Beating the Pox

Sounds very 18th Century... Child has chicken pox and I've taken to the crotchet hook (it was either that or Sloe Gin, but pick your battles...) After a request from a kind friend, I've rustled up wrist-warmer-glove-type things which without the garish flowers do look a little like a woollen suit of armor, but whatever, they do the job. Pretty easy really:
-Chain as many stitches as it takes to go around your wrist plus a little bit;
-First row treble stitch across;
- Subsequent rows, double crotchet up to Peter-Pointer Knuckle, then decrease each row twice either side of the middle by two until you are paralell with all your knuckles;
- Treble crotchet across the top (looks pretty) then stitch up the sides remembering to leave a hole for your thumb;
- Fasten off then add one row of double crotchet around the thumb-hole (looks kinda tidy);
- Add garish adornments and weild a broad-sword with pride.