Knitted leg warmers were very fashionable in the 1980′s and guess what? They are back! If you’re searching for free leg warmer patterns, you’ve come to the right place. Winter is upon us and there is lots of time to make a pair of knitted leg warmers to keep your legs toasty when you’re or in exercise class. I’m headed to a yoga retreat next month and thought I’d knit some to take along so I went searching for the perfect easy pattern. Many leg warmer patterns are simple and quick to make, requiring only basic knitting knowledge so they are great for beginning knitters. I’ll add some other patterns here too for more advanced knitters because you can also make your leg warmers in cable stitching or other more intricate patterns.
Since I wanted yoga knitted leg warmers, my featured pattern, and the one I’m going to make for my yoga retreat come from a UK blog called YogaHound. All you need is 2 skeins of skeins Cotton Twist Aran to knit them and they are done in stockinette stitch. The cotton twist gives them a really fashionable, unique look.
Knitted Leg Warmer Pattern by Yoga Hound
Lion Brand has several different leg warmer knitting patterns like these Londenderry leg warmers, which are rated “easy” for the beginning knitter. Besides the traditional length, they also have some thigh high leg warmer patterns. Lion Brand requires registration to see the patterns, but it is free to register.
KnitontheNet offers these extra thick, extra warm knitted leg warmers by High Fibre Design. The yarn they used in the pattern comes from the UK and is beautiful but if you didn’t want to order it, you could substitute any bulky yarn.
Graceful Legwarmers, pattern by Luciana Young
If you want to knit a fairly easy pair of legwarmers in twisted moss stitch, try these Graceful Leg Warmers by Bible Apologetic, Luciana Young. They are really pretty as you can see by the photo on the left.
Fun and Funky Knitted Leg Warmer Patterns
If you like really funky, fluffy leg warmers, try these Clydesdale-Style Leg Warmers made of Crystal Palace Nubbles Yarn
Another frizzie pair of leg warmers in Fun Fur.
Cable Knit Leg Warmer Patterns
The Thrifty Knitter designed these cabled leg warmers knitted from chunky handspun Merino yarn. I really loved the yarn chosen for these. I found similar yarn on
Handspun Merino yarn made by FeelingTangerine on Etsy.com
Etsy.com in a shop owned by FeelingTangerine and it’s pictured at the right. I love shopping on Etsy because you are directly supporting the artists who made the articles in their shops.
KnitPiks offers a pretty cabled leg warmer pattern made of superwash Merino wool, which you can also order on their website in quite a few gorgeous colors. I like the look of these, which flare out over the shoes in the picture.
Lacy Leg Warmer Knitting Patterns
These lacy leg warmers are featured on Laylock.org, which takes you over to Ravelry to download but it’s all free. Called “Rambler” leg warmers, they remind me of something that would be worn by a heroine in a British novel. Made of angora yarn, they would be very comfy to wear too. There is also a pattern on this blog for some fringe arm warmers that I love! They look very easy to make too.
Of course, Knitting Pattern Central offers an entire page of free leg warmer patterns. I’d love it if they added a photo feature to this site so you could see how the patterns look without clicking on each link. Still, it’s a wonderful resource for free patterns of any kind.
Ravelry.com also offers 202 leg warmer patterns which are free, plus there are dozens more you can purchase for a couple of dollars. One thing I love about the pattern search on Ravelry is that there are photos of nearly all the patterns. You can specify too if you want only free patterns, those with photos, etc.
These were just a few of my favorite free knitted leg warmer patterns. If you’ve designed any legwarmers and would like to share, please post a link in the comments and I’ll add it to the post.
