February 24, 2011  Leg Warmer Tutorial  Here's the tutorial for
the leg warmers from this post.  They're made from an old
sweater.  I got it for $1, which is less than you'd pay for a
pair of knee-high socks, and you still have the rest of the
sweater for another project.  Make sure the sweater fabric
stretches both vertically and horizontally.  Start by cutting of
the arms of the sweater.  Trim to the width you want.  I used a
pair of Bella's tights to measure.  Make the length longer than
the tights. Tights have the foot part, which holds the stretch a
little better. The leg warmers won't stretch as much, so they'll
need to be longer.  I hope that makes sense.   Sew them up
lengthwise.  Now make a band for the top.  I just used some of
what I trimmed off the armholes.  Sew it into a tube. You want
the tube to be narrower than the leg warmers.  Turn the tube
right side out, and then fold it so that half of the tube is
inside the other half, as shown.  Insert the unfinished edge of
the leg warmer into your fo