After looking through several patterns of Leg Warmers on Ravelry and not finding one that jumped out at me, I set out to knit up a pair of my own.
I had some Handspun White Blueface Leicester yarn calling out to me, so I grabbed it up and set out to start knitting. I knew the basics of what a leg warmer should look like. So I thought, that I could do this without any problems.
I started knitting the cuff for the bottom around the ankle and knew that area needed to be slightly smaller in diameter then the upper portion of the leg. I thought, 48 stitches would make a nice start in stitches and began with a k2, p2 ribbing. This helps to make it stay on but be snug against the skin for warmth.
I figured that 2 inches would be a great length for this cuff. I then sat back and figured out a nice simple 8 stitch pattern for the leg. However, I knew that where the calf starts to increase, I would have to increase at least 2 stitches every so many rows. I thought that going from 48 stitches to 64 stitches would be a nice increase. So I figured that the increases would have to be ever 4th row.
I began my pattern and knit another 2 inches before I started the increases. Since the pattern I had choose was fairly simple it was very easy to keep the pattern in line. Once I had all my increases added in, I just continued knitting in the same pattern until the leg measured (from the bottom cuff) approximately 10 1/2 inches. Then I started in on the top cuff of a straight k1, p1 ribbing.
I used size 2 DPN's to knit these leg warmers. These leg warmers are 12 inches in length and 4 inches wide laying flat and stretch to 13-13.25 inches.
Pattern: row 1 - knit around
row 2 - p1, k4, p1 around
row 3 - knit around
row 4 - k2, p2, k2 around
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