I love Baby Legwarmers. Maybe it’s because I had a pair of legwarmers my mom knitted me when I was in elementary school. Thanks to the fashion of the 80’s. But for some reason, the new version for babies and little kids are way cuter than the older version (but not your incredible knitting mom :)!
I have seen tutorials for making your own all over the web for a few months now and I just barely got around to making some. I don’t know what took me so long. They only took about 10 minutes total to make. I made this first pair without a sewing machine using Little Birdie Secrets easy tutorial which can be found here.
But just the other day, I ran across a site named Calico that has a simple tutorial to get your legwarmers to have a little ruffle on the end you sew. I am totally going to use her tutorial to add the ruffle to the other two socks waiting for their transformation. (I bought a really cute 3-pack of women’s tall socks that were perfect to turn into leggings).
So if you have a little person on your list this year, these just might be something they could use. I bought some last year (for too much) and they were perfect to protect my baby’s legs from all the rough surfaces she was crawling over. Plus, these are perfect for keeping little legs toasty warm for the cooler weather ahead!
1. Soft and Chubby Baby Legs (the skin kind)
2. Falling Leaves
3. The end of weeding! (ignore the ones you can see in the picture, I am obviously too lazy to pull those out)
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Leah says
For my daughter I like to put the socks on her inside out and mark where her toes stop. Then sew along that line and cut off the excess that way they can be socks too. Like thigh highs, because I can't figure out how for her to wear socks with those cute baby legs. It has worked out really well for us.
Thank you for the link, Amy!
I'm posting another cute legwarmer idea next week {if I can get it done amongst the chaos}. I'll let you know when it's up!
I love your site.
Ok while those leg warmers are adorable I must say it's the fact that you actually got your child to let your photograph her…I love photography myself but for the life of me I can not get my son to let me photograph him long enough take good pictures like these! If I get one I'm lucky!!
Cheers to you and your patient daughter!! (and your leg warmers!)
Theu are so cute on babies and the toddlers…reminds me of the thick warm stockings little ones wore in the 40-50's..only these are soft and so cute! Hey, I'm having a GIVE A WAY on my blog come say hi :D
I keep meaning to make these too… I just made a CUTE skirt baby legs would look good under. DO they still work for a 2 1/2 year old?? :)
Very cute. I think my little girl would love some of those too!
Cute picture!!
When I tried to make the ruffle version from Calico it didn't turn out very well. Have you tried it yet?