What do we need? Leg Warmers! When do we want them? Now! So let’s grab our hooks and whip up a pair of super cute, squishy crocheted leg warmers for every member of the family with this free crochet pattern!
All In The Family Crochet Leg Warmers
The All In the Family Crochet Leg Warmers pattern is just that. The free pattern includes seven sizes of leg warmers from newborn all the way to adult. The best part? It doesn’t matter which size you make, you should be able to make a pair with just ONE skein of most worsted weight yarns.
This is the newest installment of the 2023 One Skein Series, in which I am publishing one pattern per month (on the second Friday) that uses one skein of yarn or less.
As long as your skein has 250 yards you can make a pair of adult size leg warmers. If your skein has 360 yards or more, you can make an adult pair AND a child size pair from the same skein! 🙌
Yardage per skein of commonly used worsted weight yarn yardage are as follows:
Red Heart Super Saver – 364 yards
Bernat Value – 440 yards
I Love This Yarn – 355 yards
Big Twist Value – 380 yards
There’s something about a chunky baby wearing leg warmers that gets me. So adorable, and so quick to crochet too! With this pattern and how little yarn it takes, baby can have a whole assortment of colors and yarn choices in no time flat.
With the cost of living nowadays, I’m doing things more frugally than I have in years. I’ve gone through my list of 33 ways to lower your utilities and included in that, have taken my own advice and turned my thermostat down by 2 degrees. My feet are always cold anyway and these leg warmers are a big help in making that adjustment.
I am also going on walks most mornings, or when it’s at least 36 degrees F, and on those chillier days its so nice to have my ankles covered. I’m going to make a plain black pair next so they’ll go with any yoga pants.
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Materials:
Worsted Weight yarn (Wool of the Andes Tweed in “Flagstone Heather” pictured)
-approx. (50, 60, 72, 94, 110, 160, 250) yards total
Crochet hook in size 8mm (main portion)
Crochet hook in size 6mm (edging)
Gauge: 11 sc sts x 10.5 rows = 4” square (using sc)
Pattern Notes:
The bottom and top edging is worked joined and turned after each row.
After the first “body” row, do not join or turn at the end of each row, work in a spiral instead. Mark first stitch of each row with stitch marker.
Even numbered rows are “right side”.
FLO = Front Loop Only
BLO = Back Loop Only
Fsc = Foundation Single Crochet (tutorial here)
*actual measurements of leg warmers
And now we crochet!
UP TO 6 MONTHS:
With 6mm hook…
Row 1: Fsc-17. Join to first st. (17)
Row 2: Ch-1, do not turn, * fphdc around next, bphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Fphdc around last, join to top of first st. (17)
Row 3: Ch-1, turn, * bphdc around next, fphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Bphdc around last, join to top of first st. (17)
Switch to 8mm hook…
Row 4: Ch-1, turn, in same st as join, sc in blo only. * sc in flo of next st, sc in blo of next * repeat between * * around. (17)
Row 5: * sc in flo of next st, sc in blo of next * repeat between * * around. Sc in flo of last st. (17)
Row 6: * sc in blo of next st, sc in flo of next * repeat between * * around. Sc in blo of last st. (17)
Rows 7 – 16: alternate rows 5 & 6
Switch to 6mm hook…
Row 17: Sl st in next st, ch-1, do not turn, * fphdc around first, bphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Fphdc around final st. Join to top of first st. (17)
Row 18: Ch-1, turn, * bphdc around first, fphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Bphdc around final st. Join to top of first st. (17)
Row 19: Ch-1, turn, * fphdc around first, bphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Fphdc around final st. Join to top of first st. (17)
Row 20: repeat row 18 (17)
Fasten off and weave in all ends.
6 – 12 MONTHS:
With 6mm hook…
Row 1: Fsc-19. Join to first st. (19)
Row 2: Ch-1, do not turn, * fphdc around next, bphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Fphdc around last, join to top of first st. (19)
Row 3: Ch-1, turn, * bphdc around next, fphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Bphdc around last, join to top of first st. (19)
Switch to 8mm hook…
Row 4: Ch-1, turn, in same st as join, sc in blo only. * sc in flo of next st, sc in blo of next * repeat between * * around. (19)
Row 5: * sc in flo of next st, sc in blo of next * repeat between * * around. Sc in flo of last st. (19)
Row 6: * sc in blo of next st, sc in flo of next * repeat between * * around. Sc in blo of last st. (19)
Rows 7 – 18: alternate rows 5 & 6
Switch to 6mm hook…
Row 19: Sl st in next st, ch-1, do not turn, * fphdc around first, bphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Fphdc around final st. Join to top of first st. (19)
Row 20: Ch-1, turn, * bphdc around first, fphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Bphdc around final st. Join to top of first st. (19)
Row 21: Ch-1, turn, * fphdc around first, bphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Fphdc around final st. Join to top of first st. (19)
Row 22: repeat row 20 (19)
Fasten off and weave in all ends.
12 – 24 MONTHS:
With 6mm hook…
Row 1: Fsc-21. Join to first st. (21)
Row 2: Ch-1, do not turn, * fphdc around next, bphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Fphdc around last, join to top of first st. (21)
Row 3: Ch-1, turn, * bphdc around next, fphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Bphdc around last, join to top of first st. (21)
Switch to 8mm hook…
Row 4: Ch-1, turn, in same st as join, sc in blo only. * sc in flo of next st, sc in blo of next * repeat between * * around. (21)
Row 5: * sc in flo of next st, sc in blo of next * repeat between * * around. Sc in flo of last st. (21)
Row 6: * sc in blo of next st, sc in flo of next * repeat between * * around. Sc in blo of last st. (21)
Rows 7 – 20: alternate rows 5 & 6
Switch to 6mm hook…
Row 21: Sl st in next st, ch-1, do not turn, * fphdc around first, bphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Fphdc around final st. Join to top of first st. (21)
Row 22: Ch-1, turn, * bphdc around first, fphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Bphdc around final st. Join to top of first st. (21)
Row 23: Ch-1, turn, * fphdc around first, bphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Fphdc around final st. Join to top of first st. (21)
Row 24: repeat row 22 (21)
Fasten off and weave in all ends.
