About the Design:
I’ve always knit EZ’s heart for my elbow patches, but I recently decided to go looking for something different, which doesn’t require paying as much attention on every row, and which covers a larger area of the elbow. The hearts certainly are wide enough, just not deep enough for how I wear out my elbows!

I found Purl Soho’s elbow patches (see Ravelry), but they use short rows at the beg and the end of the patches, when it seems to me that it would make more sense/be more ergonomic to put the short rows across the middle of the patch, where the elbow actually articulates.

The pattern has also been added to my blog.

Shaped Elbow Patches
Size (very easily adjustable): 3.5” W x 5” L
Each patch weighs approx. 10 gr.

Yarn used for the samples: Valley Yarns Sunderland. or other DK wt. yarn. The natural samples used 3 strands of laceweight merino.

(I tend to use baby alpaca or merino to knit patches for my sweaters, esp. the cashmere ones. As the sweater’s elbows wear out, the softer yarn patches won’t irritate my pointy elbows!)

US size 4 (3.5 mm) ndls (2 dpns are perfect)
Tapestry ndl

Gauge: 6 sts and 6 ridges (12 rows) = 1” in garter stitch

Happy Knitting!
Dawn