DIY Crochet Leg Warmers

Leg warmers of today aren't the sports-only socks they were in the 1970s and '80s. Today they allow a wearer an easy way to show some personal style, and by customizing your own leg warmers you can make a big impression, show off your taste, and get creative with fashion. Leg warmers are making a fashion comeback as a whole new generation discovers the health benefits of keeping one's lower legs warm while at the gym or exercising at home. Warm lower legs are much less likely to develop painful shin splints and experience "charley horse" muscle spasms.

Warm up both your legs and your fashions with hand-crocheted leg warmers. Even beginners can handle this project which uses only chain, double and slip stitches. Once you’ve mastered the pattern, you can easily adjust the sizes to create personalized gifts for all the ladies in your life. With variegated yarn, your leg warmers will look like you’ve worked a complex pattern instead of simple double-crochet stitches. These are step by steps how to crochet own leg warmers.
- Step 1. Chain 35. Fit the chain around the widest part of your calf without stretching. Add or pull out stitches, as needed, to make it fit.
- Step 2. Join the ends with a slip stitch to make a circle. Be sure that the chain is not twisted before you join them.
- Step 3.Chain three, then double crochet into each chain around the circle. Join to the third chain with a slip stitch.
- Step 4. Repeat the chain three, double crochet around, join pattern until you have 28 rows.
- Step 5. Finish off and weave in the yarn ends.
Stretchy Leg Warmers. Create a pair of leg warmers with a thin band to hold them in place when you switch to a yarn with a little extra stretch.
- Step 1. Chain 27 and fit the chain to your calf. If you need to add or remove stitches, make sure the number of stitches in the chain is a multiple of three.
- Step 2. Join the chain into a ring with a slip stitch, checking that the chain does not twist.
- Step 3. Chain three and double crochet twice in the first chain of the foundation chain. Skip two chains and make three double-crochet stitches in the next chain. Repeat the skip two chains and make three double-crochet stitches in the same chain the rest of the way around the ring. Join with a slip stitch.
- Step 4. Chain three and make two double-crochet stitches in the space between the first clusters. Make three double crochets in each space around. Join with a slip stitch.
- Step 5. Repeat the last row until you have a total of 24 rows, chaining three between each row.
- Step 6. Chain three and make one double-crochet stitch in the back loops only of each double crochet around the ring. Join with a slip stitch and repeat for a total of three band rows.
- Step 7. Finish off and weave the ends.

So easy right? Let’s make your own creation and don’t forget download this application to make you easier find any pattern of your leg warmers.
DIY Crochet Leg Warmers
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