Zebra Stripe Leg Warmer Experiment FAIL

I bought the last two balls of Lion Brands' black and white angel hair yarn at Joann's and upon the request of my daughter, proceeded to make leg warmers to give her at Christmas.

I used a size "N" hook and started out by chaining the width I wanted the "ribbing" to be. Then I sc back and forth, working in only the back loop of stich, until I completed the ribbing long enough to go around my own ankle.
I figured if it fit around my large (fat) ankle, it would fit anyone!

I then slip stitched the ends of the ribbing together to form a circle of ribbing.

Next I started my rounds working the first round on the edge of ribbing. I only made 22 hdc around which was my mistake but having only the two small balls of yarn to work with, I hoped it would suffice. I was wrong. The leg warmers turned out beautiful and soft with somewhat a zebra stripe pattern to it and with the lace edging in black I added, they were not only soft and zebra but they were also unique and special for her.
My daughter liked them but when she tried to wear them I guess they proved to be too tight, or small. (sigh). Being a dancer, she can't have anything restricting like these were.

A few days after Christmas her little dachshund mix puppy (the one who bites chunks out of our furniture like a pitt bull might) decided to snack on the leg warmers I made. No great loss except I can't get ahold of anymore of that yarn. I guess everyone likes it and buys it faster than I can get to it.

Anyway, here is a photo of a piece of a leg warmer I salvaged to show the pattern of this variegated angel hair yarn.
As soon as I get to Joann's I am going to buy up all of this yarn, there are so many things I can make for my daughter (she loves the softness of it!). I might leave one ball of it in the store but probably not. lol.

BTW I did finally find a good leg warmer pattern on line, and will use it's format for the next time I attempt this project. My daughter requested the "over the shoe" style vs. the typical leg warmers that are too tight to go around the shoe.