​Simple Knit Leg-Warmers

You’ll need:

4 skeins of Classic Elite Lush yarn (50% angora wool, 50% sheep wool; 114m/50g) in burgundy color (4434);

4 skeins of London Yarns Sinflex Lurex yarn (60% cotton, 40% lurex; 150m/20g) in pink color (111);

Knitting needles 8 and 9;

Yarn needle.

Size:

Length – 70 cm;

Width (up) – 14 cm;

Width (down) – 11,5 cm.

Note: knit with 2 thread of yarn (1 thread of each type of yarn).

Stitches control: 20 sts x 24 rows = 10 x 10 cm (stockinette stitch, knitting needles 9);

24 sts x 28 rows = 10 x 10 cm (1 x 1 rib, knitting needles 8).

Instructions

Start your work with smaller size knitting needles, cast on 54 sts from the upper edge and work with 1 x 1 rib. Make this pattern in the following way:

1^st row: * 1 knit st, 1 purl*; repeat from * to * to the end of row;

2^nd row: make knit sts and purls in a st due to the ornament, make knit st at the place of knit st, purl at the place of purl. Repeat 1^st and 2^nd rows. At the same time, make chamfers due to your leg size: decrease 1 st from both sides in every 10^th row, make such decreases x twice, continue work until there is 15 cm left of ready-made work, finish on WS.

Take knitting needles of bigger size and turn to stockinete stitch (make 1 row from RS with knit sts and 1 rows from WS with purls). Decrease 1 st in every 20^th row, make such increases x 5 times, there are 40 sts left after all the decreases. Continue work until the length is 70 cm.

Bind off the rest sts.

Make the second leg-warmer in the same way.