{"id":6994,"date":"2023-11-09T11:44:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T11:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/?p=6994"},"modified":"2023-11-09T11:44:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T11:44:09","slug":"knit-your-own-leg-warmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/knit-your-own-leg-warmers\/","title":{"rendered":"Knit your own leg warmers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of our tenants, Jemima Morton, has created a knitted leg warmer pattern which could come in handy during the cold winter months. We&#8217;ve shared Jemima&#8217;s pattern on this page, but if you would prefer to download and print a copy please click the button below.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button button-download-bg\" title=\"Download knitting pattern\" href=\"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/LEG-WARMERS-PATTERN-7-Nov-2023.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download knitting pattern<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pattern designed by Jemima Morton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What you&#8217;ll need<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7006\" src=\"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/P1050512.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of wool used to make leg warmers.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The wool I used for these leg warmers was: Malabrigo Worsted <strong>Aran weight<\/strong> Fluo Green (010) other colours available. From Wool Warehouse online. Price \u00a39.99 for 100g.<\/li>\n<li>And multi colour yarn is: Hand dyed wool UK <strong>Aran weight<\/strong>, Bluefaced Leicester wool, colour name Prism \u2013 now sold out.\u00a0 Other colours available. From Etsy shop Speckle and Stripe. Price \u00a318.00 for \u00a3100g. There are many other Aran weight yarns available at very reasonable prices online or in shops.<\/li>\n<li>5mm knitting needles<\/li>\n<li>4mm knitting needles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to knit the leg warmers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6997\" src=\"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/P1050429.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a leg warmer being knitted.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The pattern is very easy. Made for an average calf width around 14 inches.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Using 5mm knitting needles cast on 54 stitches in fluo green<\/li>\n<li>Continue in rib stitches \u2013 K1 stitch, P1 stitch, on all rows for 3\u00bc inches<\/li>\n<li>Join in the multi-colour yarn still using the <strong>5mm<\/strong> needles<\/li>\n<li>K 1 row<\/li>\n<li>P next row and increase to 60 stitches on this row, evenly across the row.<\/li>\n<li>K 12 rows stocking stitch (knit 1 row and purl one row)<\/li>\n<li>Row 13 (a knit row) \u2013 increase 2 stitches on this row.\u00a0 How to do that; K4, increase 1, knit to last 5 stitches increase 1, K4. = 62 stitches<\/li>\n<li>Row 14 \u2013 purl<\/li>\n<li>K6 rows stocking stitch (knit 1 row and purl one row)<\/li>\n<li>Next row increase by 2 stitches same as row 13.<\/li>\n<li>K 6 rows (stocking stitch)<\/li>\n<li>Continue stocking stitch until required measurements.<\/li>\n<li>I continued for 25 rows.\u00a0 On the 24<sup>th<\/sup> row (a knit row) decrease 4 stitches evenly across.<\/li>\n<li>Next \u2013 change back to fluo green and <strong>4mm<\/strong> needles and rib 7 rows (that is K1, P1 across the row)<\/li>\n<li>Change back to <strong>5mm<\/strong> needles<\/li>\n<li>Continue rib for 24 rows and on row 24 decrease 4 stitches evenly across.<\/li>\n<li>Rib 8 more rows if needed.\u00a0 You can adjust the length of the rib section here for your size.\u00a0 Do a few more rows if needed or do less.<\/li>\n<li>P 1 row.<\/li>\n<li>Cast off.\u00a0 Make 2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>To sew seams<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When you changed colours you will have a couple of strands of wool and you can sew them in when sewing the seams. Pick them up when sewing along just for a few stitches then cut off the ends.<\/li>\n<li>Use a darning needle with an eye big enough for your yarn.\u00a0 Take a length of yarn starting with the green for the cuffs and the multi-colour for the main part.\u00a0 With the right sides together sew the seams.<\/li>\n<li>Turn the right way round and you can turn over the top ribbing or you can leave it all the way up.<\/li>\n<li>As this is 100% wool I recommend hand wash only.\u00a0 Warm water and mild detergent.\u00a0 These two wools I used do not shrink if washed this way.\u00a0 If using other yarns follow the washing instructions on the labels.<\/li>\n<li>For casting on and casting off; and rib and stocking stitch there are tutorials on youtube if you want to learn.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Send us your pictures!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you give Jemima&#8217;s knitted leg warmers a go, please share your photos with us! Email <a href=\"mailto:comms@harbour.scot\">comms@harbour.scot<\/a> with your photos. Many thanks to Jemima for sharing this pattern with us.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7002\" src=\"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/P1050507.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of our tenants, Jemima Morton, has created a knitted leg warmer pattern which could come in handy during the cold winter months.","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homes"],"acf":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Harbour Homes","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6994"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7010,"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6994\/revisions\/7010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}