child leg warmers

karren

hi does anyone out there have a pattern for a child leg warmers, my daughters 4 years and mad on dancing and thought they would make a fab stocking filler ( im not sure what she would make of them mind!)
anyway, i can knit the basics, but cant figure out how on earth you'd make them without sewing it up, any ideas gratefully received.
regards Karren

ravylesley

I made some of these a few months ago for my girls but I crocheted them.Sewing up was prevented because each row was slipstitched into the previous IYKWIM.But if you crochet and want the pattern I'll pm it to you

Lesleyxx

karren

Thanks but i cant crochet, ive treid loads of times but it just wont happen for me, but thanks all the same.
it just stays a line!!!

morwenna

Cut off the arms of an old sweater of your daughters and hem. If you hem the armholes of the leftover sweater, you have a sweater vest.. or tank top, if you are old enough! Old, very old, Blue Peter tip.... circa 1980's funnily enough

fizzyfeet_2

These ones aren't knitted, but a great idea!!

http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=207882.0

HTH

scrimpingbadger

You'll need to knit legwarmers on 4 double pointed needles, like socks. Get some sock yarn which self patterns to make stripey ones.

You can get it on ebay.

I don't really think you'd need a pattern for legwarmers though.

whatatwit

You could try using a short circular needle.
Cast on, then knit into the first cast on stitch to join into a circle and keep on knitting.
I will have a google for some patterns.

There are quite a few patterns coming up on a google search, knit 2, purl 2 appears to give a good look.

rosieben

I found loads of free knitting patterns for leg warmers - I'll have a look and come back with a link if i have any childrens sizes

re sewing up, if you knit on 2 needles you would just need to sew up the back seam, if you knit on 4 needles there would be no sewing

rosieben

dont know if these are any help, you could try googling too

http://cache.lionbrand.com/patterns/kjif-balletSet.html?noImages=

http://www.knittychick.com/free_sock_patterns.htm (scroll down for legwarmer list)

karren

am going to do the last version, cast on 16 rib for 8 rows then inc 4 stitches on last row
swap to the size 8 then knit until long enough
rib for 8 in smaller needles
cast off
make two the same
sel together
wish me luck, if its hopeless im off to next to get some

NinjaB

Not posted in the section before so firstly hello

Probably people already do this and I am late to catch on but when sorting through last years winter clothes ready to ebay I found I had tights that would no longer fit my 2 year old but not good enough to ebay. I cut the feet off and the top part and make some funky legwarmers. Now that the colder weather is here it is a bit of extra warmth without where the trousers ride up and tonight my little one has them under her pajamas with her bed socks as she is always kicking off the covers and getting chilly. As I tend to have the same colours I like her in I now find that I have legwarmers that go nicely with her new tights to. The edges dont fray they just roll over nicely.

Hope someone finds this helpful