About:

• Available Sizes: Five
• Sizes: 6” – 16” {15cm – 40cm} Calf Circumference
• Pattern Format: Written Pattern, No Chart
• Pattern Language: English
• Skill Level: Beginner
• PDF Format: Printer & Mobile Friendly
• Bonus: Video

Techniques:

• Knit Flat {Back & Forth} OR Knit in the Round
• Knit & Purl Stitches

Materials:

• Yarn Weight: Super Bulky
• Yardage: 45 – 125 yards {41 – 114 meters}
• Suggested Yarn: Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick & Quick
• Needle Size, Knit Flat: US 11 {8mm} Knitting Needles
• Needle Size, KITR: US 11 {8mm} Circular Needles with a 16” {40cm} Cable, or DPNs
• Extras: Stitch Marker
• {Learn About Yarn Substitutes.}

Details:

• Gauge: 9.5 STS & 15 rounds per 4” {10cm} square, knit in the pattern below

Notes:

• Reversible.
• Knit bottom up, however you can wear them either way.
• Knit using the rib stitch.
• Knit in the round with a circular needle.
• I knit mine using HiyaHiya interchangeable needles with 3 1/2” {9cm} tips.
• When knitting in the round you’re always knitting the right side of your work.
• CO loosely, making sure your stitches slide easily. Too tight of a stitch will make these difficult to knit in the round. The first couple of rounds will be a little tight, but it gets easier as you go.
• The XS, S and M need to be knitted in the round using the magic loop method, with 24″ {61cm}, or larger, cables or DPNs.
• The L and XL can be knitted in the round with 16″ {40cm} cables.

Video:

Click here to watch the “Tools You Need to Knit Leg Warmers in the Round” video tutorial.

Click here to watch the “How to Knit Leg Warmers in the Round” video tutorial.

Size Chart:

• Calf Size : # of CO STS
• XS 6-8” {15-20cm} : CO 16 STS
• S 8-10” {20-25cm} : CO 20 STS
• M 10-12” {25-30cm} : CO 24 STS
• L 12-15” {30-35cm} : CO 28 STS
• XL 15-16” {35-40cm} : CO 32 STS

Height = # of Rows to Knit:

• 29 rows = 08” {20cm}
• 36 rows = 10” {25cm}
• 43 rows = 12” {30cm}
• 50 rows = 14” {35cm}
• 62 rows = 18” {40cm}

Pattern, Knit in the Round:

• CO STS using the size chart above, PM, join in the round.
• All rounds: *K2, P2*
• Last round: BO in pattern.
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• End:
• Weave in the ends.
• No blocking necessary.
• Knit the second the same as the first.

Pattern, Knit Flat {Back & Forth}:

• CO STS using the size chart above
• Round 1: *K2, P2*
• All other rounds: knit the knits & purl the purls
• Last round: BO in pattern
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• End:
• Sew side edges together, not the CO & BO edges.
• Weave in the ends.
• No blocking necessary.
• Knit the second the same as the first.

Abbreviations:

• * – * – repeat between *
• BO – bind-off in pattern
• CO – cast-on {long-tail cast-on method}
• K – knit stitches {K1 means to knit 1 stitch}
• KITR – knit in the round
• P – purl stitches {P2 means to purl 2 stitches}
• PM – place marker
• STS – stitches