TODDLER:
With 6mm hook…
Row 1: Fsc-23. Join to first st. (23)
Row 2: Ch-1, do not turn, * fphdc around next, bphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Fphdc around last, join to top of first st. (23)
Row 3: Ch-1, turn, * bphdc around next, fphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Bphdc around last, join to top of first st. (23)
Switch to 8mm hook…
Row 4: Ch-1, turn, in same st as join, sc in blo only. * sc in flo of next st, sc in blo of next * repeat between * * around. (23)
Row 5: * sc in flo of next st, sc in blo of next * repeat between * * around. Sc in flo of last st. (23)
Row 6: * sc in blo of next st, sc in flo of next * repeat between * * around. Sc in blo of last st. (23)
Rows 7 – 24: alternate rows 5 & 6
Switch to 6mm hook…
Row 25: Sl st in next st, ch-1, do not turn, * fphdc around first, bphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Fphdc around final st. Join to top of first st. (23)
Row 26: Ch-1, turn, * bphdc around first, fphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Bphdc around final st. Join to top of first st. (23)
Row 27: Ch-1, turn, * fphdc around first, bphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Fphdc around final st. Join to top of first st. (23)
Row 28: repeat row 26 (23)
Fasten off and weave in all ends.
CHILD:
With 6mm hook…
Row 1: Fsc-25. Join to first st. (25)
Row 2: Ch-1, do not turn, * fphdc around next, bphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Fphdc around last, join to top of first st. (25)
Row 3: Ch-1, turn, * bphdc around next, fphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Bphdc around last, join to top of first st. (25)
Switch to 8mm hook…
Row 4: Ch-1, turn, in same st as join, sc in blo only. * sc in flo of next st, sc in blo of next * repeat between * * around. (25)
Row 5: * sc in flo of next st, sc in blo of next * repeat between * * around. Sc in flo of last st. (25)
Row 6: * sc in blo of next st, sc in flo of next * repeat between * * around. Sc in blo of last st. (25)
Rows 7 – 26: alternate rows 5 & 6
Switch to 6mm hook…
Row 27: Sl st in next st, ch-1, do not turn, * fphdc around first, bphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Fphdc around final st. Join to top of first st. (25)
Row 28: Ch-1, turn, * bphdc around first, fphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Bphdc around final st. Join to top of first st. (25)
Row 29: Ch-1, turn, * fphdc around first, bphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Fphdc around final st. Join to top of first st. (25)
Row 30: repeat row 28 (25)
Fasten off and weave in all ends.
TEEN/SMALL ADULT:
With 6mm hook…
Row 1: Fsc-29. Join to first st. (29)
Row 2: Ch-1, do not turn, * fphdc around next, bphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Fphdc around last, join to top of first st. (29)
Row 3: Ch-1, turn, * bphdc around next, fphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Bphdc around last, join to top of first st. (29)
Rows 4 & 5: repeat rows 2 & 3
Switch to 8mm hook…
Row 6: Ch-1, turn, in same st as join, sc in blo only. * sc in flo of next st, sc in blo of next * repeat between * * around. (29)
Row 7: * sc in flo of next st, sc in blo of next * repeat between * * around. Sc in flo of last st. (29)
Row 8: * sc in blo of next st, sc in flo of next * repeat between * * around. Sc in blo of last st. (29)
Rows 9 – 34: alternate rows 7 & 8
Switch to 6mm hook…
Row 35: Sl st in next st, ch-1, do not turn, * fphdc around first, bphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Fphdc around final st. Join to top of first st. (29)
Row 36: Ch-1, turn, * bphdc around first, fphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Bphdc around final st. Join to top of first st. (29)
Row 37: Ch-1, do not turn, * fphdc around first, bphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Fphdc around final st. Join to top of first st. (29)
Row 38: repeat row 36 (29)
Row 39: repeat row 37 (29)
Fasten off and weave in all ends.
ADULT:
With 6mm hook…
Row 1: Fsc-39. Join to first st. (39)
Row 2: Ch-1, do not turn, * fphdc around next, bphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Fphdc around last, join to top of first st. (39)
Row 3: Ch-1, turn, * bphdc around next, fphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Bphdc around last, join to top of first st. (39)
Rows 4 & 5: repeat rows 2 & 3
Switch to 8mm hook…
Row 6: Ch-1, turn, in same st as join, sc in blo only. * sc in flo of next st, sc in blo of next * repeat between * * around. (39)
Row 7: * sc in flo of next st, sc in blo of next * repeat between * * around. Sc in flo of last st. (39)
Row 8: * sc in blo of next st, sc in flo of next * repeat between * * around. Sc in blo of last st. (39)
Rows 9 – 40: alternate rows 7 & 8
Switch to 6mm hook…
Row 41: Sl st in next st, ch-1, do not turn, * fphdc around first, bphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Fphdc around final st. Join to top of first st. (39)
Row 42: Ch-1, turn, * bphdc around first, fphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Bphdc around final st. Join to top of first st. (39)
Row 43: Ch-1, do not turn, * fphdc around first, bphdc around next * repeat between * * around. Fphdc around final st. Join to top of first st. (39)
Row 44: repeat row 42 (39)
Row 45: repeat row 43 (39)
Fasten off and weave in all ends.
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