“There is something about a closet that makes a skeleton terribly restless.” Wilson Mizner (Playwright, 1876-1933)

This pattern is for two opera length arm warmers featuring a skeleton tapestry crochet design. This is an easy first project to those who are new to the tapestry crochet technique. Show off your Dia de los muertos style!

Caron Simply Soft [100% Acrylic; 330 yd/302 m per 6 oz/170 g skein] Raspberry, 1 skein

Red Heart [100% Acrylic, 244 yd/223 m per 7 oz/198 g skein] White, 1 skein

US K 6.5 mm crochet hook

One Size Fits Most

If you have more luscious arms, you can always add rows of main color yarn to the beginning and end of pattern. The only thing that is fixed is the number of tapestry rows that form the skeleton bones design.

13 sc and 13 rows = 4"

For this pattern you are making two arm warmers using the tapestry crochet stitch. For instructions on tapestry crochet, check out Carol Ventura's "Tapestry Crochet" (previously published under the name Carol Norton).

You will be using the same pattern for both arms. This means for one arm warmer you will need to keep all of your loose ends on the “right side” of the material and you will be wearing that arm warmer “wrong side” out. I like to clip the alternating color strand (leaving a 3 inch tail) if I know I'm going to be crocheting with only the main color yarn for 10 + stitches.

Abbreviations:
Ch Chain
Sc Single Crochet
BLO Back Loop Only
MC Main Color
AC Alternating Color

Directions:
Make two
Starting with MC - Ch 70, Ch 1 and turn
Row 1: Sc in the 2nd Ch from hook , Sc 55, Sc 15 BLO, Ch 1 and turn
Row 2: Sc 15 BLO, Sc 55, Ch 1 and turn
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 eight more times (Rows 1-18)
Row 19: Sc 8, Ch 4 and skip 4 spaces, Sc 43, Sc 15 BLO
Repeat Row 2 and then Row 1 two times (Rows 20-23)
Row 24: MC Sc 15 BLO, MC Sc 2, Alternate color (AC) Sc 3, MC Sc 28, AC Sc 3, MC Sc 2, AC Sc 2, MC Sc 1, AC Sc 5, MC Sc 1, AC Sc 6, MC Sc 2, Ch 1 and turn
Row 25: MC Sc 2, AC Sc 6, MC Sc 1, AC Sc 5, MC Sc 1, AC Sc 2, MC Sc 1, AC Sc 36, MC Sc 1, MC Sc 15 BLO, Ch 1 and turn
Row 26: MC Sc 15 BLO, MC Sc 1, AC Sc 36, MC Sc 18, Ch 1 and turn
Row 27: MC Sc 1, AC Sc 6, MC Sc 1, AC Sc 6, MC Sc 1, AC Sc 2, MC Sc 1, AC Sc 36, MC Sc 1, MC Sc 15 BLO, Chain 1 and turn
Row 28: MC Sc 15 BLO, MC Sc 1, AC Sc 2, MC Sc 32, AC Sc 2, MC Sc 1, AC Sc 2, MC Sc 1, AC Sc 6, MC Sc 1, AC Sc 6, MC Sc 1, Ch 1 and turn
Row 29: MC Sc 50, MC Sc 15 BLO, Ch 1 and turn
Row 30: MC Sc 15 BLO, MC Sc 35, AC Sc 1, MC Sc 2, AC Sc 2, MC Sc 1, AC Sc 5, MC Sc 1, AC Sc 6, MC Sc 2, Ch 1 and turn
Row 31: MC Sc 2, AC Sc 6, MC Sc 1, AC Sc 5, MC Sc 1, AC Sc 2, MC Sc 1, AC Sc 3, MC Sc 17, AC Sc 15, MC Sc 2, MC Sc 15 BLO, Ch 1 and turn
Row 32: MC Sc 15 BLO, MC Sc 1, AC SC 36, MC Sc 18, Ch 1 and turn
Row 33: MC Sc 6, AC Sc 3, MC Sc 1, AC Sc 4, MC Sc 1, AC Sc 2, MC Sc 1, AC Sc 36, MC Sc 1, MC Sc 15 BLO, Ch 1 and turn
Row 34: MC Sc 15 BLO, MC Sc 1, AC Sc 3, MC Sc 17, AC Sc 15, MC Sc 2, AC Sc 2, MC Sc 1, AC Sc 4, MC Sc 1, AC Sc 4, MC Sc 5, Ch 1 and turn
Row 35: MC Sc 52, AC Sc 1, MC Sc 2, MC Sc 15 BLO, Ch 1 and turn
Repeat Row 2 and then Row 1 (Rows 36-37)
Repeat Row 2 (Row 38)
Bind off

Assemble Arm Warmers:
Weave in loose ends.
Fold work lengthwise so that “right” sides are facing together.
Take a length of MC yarn and whipstitch the two sides together to form a tube.
Turn right side out (or wrong side out for the second arm warmer).

Contact:
Brenna Friesner
sinisterfemme@hotmail.com
www.theshhhsound.com

Photos:
Model - Liza Kahoe
Photographer - Lenore Smith