Friday, January 26, 2007

"Toasters" Free Legwarmers Knitting Pattern

1x1legwarmers, originally uploaded by myhighfiber. Toasters I made these legwarmers to keep me warm & toasty under my short yoga pants but the've become a staple for every day use. You can wear them tall or push them down to slouch. I wear them under my pants in the cold weather. Make them plain for a classic, subdued look, in stripes for fun or a variegated yarn for an organic aesthetic (like Black Forest Naturewolle). They go really fast and I like them alot as a gift.

Size

16" long, stretch up to 17" in circumference

Medium Women's Legs (if you have skinny calves subtract 4 sts from the cast on, if your legs are bigger add 4 sts to the cast on)

Materials

• 5mm Double Pointed Needles or 5mm/100cm Addit Turbo Circular Needles for Magic Loop

• 2 Skeins Noro Iro 100g/120m, Colour 16

Abbreviations

K . . . . . . . . . . knit

P . . . . . . . . . . Purl

R . . . . . . . . . . Round or row

Rep . . . . . . . .Repeat

St st . . . . . . . Stocking Stitch (Knit 1 row, Purl 1 row)

Instructions

Cast on 40 sts & join in round making sure not to twist sts.

• Work in K1, P1 rib until you have 2 m of yarn left

• Cast off in K1 P1 Rib.

Finishing

• Weave in ends.

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