Knitted Gaucho Pants
Materials Required:
| AMERICAN THREAD: |
| Dawn “Sayelle[1]” or |
| “Dawn” Knitting Worsted |
| 5—4 oz. skeins Wood Brown |
| 1 pair Knitting Needles No. 7 or any |
| size needles which will result in |
| stitch gauge below |
| Plastic Crochet Hook Size H |
| 1 yd—¾ inch elastic |
| GAUGE: 9 sts = 2 inches; 7 rows = 1 inch |
| Directions are given for size 10-12. |
| Changes for size 14-16 are given |
| in parentheses. |
RIGHT LEG: Cast on 115 (123) sts, work in stockinette st (K1 row, P1 row) until section measures 18 inches from beg (both sizes) or desired length to crotch including 2 inches for hem ending with a P row. NEXT ROW: Bind off 5 sts (both sizes) at beg of row (front edge), place marker, K across remaining sts. NEXT ROW: Bind off 9 sts (both sizes) at beg of row (back edge), place contrasting marker, P across remaining sts. NEXT ROW: Dec 1 st at beg and end of row. NEXT ROW: P across row. Repeat last 2 rows 6 times (both sizes), 87 (95) sts remain on needle. NEXT ROW: SIDE SHAPING: K across 39 (43) sts, K2 tog, place a marker, K2 tog, K across remaining 44 (48) sts. NEXT 5 ROWS: Work even. Continue in this manner dec 1st each side of markers every 6th row until 67 (75) sts remain. Work even until section measures 11½ (12) inches from bound off sts, bind off.
LEFT LEG: Work same as right leg reversing all shapings.
FINISHING: Block each section. Weave leg seams tog to bound off sts. Weave center seams tog matching front and back crotch edges. Attach yarn in back seam and work a row of s c all around working 1 s c in each st, join, cut yarn.
CASING: With wrong side of work toward you attach yarn in loop in back of st under s c row at back seam, * ch 6, skip next 5 sts of 3 rows below, sl st in loop in back of next st, ch 6, skip next 5 sts of 3 rows above, sl st in loop in back of next st, repeat from * all around ending to correspond. Lace elastic through casing, fasten securely. Turn up a 2 inch hem to wrong side and tack in position. Steam hem and seams.