Accidental Legwarmers

These legwarmers, as the title says, came quite by accident. I cast on Merenkulkija socks for Alex, but when I reached the heel part I realized that I didn't have enough yarn for men size socks. I didn't want to buy more of the same yarn as I'm trying to destash a little, the cables looked quite nice - so I finished the socks into legwarmers. And because the yarn was a remnant skein from Gaby's tunic, they got together well as a set. And I'm knitting another pair of socks for Alex, I hope the yarns I've chosen (two other skeins remnant from big projects) will suffice.

Pattern: Merenkulkija
Yarn: Alize Lanagold Classic, 70 g
Needle: 3.5 mm
Time to knit: 6 days

Cartwheel Legwarmers

Yarn: 100 g DK (LanaGold Solids 220 m / 100 g)
Needle: 4 mm (US 6) Circular needle or DPNS
Gauge: 17 st x 22 rows make 10 x 10 cm in stockinette stitch

Cbl2: knit 2 tog, but do not drop sts from left needle; insert right needle between sts just worked together and k into first st again; drop both sts from left needle.
Cbl6: place 3 stitches on a cable needle behind the knitting, knit 3 stitches, knit 3 stitches from the cable needle.

 

Cast on 48 st, place marker and join for working in the round.
Knit 15 rounds of k2p2 rib. Begin cables:
Round1: cbl2, p2, k6, p2, cbl2, p2, *k2p2*
Round2 and every even round: k2, p2, k6, p2, k2, p2, *k2p2*
Round3: cbl2, p2, cbl6, p2, cbl2, p2 *k2p2*
Round5: cbl2, p2, k6, p2, cbl2, p2, *k2p2*
Round7: cbl2, p2, cbl6, p2, cbl2, p2 *k2p2*
Round9: cbl2, p2, k6, p2, cbl2, p2, *k2p2*
Round11: cbl2, p2, k6, p2, cbl2, p2, *k2p2*
Round13: cbl2, p2, k6, p2, cbl2, p2, *k2p2*
Round15: cbl2, p2, cbl6, p2, cbl2, p2 *k2p2*
Repeat rounds 3-16 three more times and then one more time rounds 3-8.
Knit 15 rounds of k2p2 rib. Cast off ribwise - knitwise the knit stitches and purlwise the purl stitches.

Knit one more legwarmer. Wear them with style ... :)

... but don't forget to have FUN!