Spiked Watermelon Wrist Warmers – Free Crochet Pattern

When Marie from Underground Crafter asked me to join in on designing a crochet pattern for the CAL Central group, it was an instant “yes” from me. CAL is short for crochet-a-long, for those who are wondering, and they are lots of fun! This particular set of crochet-a-longs is “New Year, New Skill”, and the idea is to expand your crocheting repitore while sharing your projects/pictures with others who are learning along with you, too. There is the Facebook Group or the Ravelry Group, whichever platform is right for you.

Marie put together an awesome blog post with a list of ALL the designers and free crochet patterns for the crochet-a-long, updated as new patterns are added. There is also a giveaway for those participating! Get all the details for the 2018 New Year, New Skill CAL here, and if you are just interested in the free crochet pattern, scroll on down!

For my pattern I wanted to design something that was easily attainable and wouldn’t be too frustrating for even a beginner, but something that is still fun. Spike stitch is super easy, because really, it’s just single crochet done in a different way. It has a very cool visual effect, particularly when you combine it with high contrast colors. I chose some fun colors that reminded me of watermelon. Feel free to use just 2 colors for a striped spiked wrister, or go color crazy and use up some scraps! Can’t wait to see what you all come up with. Don’t forget to share pictures! Happy hooking!

Spiked Wrist Warmers – Free Crochet Pattern

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Supplies:

Worsted Weight Yarn (approx. 50 yards of each color)
5mm Hook for Small and Large, 4.5mm Hook for Medium, 5.5mm Hook for XLarge

Gauge:

4.5mm Hook – 9 st and 10 rows = 2” in sc
5mm Hook – 8 st and 10 rows = 2” in sc
5.5mm Hook – 8 st and 9 rows = 2” in sc

Measurements and sizing info:

Small – Starting chain of 26 with 5mm Hook
Medium – Starting chain of 28 with 4.5mm Hook
Large – Starting chain of 28 with 5mm Hook
XLarge – Starting chain of 28 with 5.5mm Hook

Notes:

Change colors by introducing new color as last YO/pull through of round before the slip stitch to join.

To avoid having to cut and weave in a lot of tails, carry the two unused colors up at the join. To do this, slip stitch around the unused colors at every join, then drop them to the back. Take time every so often to untangle your colors.

These fingerless gloves are made to be form fitting. If you want yours to be loose/slouchy, go a size larger than you normally would.

Special Stitch:

Spk – Spike Stitch: Work single crochet into stitch below working row

Abbreviations:

Ch – Chain
Hdc – Half Double Crochet
Hdc2tog – Half Double Crochet Two Together (decrease)
Rep – Repeat
Sc – Single Crochet
Sc2tog – Single Crochet Two Together (decrease)
Sl – Slip
Spk – Spike Stitch (see special stitch)
St – Stitch
W/ – With
YO – Yarn Over

Color A: White
Color B: Pink
Color C: Green

Let’s Begin!

(Check your size above to see how many you will be chaining and what size hook to use)
Written in size small. Larger sizes are in parenthesis.

1. W/ Color A
Ch 26 (28)
Join to first ch w/ sl st (careful not to twist)
Ch 1
Sc in same ch and each ch around
Join to first sc w/ sl st

2. Ch 1
Hdc in same st and each st around
Join to first hdc w/ sl st

3. Ch 1
Sc in same st and each st around
Change to color B and join to first sc w/ sl st

4. (Color B)
Ch 1
Sc in same st
Spk in one row below next st
* Sc in next st
Spk in one row below next st *
Rep from * to * around
Join to first sc w/ sl st

5. Ch 1
Hdc in same st and each st around
Join to first hdc w/ sl st

6. Ch 1
Sc in same st and each st around
Change to color C and join to first sc w/ sl st

7. (Color C)
Ch 1
Sc in same st
Spk in one row below next st
* Sc in next st
Spk in one row below next st *
Rep from * to * around
Join to first sc w/ sl st

8. Ch 1
Hdc in same st and each st around
Join to first hdc w/ sl st

9. Ch 1
Sc in same st and each st around
Change to color A and join to first sc w/ sl st

10. (Color A)
Ch 1
Sc in same st
Spk in one row below next st
* Sc in next st
Spk in one row below next st *
Rep from * to * around
Join to first sc w/ sl st

11. Ch 1
2 Hdc in same st
Hdc in next st and each st around until 1 st remains
2 Hdc in last st
Join to first hdc w/ sl st (28, 30 hdc)

12. Ch 1
Sc in same st and each st around
Change to color B and join to first sc w/ sl st

13. (Color B)
Ch 1
Sc in same st
Spk in one row below next st
* Sc in next st
Spk in one row below next st *
Rep from * to * around
Join to first sc w/ sl st

14. Ch 1
2 Hdc in first st
Hdc in next st and each st around until 1 st remains
2 Hdc in last st
Join to first hdc w/ sl st (30, 32 hdc)

15. Ch 1
Sc in same st and each st around
Change to color C and join to first sc w/ sl st

16. (Color C)
Ch 1
Sc in same st
Spk in one row below next st
* Sc in next st
Spk in one row below next st *
Rep from * to * around
Join to first sc w/ sl st

17. Ch 1
2 Hdc in first st
Hdc in next st and each st around until 1 st remains
2 Hdc in last st
Join to first hdc w/ sl st (32, 34 hdc)

18. Ch 1
Sc in same st and each st around
Change to color A and join to first sc w/ sl st

19. (Color A)
Ch 1
Sc in same st
Spk in one row below next st
* Sc in next st
Spk in one row below next st *
Rep from * to * around
Join to first sc w/ sl st

20. Ch 1
2 Hdc in first st
Hdc in next st and each st around until 1 st remains
2 Hdc in lat st
Join to first hdc w/ sl st (34, 36 hdc)

21. Ch 1
Sc in same st and each st around
Join to first sc w/ sl st
Fasten off

22. W/ color B, join to 5th st in row w/ sl st
Ch 1
Sc in same st
Spk in on row below next st
* Sc in next st
Spk in one row below next st *
Rep from * to * around until 8 sts remain
Ch 4
Sk 8 st
Join to first sc w/ sl st (30, 32 st)

23. Ch 1
Hdc in each st around
4 Hdc in ch-4 sp
Join to first hdc w/ sl st (30, 32 hdc)

24. Ch 1
Sc in same st and each st around until 4 sts remain
Sc2tog two times
Change to color C and join to first sc w/ sl st (28, 30 sc)

25. (Color C)
Ch 1
Sc in same st
Spk in one row below next st
* Sc in next st
Spk in one row below next st *
Rep from * to * around
Join to first sc w/ sl st

26. Ch 1
Hdc in same st and each st around
Join to first hdc w/ sl st (28, 30 hdc)

27. Ch 1
Sc in same st and each st around
Change to color A and join to first sc w/ sl st

28. (Color A)
Ch 1
Sc in same st
Spk in one row below next st
* Sc in next st
Spk in one row below next st *
Rep from * to * around
Join to first sc w/ sl st

29. Ch 1
Hdc2tog
Hdc in next st and each st around
Join to first hdc w/ sl st (27, 29 hdc)

30. Ch 1
Sc in same st an each st around
Join to first sc w/ sl st (27, 29 sc)
Fasten off
Weave in ends