Warm calves are a fall necessity

I finished another project! ...sadly it was not a long outstanding project but one that was newly begun. Behold...legwarmers!

To make these I glanced at this pattern but I really kind of winged it from there. I kept them the same length as suggested in the pattern and thought they were pretty much the right length...but I'm 5'11" so if you're making them you may watch the length. I also did not count my rows, instead I kept going until they looked wide enough to go around, which turned out to be 12" wide in the middle

In the end, because of the yarn I used, I think 12" may have been too wide. They don't want to stay up very well. I used Caron Simply Soft, it has a lot of give. I should have taken that into account. These work well with boots (that's my dog, Kipper, he's a helpful helper and a delightful model) and would probably work well over leggings or skinny jeans too.

The give in them is nice in that it allows them to be worn as thigh highs or folded over.

They look pretty cute with shoes too!

Here are some detail shot...minus my bad modeling!

I used:

Yarn: Caron Simply Soft in Grey Heather; 2 skeins (really 1 and a half)

Hook: size H/ 5.00MM. In hindsight I should have used size G, but what's done is done!