Olive's Leggings by Pernille Larsen

Craft: Knitting

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Olive’s Leggings are simple and practical pants for everyday use for babies and children. The leggings are worked from the bottom up in the round using 1 strand of Merino, Cotton Merino or Pure Silk.

Each leg is worked separately up to the crotch where work is joined on one needle. Here, the crotch is first shaped with decreases before the backside of the leggings is shaped with short rows. The leggings are finished with a folded waistband with i-cord drawstring for the 3 smallest sizes and a 3 cm 1¼” wide elastic for the 4 largest sizes.

Sizes:

3 (6-9, 12-18) months // 2 (4, 6, 8) years

Finished measurements:

Total length: approx. 38 (43, 50) // 55 (63, 70, 79) cm 15 (17, 19¾) // 21¾ (24¾, 27½, 31)”; Leg length from crotch to edge: approx. 22 (25, 30) // 37 (43, 48, 54) cm 8¾ (9¾, 11¾) // 14½ (17, 19, 21¼)”; Waist circumference: approx. 35 (39, 41) // 45 (49, 53, 57) cm 13¾ (15¼, 16¼) // 17¾ (19¼, 20¾, 22½)”

Yarn:

Knitting for Olive Merino, Cotton Merino or Pure Silk (250 m 273 yd / 50 g 1.8 oz), fingering-weight yarn, 2 (2, 2) // 2 (2, 3, 3) balls.

Sample is in Merino in Dusty Olive colorway

Needles:

2.5 mm / US1.5 and 3 mm / US2.5 circular and double-pointed needles, or in size to obtain gauge

Gauge (after blocking):

28 sts and 38 rows = 10 cm 4” in st st with 3 mm / US2.5 needles

Notions:

Stitch markers, waste yarn or stitch holders, tapestry needle, safety pin. In addition, for sizes 2, 4, 6 and 8 years only: an elastic (approx. 3 cm 1¼” wide)