I finished my "Nether Garments" last week and they were one of the most fun things I have knit. Stripes, largely using my hand-dyed yarn and growing very quickly all make for a very fun project. I used (what I thought was) the Russian join, but I did it without a needle. While there was a bit of end clearing up to do it wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been.
I think I went a bit overboard with the waist - if I was going to make these again I would definitly shorten it a bit, and I would keep the striping going throughout the waist area.
The main thing is though - these are wool leggings. I wear a lot of leggings made from fancy made up fabric like "luon" and "luxtreme" and "performance" and "embody active" and just plain old lycra. Those leggings sit very tight to the body, and then stretch enormous. Knitted yarn is different. It bags a bit, and sags a bit and drags a bit. But it's warm and comfortable and old fashioned and fun.
Of course, that's not how I would "syle" these, if style is a word that applies here. i could wear them under a denim skirt, or around the house under a long shirt / tunic.
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