Knitted Pants Pattern #597

Size 2

Materials:
Chadwick's Red Heart Saxony, 3 balls (⅔ oz. balls).
Milward's Phantom Knitting Pins, 1 pair No. 1 (2½ mm. size).
15 inches of narrow elastic.

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

Starting at waistline, cast on 110 sts and work in stockinette st (k 1 row, p 1 row) for 6½ inches. To shape legs, dec. 1 st at both ends of each row until 86 sts remain. Then dec. 1 st at end of each row until 50 sts remain. Bind off. Make another piece same as this.

Sew up side seams. Sew up crotch seam. Make a ½ inch hem on wrong side of work at waistline; run elastic through and sew ends securely.

Binding. Cast on 6 sts and work in stockinette st until piece is long enough to go around leg. Bind off. Sew binding around leg as in illustration. Finish other leg in same way.

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.