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taeliac — Tutorial : Simple Leg Warmers
Published: 2008-10-22 17:29:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 84992; Favourites: 1646; Downloads: 2624
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Well, as Halloween is coming up, I thought I would get a simple accessory tutorial up for you guys, that might help with your costume! They work wonderfully as a substitute (or cute accessory) for a school uniform, they also work for a kitty outfit, most Lolita outfits (please note: this might not be quite "in fashion" now, or readily accepted by the EGL community - do some research first so no one says anything :3), and stuff like that. Also, if you substitute a few measurements, they work wonderfully for arm warmers as well!I had Illustrator open for working on those Sew Village characters, so I did this one in Illustrator - changed the uploaded image from a PNG to a JPG, hopefully, it looks nicer now...
Anywho, a simple tutorial for how I make my leg warmers. They're usually made of fleece or knit, but if you're making it out of a non-knit fabric, read the note at the top about adding extra.
I hope this helps you all out a bit! Happy (early) Halloween
2008 Taeliac Studio Cosplay - BeAnime.com
Oh! And if you make something using one of my tutorials, could you pretty-please let me know, so I can 
it, and so others can see them? Pleeeeeeeeease? Please do not steal, redistribute or edit this. Do not steal!
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Thanks for posting this. It will definately come in handy when I'm working on my Halloween costume!
Arigato!
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Oh! This will definitely come in handy in the future! Thank you so much for posting this. Your tutorials are ALWAYS wonderful.
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Hehe, awesome! I'm so happy to hear that - I just did a film tutorial, and I'm waiting to get the upload privileges, I'm so excited!!
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I fing LOVE you!! I have been trying to make a costume for halloween for my sernoir year and its a Steampunk Alice-ish. Anyway i've been trying to find patterns but never seemed to fing any. I Loves you so much *crying*
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Hehe, not a problem! I'm so glad to be of help - that sounds really friggin' cool!! I want to see pcitures when you're done with it, please, because I'm addicted to the Steampunk/Arcanepunk idea, and an Alice would kick butt (
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I cut the fabric last night. My caf is *cough18cough* and my knee is 17 the lenght of my leg from mid foot to mid knee is 19. And it can reach around all the way. Would you advice still putting on the side flap-things?
P.s. it's probley going to look more like a Steampunk Item colletor of fictional items. Examples: the One Ring, Drangon scale, Roc's Egg, Queen of Hearts, ect. I'm making a list.
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It's really a personal thing - I like really full leg warmers (my calf is the same size, so I know the feeling - can you ever find high dressy boots that fit? Cuz I can't XP) then add the flaps, but if you don't need/want them, don't bother with 'em. Or, you can make them smaller, too
That is such a fantastic idea, though! I like it, and can't wait to see how it all comes together
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*Hug* Thanks.. I don't think I've ever tryed to find them. I'm 5'3 1/2 and if the sole of my shoes arn't on the ground I trip.
I already have the One Ring, A Match, A Tailors Measure, and a Dragon scale.
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Perfect weekend project. -puts in pocket to save for Winter break-
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You're not kidding! And, they shouldn't take too long to do, so you could wear them out to dinner or something fun right after you make them
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Yes! I should make them with a flannel, or like, warm material, wear them for winter. Mmm warm ankles
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I really wanted these legwarmers from SockDreams.com and I had them in my shopping cart but by the time I got around to buying them the next day after checking on my credit they were out of stock of that color and i didn't like the other ones.
So thanks for the tutorial just on time!
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Oooh! Those are knit one's, right?
I should ask my mother to write a knitting tutorial on them, she's made a few pairs for me a long time ago... hrm...
Anywho! I'm happy to be of help!! These may be a bit more flared than those are, but you can simply cut down the amount you add in Step 2
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Faved, and I'll be totally making myself some.
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They're so warm and comfy, they're worth it! Plus, if you live somewhere cold, like I do, you can wear more skirts in the winter
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That was exactly my reason for wanting to make some, all I wear are skirts (I don't own pants) and it's starting to get nippy. Thanks again for the pattern, hon! I love it when you post these.
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I LOVE YOU!!!! this is exactly what i needed for my halloween costume. 
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Weird. Just had someone ask me how to make legwarmers....
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It's that psychic connection or something
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It's like the Collective Geek Consciousness.
Collective Costumer Consciousness? Or C cubed, if you will. Yah, that's right, I can geek out too!
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Oh man... you and your coming up with witty slogans... but it's true!
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This helps a lot ^-^ This will be useful in the future :3
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Aaaah, I love you for doing this! I've been wanting to fo leg warmers for such a long time and now I'll be able to do it! ^_^
Thanks for such an awesome tutorial, it made my day!
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Hehe, not a problem!! I've had it on my list for freekin' ever, and figured a break from sewing/emails would be a good idea, and it took no time to make
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Hehe, I'm pracitcally floating on clouds right now, I so need to get some fabric so I can sew, maybe I've got some lying around at home
It doesn't seem hard to follow
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I'm definitely happy I could do this, then 
Hehe, I wish I had the time - I have so much fabric that would make awesome leg warmers floating around here XP But no.... must get back to work on the dress
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I'm too
Aw, well that's understandable, and it looks really nice so far by the way! I mean the dress ^^ So good luck on finishing it! ^^
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wow these look soo cool ^^ if i had a sewing machine at uni i would so make some for halloween
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Aww! If you were close, I'd borrow you mine!
I guess you could hand sew them, if you were really, really driven to make a pair 
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