just in time for birthday girl…
a pair of leg warmers to use when skating…
here’s how i made it. it’s just a 2×2 ribbing (knit 2, purl 2, knit 2, purl 2…), knit in the round on 4.5 mm double-pointed needles using yarn leftover from a previous project. i cast on 48 stitches and distributed them over 3 needles, then knit 2 purl 2 til my fingers fell off it was done. i changed the yarn to add a few stripes along the way.
when knitting in the round and casting on stitches for a ribbed pattern like this, the number of stitches cast on needs to be divisible by 4 (for a 2×2 ribbing) so that the ribbing lines up. so 48, 52, whatever diameter tube is needed for the legs.
i sewed on a sprinkling of buttons, and that was it.
Lucky birthday girl!
I hope you were kidding about your fingers falling off :)
hard to type this way! ;) thank you sarah.
The buttons were a very nice touch! A very lucky birthday girl you have there :-)
Those are adorable! Love the colors and the cute buttons.
perfect!
I can almost see wisps of smoke lingering. Those are really nice. Love the buttons especially.
And with time to spare! Good show! Beautiful job.
Very cool… or should I say warm. :)
thanks so much everyone!
Cute! Buttons add a dose of that to lots of things. Love how they look on your legwarmers. Great job!
so adorable! i really must work on building my knitting muscles. my daughter needs a pair of leg warmers for ballet. she is without because i can’t bring myself to buy them knowing that they’re (probably) a very simple knitting project…but i can’t bring myself to knit them because i’m a chicken.
meantime…her poor leggies suffer.
i’m so bad at sizing things. somehow i always manage to cast on too many/too few stitches, thus making my finished project too big/small after all the work. :(
suggestions?
chicken? don’t be chicken. i’ll hold your hand through it (mostly so you don’t poke me in the eye with a needle when things get hard). this would be a good beginner project, you could do it flat on straight needles, and then sew a seam.
as for sizing, you do get a feel for it after a while, but to be perfectly honest, sometimes even if you follow a pattern exactly, using the exact same yarn and the same technique and same tension throughout, even if you work out the gauge first and do a test swatch… things can go weird. yarn harlot, who has knit a billion things, has dedicated many posts and chapters of her books to this phenomenon. my point is, if it happens, you’re not alone. it’s just experience, trial and error with a side of “close enough!” :)
go for it shannon.
So far knitting is ok. I can’t figure out how to fix my mistakes yet.
I want to make arm warmer just like your leg warmers.
Your knitting skills are admirable!
Love, Camille
sounds great camille. looking forward to your finished project. and like everything, fixing mistakes is harder than making them (but you’ll get there).
Those came out so pretty! My daughter went bonkers over this – her favorite colors! But I reminded her that we’d have no use for such a thing in Florida. So she said “well thats why we should take a road trip!” ;)
BTW, I’m so excited – the girls & I will be taking a crochet class at the library at the end of this month. Its a start, right?
road trip, come on up! that’s great about the class at the library, a fun thing to do together. let me know how it goes.
I *love* them! Some of the big fashion houses are coming out with fancy cashmere versions, but this means I can make my own (and choose my colours)!
Thanks for the fabulous idea!
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can you tell me what wool chunky or double knit thankyou lesley
hi lesley, i used dk.
thankyou very much
you’re welcome lesley. glad you got a chance to check back for my response.