Knitted Pants Pattern #596

Size 1

Materials:
Chadwick's Red Heart Saxony, 2 balls (⅔ oz. balls).
Milward's Phantom Knitting Pins, 1 pair No. 1 (2½ mm. size).  
Milward's steel crochet hook No. 7.
1 yd. ribbon.

Gauge: 10 sts make 1 inch; 12 rows make 1 inch.

Starting at top of waistband, cast on 80 sts and work in ribbing of k 2, p 2, for 1¼ inches. On next row k across, increasing 10 sts at equal distances apart (90 sts). Hereafter work in stockinette st (p 1 row, k 1 row) until piece measures 5½ inches, ending with a k row. Next row: K 2, p across, ending row with k 2. Following row: K across. Next row: K 4, p across, ending row with k 4. Following row: K across. Hereafter, continue in this manner, changing 2 more sts at both ends of each p row into k sts, until piece measures 6 inches. Then, continuing to change 2 more sts at both ends of each row into k sts, dec. 1 st at both ends of each row (thus shaping for leg) until 20 sts remain. Bind off. Make another piece same as this.

Sew up side seams. Sew up crotch seam. Work 2 rows of s c closely together around each leg. Run ribbon through the center of waistband and tie at center front.

This pattern was originally published in Spool Cotton #119, Woolies for Babies and has passed into the public domain: the source states these designs "are no longer protected by copyright and you are free to do whatever you would like to do with them." It is reproduced here verbatim, including original vintage terminology, abbreviations, and measurements, which may differ from modern conventions. You can view the original transcription at freevintageknitting.com.