Sep 19
2009
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Yarn: Blue Moon Fibre Arts, Socks That Rock Heavyweight in Midsummer's Night
Size: As written
Yardage: About half the skein (~80 m/87 yrd)
Needles: 3.75 mm dpn's
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These are wonderful leg warmers that suffered from an unusually bad case of procrastination. The knitting went very quickly but the finishing, blocking and photographing over a month to accomplish. The pattern is very nice and simple; there isn't any shaping to worry about and the little bit of ribbing and lace at either end of the stocking stitch are just enough to stop you from getting bored without being enough to stop you from enjoying the conversation. The only change I made was to knit from the bottom ribbed portion up to the lace instead of the other way around. The way the pattern is written your first stitch - the one that joins the round - is a yarn over; that seemed kind of silly to me so I went the other direction. I don't think anything suffered because of my change.

I plan to get plenty of use out of these this fall. I've been wanting to wear skirts but put off by the idea of chilly legs. Now, I've some extra defence. They work especially well when combined with tights.