Barton Cottage Wrist Warmers

I've recently been rereading some Jane Austen novels - I especially like "Sense and Sensibility". That's what inspired me to knit a pair of long wrist warmers - they might be useful during a cold winter in a Devonshire cottage.
Of course, they are useful in modern times as well. Especially, if you work in a draughty office :)

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Materials

• about 170 meters of fingering weight yarn; I used exactly one skein of Lang Baby Alpaca
• 3mm needles - I used dpns, but you can use circulars, too, if you prefer the magic loop method
• a stitch marker to mark the beginning of the round
• a tapestry needle to weave in ends

Gauge and Measurements

A finished wrist warmer measures 19 cm in circumference at the top (near the wrists) and 24 cm at the bottom (near the elbow). Its lenght is about 1 cm. 

In stockinette stitch 5 sts/8 rows equaled 2 cm.

Special Stitches and Abbreviations

• mk1p: make one purl stitch, as methods 1 or 2 as shown in this YouTube video by Knit Purl Hunter.

Instructions

CO42 and join in round, place a stitch marker to mark the beginning of the round

Rounds 1, 2 and 3: * p3, k1, p3, k7 repeat from * to end

Rounds 4, 5 and 6: * p2, k3, p3, k5, p1 repeat from * to end

Rounds 7, 8 and 9: * p1, k5, p3, k3, p2 repeat from * to end

Rounds 10, 11 and 12: * k7, p3, k1, p3 repeat from * to end

Rounds 13, 14 and 15: * p1, k5, p3, k3, p2 repeat from * to end

Rounds 16, 17 and 18: * p2, k3, p3, k5, p1 repeat from * to end

Chart for rounds 1 to 18 (1st and 2nd repeat of diamond pattern)

Repeat rounds 1 to 18 once more (2nd repeat of diamond pattern)

To widen the wrist warmers there are now increases (mk1p) made in the purl channels - each time in the first row of one repeat and in turns in the first and the second purl channel of one pattern repeat, i.e. the purl sequences get wider.

(3rd repeat of diamond pattern)

Rounds 1, * p1 mk1p p2, k1, p3, k7 repeat from * to end

Rounds 2 and 3: * p4, k1, p3, k7 repeat from * to end

Rounds 4, 5 and 6: * p3, k3, p3, k5, p1 repeat from * to end

Rounds 7, 8 and 9: * p2, k5, p3, k3, p2 repeat from * to end

Rounds 10, 11 and 12: *  p1, k7, p3, k1, p3 repeat from * to end

Rounds 13, 14 and 15: * p2, k5, p3, k3, p2 repeat from * to end

Rounds 16, 17 and 18: * p3, k3, p3, k5, p1 repeat from * to end

(4th repeat of diamond pattern)

Rounds 1, * p4, k1, p1  mk1p p2, k7 repeat from * to end

Rounds 2 and 3: * p4, k1, p4, k7 repeat from * to end

Rounds 4, 5 and 6: * p3, k3, p4, k5, p1 repeat from * to end

Rounds 7, 8 and 9: * p2, k5, p4, k3, p2 repeat from * to end

Rounds 10, 11 and 12: *  p1, k7, p4, k1, p3 repeat from * to end

Rounds 13, 14 and 15: * p2, k5, p4, k3, p2 repeat from * to end

Rounds 16, 17 and 18: * p3, k3, p4, k5, p1 repeat from * to end

(5th repeat of diamond pattern)

Rounds 1, * p2, mk1p p2, k1, p3, k7 repeat from * to end

Rounds 2 and 3: * p5, k1, p4, k7 repeat from * to end

Rounds 4, 5 and 6: * p4, k3, p4, k5, p1 repeat from * to end

Rounds 7, 8 and 9: * p3, k5, p4, k3, p2 repeat from * to end

Rounds 10, 11 and 12: *  p2, k7, p4, k1, p3 repeat from * to end

Rounds 13, 14 and 15: * p3, k5, p4, k3, p2 repeat from * to end

Rounds 16, 17 and 18: * p4, k3, p4, k5, p1 repeat from * to end

(6th repeat of diamond pattern)

Rounds 1, * p5, k1, p2  mk1p p2, k7 repeat from * to end

Rounds 2 and 3: * p5, k1, p5, k7 repeat from * to end

Rounds 4, 5 and 6: * p4, k3, p5, k5, p1 repeat from * to end

Rounds 7, 8 and 9: * p3, k5, p5, k3, p2 repeat from * to end

Rounds 10, 11 and 12: *  p2, k7, p5, k1, p3 repeat from * to end

Rounds 13, 14 and 15: * p3, k5, p5, k3, p2 repeat from * to end

Rounds 16, 17 and 18: * p4, k3, p5, k5, p1 repeat from * to end

Knit round 2 once and then rounds 2 to 18 of the 6th repeat. Then knit round 2 two more times and bind off loosely in pattern.

Make two.

Weave in ends.