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Cable Leg Warmer Knitting Pattern

This cable leg warmer is knitted pretty fast. I used worsted weight yarn and size US 8 / 5 mm knitting needles. For the front cable pattern, I used woven ties cable pattern from here. And for the back I only use simple robe cable pattern (with c8f for every 12 rows).

cable leg warmer knitting pattern

cable legwarmer knitting pattern

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free cable leg warmer knitting pattern

Cable Leg Warmer Knitting Pattern
by Effi GratiaProject.com
2014, November 24th

Materials:

Yarn: Any worsted weight 100% wool or wool blended yarn, about than 300 yards
Needles size US 6 / 4mm circular needles or DPN (use for ribbing)
Needles size US 8 / 5mm circular needles or DPN (use for cable pattern/the body of leg warmers)
Needles size US 10 / 6mm circular needles or DPN (use for cast on)
Cable needle

Abbreviations:

k: knit
p: purl
c8b: cable 8 back. Slip next 4 stitches onto cable needle and hold at back of work, knit next 4 stitches from left-hand needle,then knit stitches from cable needle.
c8f – Cable 8 Front. Slip next 4 stitches onto cable needle and hold at front of work, knit next 4 stitches from left-hand needle, then knit stitches from cable needle.

Instructions:

Using needles size US 10/6mm, cast on 48, join in the round. Be careful to not twist the yarn.
Change to needles size US 6/4mm, do the ribbing k2 p2 for 20 rows.

Start cable pattern. Use needles size US 8/5mm.
Row 1: p4, k16, p4, k4, p4, k8, p4, k4
Row 2-4: repeat row 1
Row 5: p4, c8b, c8b, p4, k4, p4, k8, p4, k4
Row 6: p4, k16, p4, k4, p4, k8, p4, k4
Row 7-10: repeat row 6
Row 11: p4, k4, c8f, k4, p4, k4, p4, k8, p4, k4
Row 12: p4, k16, p4, k4, p4, c8f, p4, k4

Repeat these cable pattern (row 1-12), 4 times.

Change to needles size US 6/4mm, do the ribbing k2 p2 for 20 rows.

Finishing.
Bind-off very loosely with needles size US 10/6mm. I used Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off.

Enjoy your new leg warmers.

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