So I finished the other leg warmer and it turned out better thanthe first one so I may rip it out and do it over. I dunno. I'm inot the new pattern on Knitty called swurl. http://knitty.com/ISSUEsummer06/PATTswell.html You make the two ear flaps first then cast on stiches between them, join and staart knitting. Here is what it looks like.