Thing-a-Day #22
Over a year ago, I saw a simple legwarmer pattern in a book at Purl Soho. The pattern was this:
Cast on 56 stitches. K2, P2 all around and bind off when happy with length. This would make something I’d seen in stores already. But I didn’t want something I’d seen. A mass produced item would’ve been more expensive (this project was about 1 skein worth, $7.50) but it would’ve taken a lot less time to obtain :)
What I wanted was something that would flare out at the bottom so it can go over my boots as well as be long enough to cover most of my shins. I’d keep seeing one or the other. Long legwarmers that abruptly stop at the ankle or short ones that go well over booties. Just needed to mix the two up and make it in a color to match my existing hat.
I present to you:
The Mellow Legwarmers pattern
Materials:
1 skein of Cascade 220 wool yarn
4 DPNs size 8
CO 56 stitches
Rows 1-60: (K2, P2)* til end of row
Row 61: (K1, M1, P2)* til end of row
Row 62-71: (K3, P2) * til end of row
Row 72: Knit bind off. Wear. Do “Maniac” dance.*
* optional
Enoy :)
Category: crafty, knitting, pattern, thing-a-day 2 comments »
June 1st, 2010 at 2:16 am
Thanks!!! This is exactly what I have been looking for.
June 9th, 2010 at 9:05 pm
Glad to be of service :)