Toddler Lounge Pants
Sizes: 2T (3T, 4T, 5T)
Waist Circumference: 20.5-21″ (21-21.5″, 21.5-22″, 22-22.5″) / 52-53.5 (53.5-54.5, 54.5-56, 56-57) cm (with elastic waistband)
Length: 20.75″ (22.25″, 24.25″, 26.75″) / 52.5 (56.5, 61.5, 68) cm when measured from center back to bottom hem
Inseam: 14.5″ (15.25″, 16.5″, 18.25″) / 37 (39, 42, 46) cm
Gauge: 36 sts × 37 rnds = 4″ × 4″ (10 cm × 10 cm), after blocking.
Suggested Needles: US 2 (2.75 mm) circular needles or size needed to obtain gauge.
Materials: 175 g (185 g, 200 g, 230 g) Knitting for Olive Pure Silk (50 g = 273 yd / 250 m), shown in the colorway Unicorn Purple; 20″ (20.5″, 21″, 21.5″) / 51 (52, 53.5, 54.5) cm of 1.5″ / 4 cm knit elastic
VIDEO TUTORIAL:
A full step-by-step video tutorial for this pattern is available on YouTube: Watch the Toddler Lounge Pants Video Tutorial
PATTERN
WAISTBAND
Using a cable cast-on, CO 212 (220, 228, 236) sts. Being careful not to twist sts, join to work in the rnd.
Work in St st until piece measures 1.5″ / 4 cm from cast-on edge.
Purl 1 rnd for fold rnd.
Work in St st for 0.75″ / 2 cm past fold rnd, placing a front marker 106 (110, 114, 118) sts after beg-of-rnd marker.
Eyelet Rnd: K to 14 sts before front marker, K2tog, YO, K to front marker, sm, K12, YO, SSK, K to end of rnd.
Work in St st until piece measures 1.5″ / 4 cm from fold line.
Fold waistband in half. Knit each live st together with the corresponding st from the cast-on edge, stopping about 15 sts before end of rnd.
Cut a 20″ (20.5″, 21″, 21.5″) / 51 (52, 53.5, 54.5) cm length of 1.5″ / 4 cm knit elastic. Thread elastic through waistband, using a safety pin to guide it if needed. Make sure elastic is not twisted, overlap ends by 1″ / 2.5 cm, and sew securely together by hand or machine.
Finish knitting live sts together with cast-on edge.
RISE
Work German short rows to raise the back of the pants by about 1″ / 2.5 cm as follows:
Row 1: K11, turn & work.
Row 2: P to beg-of-rnd marker, P11, turn & work.
Row 3: K11 past previously worked turning st, turn & work.
Row 4: P11 past previously worked turning st, turn & work.
Repeat Rows 3–4 three more times.
Resume working in the rnd.
Work 4 (5, 6, 7) rnds even in St st.
Back Increase Rnd: K1, LLI, K to last st, RLI, K1.
*Work 4 (5, 6, 7) rnds even in St st, then work the Back Increase Rnd.*
Repeat from * to * 4 more times.
AT THE SAME TIME, after 6 (7, 8, 9) rnds have been worked, begin front increases as follows:
Front Increase Rnd: K to 1 st before front marker, RLI, sm, LLI, K to end of rnd.
*Work 4 (5, 6, 7) rnds even in St st, then work the Front Increase Rnd.*
Repeat from * to * 2 more times.
Work St st until piece measures 5.5″ (6.25″, 7″, 7.5″) 14 (16, 18, 19.5) cm from center front.
FIRST LEG
K to front marker. Place remaining sts on hold.
Cable CO 10 (10, 12, 12) sts and join to work in the rnd – 126 (130, 136, 140) sts.
Work in St st until leg measures 14.5″ (15.25″, 16.5″, 18.25″) / 37 (39, 42, 46) cm from leg split.
BOTTOM HEM
Purl 1 rnd for fold rnd.
Work 1″ / 2.5 cm in St st.
BO all sts.
Fold hem to WS along fold rnd and sew in place with a tapestry needle.
SECOND LEG
Return held leg sts to needle.
Pick up and knit 5 (5, 6, 6) sts from first half of gusset, K across leg sts, then pick up and knit 5 (5, 6, 6) sts from remaining half of gusset – 126 (130, 136, 140) sts.
Work as for First Leg.
DRAWSTRING
CO 4 sts and work I-cord until drawstring measures 38″ (40″, 42″, 44″) / 96.5 (101.5, 106.5, 112) cm.
FINISHING
Weave in all remaining ends.
Using a tapestry needle, thread drawstring through eyelets above the elastic waistband.
ABBREVIATIONS
beg: beginning
BO: bind off
CO: cast on
K: knit
K2tog: knit 2 together – knit the next 2 sts together
LLI: left lifted increase: insert left needle from back to front under the left leg of the stitch 2 rows below the first stitch on the right needle; knit this strand through the back loop
P: purl
RLI: right lifted increase: insert right needle from back to front under the right leg of the stitch 1 row below the next stitch on the left needle; place this strand on the left needle and knit it
rnd(s): round(s)
sm: slip marker
SSK: slip, slip, knit — slip 1 st knitwise, slip the next st knitwise, then knit the 2 slipped sts together through the back loops
st(s): stitch(es)
St st: stockinette stitch; in the round – knit every rnd; flat – knit 1 row, purl 1 row
WS: wrong side
YO: yarn over
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