{"id":63120,"date":"2021-02-28T23:20:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T12:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/?p=63120"},"modified":"2023-06-17T15:17:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T05:17:43","slug":"extra-long-ribbed-knitted-leg-warmers-pattern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/extra-long-ribbed-knitted-leg-warmers-pattern\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Scrunchy Extra Long Knitted Leg Warmer Pattern"},"content":{"rendered":"

Knit a pair of Extra Long rainbow hued legwarmers to brighten up your wardrobe. No need to fuss with multiple balls of yarn when one ball of self striping Lion Brand Mandala Yarn cake does all the hard work.<\/p>\n

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This yarn review and free shawl knitting pattern is a collaboration with American Yarns – This post contains affiliate links<\/p><\/div>\n

Our local roller rink turned 40 recently and they threw a 80s themed roller disco party. Can you believe that the 80s was 40 years ago?<\/p>\n

Of course no 80s outfit is complete without a pair of scrunchy knitted leg warmers. So I got to work.<\/p>\n

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I had a ball of Lion Brand Mandala yarn<\/a> kicking about, and thought the colours would be super fun for a pair of cheerful leg warmers.<\/p>\n

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I love how the Mandala yarn cakes<\/a> come in such pretty colour combinations. This one is called Thunderbird<\/strong> and has a cool rainbow gradient.<\/p>\n

It does have a big chunk of yellow, which are actually two slightly different yellow hues. I don’t mind all the yellow because it matches my skates, but if you are looking for a more evenly distributed rainbow gradient, try the Gnome<\/strong> colourway.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately I didn’t finish my rainbow leg warmers in time for the roller disco, but now that the weather is cooling down in Melbourne, I’ll be wearing them to skate practice and around the house.<\/p>\n

Mandala yarn balls have a surprisingly generous 540m of yarn per cake, which means you can make a pair of super duper long leg warmers with just one ball.<\/p>\n

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In fact this pair goes well over my knees and ends around mid thigh!<\/p>\n

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Because the yarn doesn’t contain elastic fiber, they won’t stay up by themselves on bare legs, but will stay up perfectly over leggings or tights.<\/p>\n

The length and their stretch makes them ideal for keeping legs warm during dance practice, ice skating or before yoga classes.<\/p>\n

I like to wear mine scrunchy for an authentic 80s vibe!<\/p>\n

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The stretchy bind off top makes them very expandable, so they will fit over my knee pads nicely.<\/p>\n

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To make sure each leg warmer knits up to the same length without having to count rows (or run out of yarn), I split the ball evenly and just knit each as a long tube until the yarn ran out.<\/p>\n

I’ve got some tips on separating yarn balls into two even halves below.<\/p>\n

If you are comfortable with knitting in the round these leg warmers are really so easy to make!<\/p>\n

Of course if you don’t want super long thigh high leg warmers, you can stop knitting at whatever length suits you.<\/p>\n

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