Big Twist Leg Warmers by Erica Patberg

Big Twist Leg Warmers

Knitting
June 2012
Lace ?
28 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches
in relaxed k1, p1 rib with 1 strand each of two colors held together
US 5 - 3.75 mm
872 yards (797 m)
12" leg circumference and 15½" long
English
This pattern is available from interweave.com for $7.99.

Publication intro: A puzzle for the knitting theorist: how can interlocking the long sides of a flat rectangle create a tube with a softly flowing twisted edge?

Yardage: Pattern calls for 2 balls each of two colors.

Pattern offers customization tip for cropped leg warmers, as well as narrower ones.