Ideal for Halloween. An easy to knit pattern.
You will need:
Brown yarn – double knit.
Orange yarn – double knit.
Metallic orange gold colour yarn.
Metallic copper colour yarn.
Brown felt & brown thread.
Knitting needles size 4.5mm (UK 7. US 7).
A knitting dolly (to make the pumpkin stem cord).
Method:
Cast on 32 stitches using the brown yarn and metallic orange gold yarn together.
Knit 5cm (2 inches) rib (knit 2, purl 2).
Change to orange yarn.
Knit 10cm (4 inches) garter stitch (knit stitches, no purl).
Bind off.
With right sides together fold the wrist warmer over and use yarn to stitch the side seam leaving a gap for the thumb. Do this by sewing 10cm (4 inches) from the bottom of the rib cuff up the side of the warmer. Leave a gap. Then sew 3cm (1 1/4 inches) from the top down.
Turn the wrist warmer right sides out.
Make two of these.
Make the face:
Cut the eyes, nose and mouth from brown felt.
(Template shapes are included here).
Sew the face on using brown thread.
Repeat this process with the other wrist warmer.
Make the stem:
Use the knitting dolly and metallic copper yarn to knit a cord measuring 4mm (1.5cm). Leave a tail so that you can use this to stitch the stem on.
Push the cord through the orange yarn near the top of the wrist warmer so that the stem emerges from the inside to the outside.
Sew the stem on.
Repeat this process with the other wrist warmer to complete the set.