On April 23rd, I went through my list of things to knit and add to my store and knitting some handwarmers were next on my list.
So I looked at several handwarmer patterns and got several ideas on how to knit some handwarmers. Then I set out to design my own and since my first pair were going to be plain white, I thought I'd call them "Plain Jane Handwarmers".
I knew from a couple of pairs of handwarmers I've knitted in the past that 52 stitches would be perfect. So I cast on the 52 stitches and began working on the cuff in a p2, k2 pattern.
I knit the cuff for 4 1/2 inches (or 45 rows) on size 2 dpn's. This gave me a nice length to keep the wrist area nice and warm. The I changed over to plain knitting for 12 rows, this put me at the base of my thumb. Then I started increasing for the thumb and after I had increased 19 sts for the thumb I put those stitches on a holder. Then I continued working on the palm until I got the length I wanted and then went back to knitting a p2, k2 to finish off the handwarmers. Then I slipped all 19 stitches for the thumb back onto my dpn's and picked up 5 more sts and knitted 5 more rows before finishing off with a p2, k2 edge.
These handwarmers were knit with some of my handspun white blueface leicester wool.
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