Leggur — Léttlopi Leg Warmers Knitting Pattern

Leggur — leg. Védís Jónsdóttir’s leg warmers from Ístex’s Lopi 27, knitted in Léttlopi in the round from the top down: a 5 cm twisted-rib top, a long leg narrowed by decreases at the back, a small flare over the instep and a twisted-rib lower edge. The pattern has two versions in sizes S/M and L/XL — Roses, hazel brown with a band of stone blue roses and celery green leaves on black just below the top rib, and Stripe, plain bottle green with an orange top rib. Hazel (1401) and orange (1410) are no longer made; the other four colours are.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Two versions — Roses and Stripe
• Sizes S/M and L/XL
• The rose chart, with an extra panel for L/XL
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: the rose band kit or the bottle green kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Roses: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes S/M (L/XL), for a pair
A 1401 hazel — 3 (3) · no longer made — the rose band kit uses 0867 chocolate heather, a little darker and less red than the brown in the photo
B 0059 black — 1 (1)
C 9421 celery green — 1 (1)
D 9418 stone blue — 1 (1)

Stripe: Léttlopi — 50 g balls · sizes S/M (L/XL), for a pair
A 1410 orange — 1 (1) · no longer made — the bottle green kit uses 1704 apricot, a bright orange with a little more yellow in it
B 1405 bottle green — 2 (3)

Sizes — S/M and L/XL, cast on with 56 (60) stitches and decreased to 44 (48) at the ankle. The pattern prints lengths but no circumferences; the circumferences and the total length below are our calculation from the gauge.

Gauge
18 sts × 24 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 4.5 mm needles.

Needles
3.5 mm (US 4) double-pointed needles for the cast-on and the top rib — the pattern says to use four or three of them
4.5 mm (US 7) double-pointed needles for the rest of the leg warmer

You will also need
A stitch marker for the centre front (the instructions use one) and a tapestry needle for weaving in the ends — the pattern’s list has only the yarn and the needles.

How it is knitted
Each leg warmer is knitted in the round on double-pointed needles from the top down, with the round starting at the back of the leg. Cast on 56 (60) stitches in A on 3.5 mm and work 5 cm of twisted rib (K1 through the back loop, P1), then change to 4.5 mm. Roses: knit the 13-round band from the chart — stone blue roses and celery green leaves on black — then hazel (A) for 5 (6) cm. Stripe: knit bottle green (B) for 10 (11) cm. Both versions then go on the same way: 2 stitches are decreased at the back of the leg (K2tog at the start of the round, SKP at the end) every 6th round, six times in all, to 44 (48) stitches, and the leg is knitted straight until it measures 32 (34) cm from the cast-on edge, or as long as needed. A marker goes at the centre front, and three increase rounds — M1R and M1L either side of the 2 centre stitches, with 4 plain rounds between them — make 50 (54) stitches and a small flare over the instep. Three rounds of twisted rib finish the lower edge, bound off in rib. Make two.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 27 (no. 21), Ístex.

How you get it — the pattern is a PDF in English. It is emailed to you right after purchase; nothing is posted.

Yarn — not included. We sell Ístex lopi by the ball in our yarn shop, or choose the kit, which has this pattern and all the yarn in one parcel.

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