Free Knitting Pattern: Baby Frog Legs

I saw this pattern for “Baby Frog Legs” (legwarmers) on Facebook and I just had to share it because fat little baby legs in handknit legwarmers make me smile.

That’s probably because custom legwarmers were one of the first things I ever knit for my little preemie’s tiny legs, and the colorful yarn I used was similar to that shown in this pattern from Lauren Dahl.

I actually still have a bunch of that yarn I always meant to make baby pants out of. Maybe some more legwarmers are in order. Maybe a matching mother-daughter set?

[Photo via Lauren Dahl.]

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I’ve shared a lot of Christmas stocking knitting patterns over the years (see posts 1, 2, 3 for example) but what if you want to knit a stocking for a non-human member of your family. If you’re looking for Christmas stocking knitting patterns for your cats or dogs, this is the post for you.

These large paw print stockings are perfect for either dogs or cats, so they’re great to knit if you have both. They are worked in the round using DK weight yarn, and the stocking measures about 17 inches/43 cm from the top to the heel. You can get the pattern from nicolaluke.

The K4 Project has a super cute Kitty Christmas stocking pattern, which is worked in worsted weight yarn. They also have a dog version, or you can buy both and get a discount if you have both dogs and cats to knit for. Both projects have two patterns, showing how to work the stockings flat or in the round.

Put your dog into a Christmas scene with this stocking pattern from ifanhourChild. It shows a dog in a dog house in the snow, and has room for the dog’s name at the top. It’s worked flat using worsted weight yarn and the pattern includes charts for many small and medium dog breeds (there’s a separate listing for bigger dogs) so you can stitch a dog that looks like yours.

Annie’s Woolens has both dog and cat stocking knitting patterns that are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round. You can change up the colors to suit your pet if you want, and they come with an alphabet chart for personalization. Or you can stick with holiday colors and buy a kit to make the dog or cat stocking.

Waiting for Santa Paws is a pattern from Kate Agner on Ravelry that would be cute for a dog or a cat. It looks like a leg with a paw print on the bottom part of the foot and more paw prints running around the top of the leg. This is a great option if you don’t want to mess with a heel turn because it doesn’t have a heel, because dogs and cats don’t have heels so why would their stockings?

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Cindy says
April 9, 2016 at 11:10 am
so where is the free baby leg warmer pattern?
Sarah White says
April 10, 2016 at 10:23 pm
That site doesn’t seem to exist anymore. The original post was from 2013 and pages do go away from time to time. You can go to archive.org and search for the pattern page (http://laurendahl.com/free-knitting-pattern-baby-frog-legs/) to find it.

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