Thursday, February 14, 2013

Crochet Legwarmers

To start, Happy Valentines Day! Anyway, I received this wonder baby alpaca yarn for Christmas and I've been dying to use it. Therefore because its quite chilly where here in Washington State I decided to make, the once again fashionable, legwarmers to keep from the cold! Its difficult choosing a pattern and none that I found really caught my eye. Therefore this very simple pattern is written by myself. Enjoy!

Items need:
Crochet Hook: Size J
Yarn: Knit Picks brand 100% baby alpaca yarn in "Fog Heather"*
*In this pattern I used two rounds (each round in 110 yards)


Crochet Legwarmers
Beginning Cuff-
Rnd One - Ch 7
Rnd Two - Back loop sc seven, sl st (Repeat Rnd Two for 25-30 rows depending on ankle/calf size)
Rnd Three - sl st closed

Calf -
To begin calf, turn cuff so one of the holes is facing towards you
Rnd One - In each blue space sc, over each red space ch 2, sl st to start Rnd Two


Rnd Two - 2 sc in each ch 2 space from previous Rnd, sc in each sc of previous Rnd, sl st to start next Rnd
Rnd Three - Ch 3, skip 2, sc in next three* (Repeat until entire Rnd is complete)
Rnd Four - 4 sc in each ch 3 space, ch 3* (Repeat until entire Rnd is complete)
Rnds Five - Thirty Five (Depending on calf length, you can shorten or continue Rnds)
Rnd Thirty Five - Where you would normal ch 3, ch 2 and where you would normally sc 4, sc 2 
Rnd Thirty Six - Repeat Rnd Thirty Five

Cuff Ending - 
Turn work, as to crochet alongside the calf piece


Rnd One - Ch 7 from your calf piece
Rnd Two - Back loop sc 7, this should bring you back to the main piece of work. Sl in ch 2 space* (Repeat this until you've made it around the circumphrence of the calf piece. 
Rnd Approx. 25-30 - Sl st work closed


Congratulations! You now have warm, comfortable legwarmers!



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