Pattern: Evangeline by Michelle Szeghalmi-Shirley
Yarn: Cascade Yarns 220 Wool, ½ x 100g skein in colour: #9404 Ruby
Needles: 4mm Brittany Birch dpns of loveliness

Nothing like a bit of bright red to cheer a person up on a grotty December morning! I “promised” myself these armwarmers if I managed to get the Christmas socks finished. I’d been finding wearing my mittens and gloves awkward when I had to keep taking them off every five seconds to adjust baby hats or wipe baby drool and so on, and I was getting cold hands each the time. So armwarmers were the perfect solution.

The pattern was nicely simple and it was easy to fit in a pattern repeat or two during baby naps. I made mine shorter than the elbow length given in the pattern, but there were no other modifications. There seem to be zillions of cabled wristwarmer patterns out there, but I chose these just because I liked the cable and it wasn’t too complicated (but not boring, either!).

The yarn I bought back in the summer for another baby project that never materialised, and it’s perfect; very snug but not overly soft so it should wear well. The colour is a complete change for me with my purple obsession, but I rather like it.

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