Knit Wrist Warmers and Matching Messy Bun Beanie

Happy birthday to me! My aunt sent me 2 skeins of this delicious Zauberball Crazy Cotton yarn for my birthday and to celebrate I decided to make a fun, coordinating set of wrist warmers and a messy bun beanie out of it. The self-striping yarn already makes quite the statement on its own, so I wanted to use a pattern that wouldn’t detract from the beautiful colors, but would also provide more interest and texture than just a simple stockinette stitch. I decided to create my own pattern using a combination of simple ribbing and a diagonal seed stitch. I hope you like it as much as I do!

Wrist Warmer Pattern

SIZES

One size

GAUGE

~6 stitches and 10 rows = 1 inch in diagonal seed stitch

MATERIALS

~100g of DK weight yarn for wrist warmers + ~50g of DK weight yarn for the hat - I used Zauberball Crazy Cotton
Size US1 40″ circular needle (for magic loop) - note: I tend to have a fairly loose stitch, so you may want to use larger needles to obtain the same gauge
Yarn or darning needle
Scissors

ABBREVIATIONS

K - knit
P - purl
K2tog - knit 2 together

m1l - make one left: pick up the bar between the end stitches on the left and right needles by inserting the left needle from front to back, so that the picked-up stitch sits on the left needle in the same orientation as the other stitches. Knit through the back of the new stitch, twisting it.

m1r - make one right: pick up the bar between the end stitches on the left and right needles by inserting the left needle under the bar from back to front, so that the picked-up stitch sits in the opposite orientation from the other stitches. Knit through the front of the new stitch, twisting it.

INSTRUCTIONS

Cast on 54 sts
Using Magic loop method, work k1, p1 ribbing for 12 rounds
Rd 13: k7, K2tog - repeat to end of round (48 sts)

Main pattern

Repeat each sequence below until end of round:
Rd 1: p1, k5
Rd 2: k1, p1, k4
Rd 3: k2, p1, k3
Rd 4: k3, p1, k2
Rd 5: k4, p1, k1
Rd 6: k5, p1

Repeat these 6 rounds until wrist warmer measures 6 inches from cast on edge.

Thumb gusset

Rd 1: work 24 sts in main pattern, m1l, k rem sts in main pattern
Rd 2 and all even rds: work 24 in main pattern, k across added sts, work remaining sts in main pattern
Rd 3: work 24 sts in main pattern, m1r, k1, m1l, k rem sts in main pattern
Rd 5: work 24 sts in main pattern, m1r, k3, m1l, k rem sts in main pattern
Rd 7: work 24 sts in main pattern, m1r, k5, m1l, k rem sts in main pattern
Rd 9: work 24 sts in main pattern, m1r, k7, m1l, k rem sts in main pattern
Rd 11: work 24 sts in main pattern, m1r, k9, m1l, k rem sts in main pattern
Rd 13: work 24 sts in main pattern, m1r, k11, m1l, k rem sts in main pattern
Rd 15: work 24 sts in main pattern, m1r, k13, m1l, k rem sts in main pattern
Rd 17: work 24 sts in main pattern, m1r, k15, m1l, k rem sts in main pattern
Rd 19: work 24 sts in main pattern, m1r, k17, m1l, k rem sts in main pattern
Rd 21: work 24 in main pattern, bind off 19 sts loosely, join to remaining sts, continue working in main pattern to end of round.

Finish

Rd 1-3: Continue in main pattern 
Rd 4 - 15: k1, p1 - repeat to end of round
Bind off loosely knit wise, weave in ends.

Repeat entire pattern for second wrist warmer.

Note: because I was using self striping yarn and I wanted the stripes on both wrist warmers to line up with one another, I used a new ball of yarn to start the second wrist warmer.

Messy Bun Hat Pattern

Instructions

Cast on 144 sts
Join in round, Using Magic loop method, work k2, p2 ribbing for 15 rounds (144 sts per round)
Rd 16: k10, K2tog - repeat to end of round (132 sts)

Main pattern

Repeat each sequence below until end of round:
Rd 1: p1, k5
Rd 2: k1, p1, k4
Rd 3: k2, p1, k3
Rd 4: k3, p1, k2
Rd 5: k4, p1, k1
Rd 6: k5, p1

Repeat these 6 rounds 2 more times (18 rows of main pattern total)

Crown Shaping

Repeat each sequence below until end of round:
Rd 1: p1, k3, k2tog, p1, k5 (121 sts)
Rd 2: k1, p1, k4, p1, k4
Rd 3: k2, p1, k4, p1, k3
Rd 4: k3, p1, k4, p1, k2
Rd 5: k4, p1, k4, p1, k1
Rd 6: k5, p1, k4, p1
Rd 7: p1, k4, k2tog, p1 (110 sts)
Rd 8: k1, p1, k3
Rd 9: k2, p1, k2
Rd 10: k3, p1, k1
Rd 11: k4, p1
Rd 12: p1, k2, k2tog, p1, k4 (99 sts)
Rd 13: k1, p1, k3, p1, k3
Rd 14: k2, p1, k3, p1, k2
Rd 15: k3, p1, k3, p1, k1
Rd 16: k4, p1, k3, p1
Rd 17: p1, k2, k2tog, p1, k3 (88 sts)
Rd 18: k1, p1, k2
Rd 19: k2, p1, k1
Rd 20: k3, p1
Rd 21: p1, k1, k2tog, p1, k3 (77 sts)
Rd 22: k1, p1, k2, p1, k2
Rd 23: k2, p1, k2, p1, k1
Rd 24: k3, p1, k2, p1
Rd 25: p1, k1, k2tog, p1, k2 (66 sts)
Rd 26: k1, p1, k1
Rd 27: k2, p1
Rd 28: p1, k2tog, p1, k2 (55 sts)
Rd 29: k1, p1, k1, p1, k1
Rd 30: k2, p1, k1, p1
Rd 31: p1, k2tog, p1, k1 (44 sts)
Rd 32: k1, p1
Bind off loosely, secure, weave in ends