The noise of chairs scraping along a wooden floor can be enough to make you wince, but combine that with them scratching a polished floor at the same time is a major problem that needs a solution before it sends me around the twist! I’ve tried small felt dots on the bottom of the legs which failed miserably after a few days so decided another solution was needed. I had some lovely grey Arran wool leftover from a jumper and it gave me an idea to make some chair leg socks. The first batch were for some square legged chairs. Next up will be some for round legs!
Square chair leg cover pattern:
Materials
5.5 mm hook
Arran weighted wool in grey pink and green
Stitch marker
Basic pattern – will give you a base size 5×5 cm. To make it smaller/bigger you just need to alter the number of chain stitches at the start and the number of rows.
ch8
Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook, dc along row
Row 2-7: ch1 (doesn’t count as a stitch) sc along row
Now working in the round
Rounds 1-8: sc around
Pink band with pink flower
Height when completed – 5cm
Complete basic pattern upto round 8
After round 8 change to pink
Round 8: sc around
Fasten off.
Pink flower
In pink
Make a magic ring, ch1, 5sc into ring
Round 1: slip stitch ch6 slip stitch into same stitch, then repeat into the next 4 sc. slip stitch into start of the round.
Fasten off leaving thread to attach. Sew flower onto leg cover.
Green band
Height when completed – 5cm
Complete basic pattern upto round 8
After round 8, change to green
Round 8: sc around
Fasten off.
Buttons
Height when completed – 4cm
Complete basic pattern upto round 8
Fasten off.
Sew on buttons
Green wavy top
Height when completed – 5cm up to base of wave section
Complete basic pattern upto round 8
Change to green
Round 9: skip sc, 5trb into next sc, skip sc, sc into next sc. repeat another 5 times, slip stitch into next sc
Fasten off.
This is absolute genius. We have a wooden floor in our dining room and the noise made by children (and some grown-ups) dragging chairs across it really gets to me. I also failed with the felt dots, and cork dots and even screw-on plastic feet. I shall be hooking a few of these beauties up asap. Thank you!!
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Thank you, think I’ve tried almost everything before coming up with these – was driving us all mad! So glad I got them made, hope they solve your problem too – would love to see them when they are finished
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I promise I’ll let you see them once I’ve made them. 🙂
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