end.
Repeat R10-R11: use CC, do not change color at end.
Repeat R11: use CC, omit sl st, change color at end.
Repeat R10-R11: use MC, do not change color at end.
End with sl st-bl in marker st, as written in pattern.

Pumpkin Warmers

This is a new Halloween version of Witch Warmers in Crochet. I used the notes in the pattern for making the short wristwarmers. The yarn here is Plymouth Encore DK, in orange (1383) and lime green (3335).

The pattern includes instructions for legwarmers (or shorter ankle warmers) and a neckwarmer, for a complete set.

You can find other variations for this pattern in these posts:
Evening-Length Winter Warmers
Elf Warmers

Today is FO Friday (Finshed Object Friday). For more FO Friday blog posts, check here.

Yule Warmers

This is a wide-striped variation on the Witch Warmers pattern (knit version). It uses a variegated yarn for 2 stripes, coupled with a coordinating solid. The yarns are both Hobby Lobby's "I Love This Yarn" in sportweight: Dark Olive and Autumn Multi. *

Here's how to make them from the pattern:

1. Make a gauge swatch. This yarn knitted up smaller than the sportweight yarn used in the pattern. I had to make a size larger to get a size x-small. I decided not to use larger needles to get gauge, because the stitches would come out loose enough to not be so warm anymore.

2. Follow the notes for the short-version wristwarmers.

3. Knit the ruffle and the first 2 stripes of the pattern in Dark Olive, or your solid main color.

4. Alternate the remaining wrist stripes this way: 2 stripes all variegated, then 2 stripes all solid color, 2 more stripes variegated.

5. Skip to the top section and work all in solid color.

You can find more variations for Witch Warmers here:
Evening Length: I'd Open a Vein for You Armwarmers
Short Witch Warmers



* Photos feature my newly married daughter's beautiful harpist-hands.

Elf Warmers

Short and cute, these wristwarmers make a fast crochet project... great for stash-busting too. The instructions for making them are included in the Witch Warmers in Crochet pattern. Just use the short version notes in italics. You can make short anklewarmers, too, and a matching neckwarmer to complete the look.

If you prefer, you can knit these using the original Witch Warmers pattern, designed for knitters.

The yarn for this project was I Love This Yarn Sportweight by Hobby Lobby. It's 100% acrylic, inexpensive, and it has a lovely, soft feel when working with it and wearing it. In order to make this project, I broke down and bought acrylic to save money, and I was pleasantly surprised at how nice it was. Since these wristwarmers were a holiday project, I don't expect to be washing and drying them a lot, so they will probably continue to look good for a long time.

You can find another variation for Witch Warmers in Crochet here:
Evening-Length Winter Warmers

Short Witch Warmers

Short and sweet, these wristwarmers and anklewarmers are super fast to knit... great for stash-busting too. Basically, you just knit up to the top of the straight stockinette section in the pattern, and finish off with 2 stripes of ribbing.

You can find more variations for Witch Warmers here:
Evening Length: I'd Open a Vein for You Armwarmers
Yule Warmers