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Lunar Legwarmer Pattern - Download

Lunar Legwarmer Pattern - Download

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The Lunar Legwarmer features a textured Royal Quilt Stitch that resembles overlapping scales. It can be knitted flat or in the round. The pattern offers a ribbed cuff or a stockinette cuff held up with an I-cord tie, with colour changes worked through the quilted stitch pattern.
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Pattern information

Available sizes
One Size
Skill level
Intermediate
Yarn weight
Fingering
Needles
5 mm, 3 mm

Fit & measurements

One size: 30 cm circumference around the top, with instructions to modify the fit and cast-on stitch count.

The legwarmer can be worked flat or in the round, with a ribbed cuff or a stockinette cuff held up by an I-cord tie.

Yarn requirements

Original sample quantities, using Dashing Fingering for the main colour and Merino Sock Mini for the contrasting colours.

Sample 1, three contrasting colours: one original 100 g / 400 m skein of Dashing Fingering, with 200 m used in the sample. Contrasting colours: CC1 32 m, CC2 10 m, CC3 11 m; one original mini skein of each colour.

Sample 2, one contrasting colour: the same main-colour yarn specification, with 53 m of contrasting yarn from one original mini skein.

Needles & notions

Needles

5 mm and 3 mm needles.

Notions

  • Tapestry needle.

Techniques
  • Royal quilt stitch
  • Twisted stitches
  • I-cord

Construction

You can either work the leg warmer flat or in the round. There are also 2 options to work the leg warmer cuff, either in ribbing or in stockinette being held up with an I-cord tie.

With 3/5mm needle and using your favourite stretchy co technique, co 64 sts in CC (CC1 if working with 3 CC’s). Or multiples of 8 sts.

Gauge

21 sts on 5mm needle to 4”10cm in stitch pattern, as seen in rows 1 - 8 (flat or in the round).