Because I like all sort of crafts, I'm a member of several forums concerning my hobbies because it's a chance to interact with other people and maybe learn new tricks of the trade and share with others your experience.
Where I live there is a forum called Handwork and as the title says is about all sorts of hand-working crafts from knitting, sewing, embroidery, leather work,etc.It's not exclusively for Romanians but you would have to know Romanian writing and reading since it's not in English.
Every now and then they organize contest or dares. And this month's knitting dare is to make a pair of legwarmers/ boot cuffs.
I decided to take on the dare and making the pattern available for everyone .
Most important : I didn't bought new yarn for this project, I used 2 colors of Schachenmayr Trachtenwolle colors: Sisal Flamme and Sisal Meliert a total of 82 grams both leftover from previously knitted socks.So I think this will be a great project for your leftover yarn but make sure you divide your amount in half if you want your legwarmers/boot cuff to be symmetrical
I decided to use a cable pattern because it keeps the work tight just like a ribbing edge.
THE MATERIALS
-80g up to 100g of Schachenmayr Trachtenwolle or similar.
-3mm and 4mm circular knitting needles ( or dpns if you don't like working tubing with circular needles)
GAUGE
17 stitches and 25 rows in stockinette stitch using 4 mm needles
BEGIN
Cast on 60 stitches using 3mm needles- for a boot cuff circumference of 36cm (14") ( or any other multiple of 10 stitches according to your measurements or gauge)
Joining in the round ,begin to knit 10 rows of 1x1 ribbing
On the 11th row,switch to 4mm needles and knit to form the cable sections: p2,k8,repeat all around
Start working the cables pattern alternating one or the other or maybe just one if you have a preference.
Repeat the cable rows 1 to 16 one more time.
Continue working 10 more rows in 1x1 ribbing and bind off loosely ( this will be the upper part of the cuff)
If you have more yarn and you prefer longer legwarmers repeat the cable pattern till you reach the desired length
CABLE PANNELS
CHART A
For beginner cable knitters here are the written charts:
CHART A
R1:P2,C2R,C2L
R2,R3,R4 :P2,K8
R5:P2,C2L,C2R
R6,R7,R8:P2,K8
R9:P2,C2L,C2F
R10,R11,R12:P2,K8
R13:P2,C2R,C2L
R14,R15,R16:P2,K8
CHART B
R1:P2,C2R,C2L
R2:P2,K8
R3:P2,C2L,C2R
R4:P2,K8
R5-R16 : repeat R1 to R4
If you decide to knit these I'd love to see your work and have it featured in my FEATURED section.
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