INCA COTTON PANTS
YARN = INCA COTTON by LAINES DU NORD. Size S/M: 500 g in col. 5
STRAIGHT NEEDLES = 3.5 mm
OTHER = stitch markers, darning needle, scissors, tape measure.
The pants are made up of 2 identical panels, each worked bottom-up. Each panel forms one leg, including either the right or left half of the upper part of the pants. The 2 panels are worked separately and sewn together at the end.
Stockinette stitch flat (o in back-and-forth rows):
R 1 (RS): knit.
R 2 (WS): purl.
Rep r 1 and 2 throughout
RS = right side of the work
WS = wrong side of the work
SM =stitch marker
r = row/s
st/sts = stitch/es
col = color
k = knit
bind off = bind off the stitches using the skp technique (slip 1, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over).
rep = repeat
rep ** = repeat from * to *
p = purl
selv. = selvedge stitch (at the beginning of each row, slip the 1st st as it appears without working it; at the end of each row, work the last st as it appears).
skp = slip 1 stitch knit-wise (slip 1 st k-wise, knit next st, pass slipped st over)
k2tog = knit 2 stitches together (insert the right needle into the next 2 stitches on the left needle and knit them together)
Size in the picture: S/M
Waist circumference: 80 cm, adjustable
Leg length: 80 cm from the crotch
Hem circumference: 60 cm
Procedure
FINISHING
Sew all seams on the WS. First, sew the side edges of one panel together to form a cylindrical leg, leaving the back and front crotch edges open for now. Repeat the same process for the second panel. Next, place both panels side by side, ensuring that the leg seams are positioned on the inner sides of the pants. Then, sew the corresponding edges of both parts together, joining the back and front crotch seams.
Weave in all ends. Wet and block. Wear!
FIRST PANEL
Using 3.5 mm needles and Inca Cotton yarn, cast on 160 sts.
Work in stockinette stitch for 185 r, always keeping the first and last st as a selv. st, and decreasing 1 st every 30 r, 5 times.
For each RS r with decreases, proceed as follows: 1 selv. st, 1 skp over the second and third st, knit to the last 3 sts, k2tog over the third-to-last and second-to-last st, 1 selv. st in the last st.
After completing all 5 sets of decreases, 150 sts remain (75 sts for the back and 75 sts for the front).
While continuing in stockinette st across all sts, begin shaping the 2 side edges to form the back and front crotch.
On the right side of the panel for the back crotch, bind off the first 10 sts. Then, on the same side, decrease 2 sts every 4 r, 10 times (40 r total). At the end of this section, 45 sts remain for the back.
On the left side of the panel for the front crotch, decrease 1 st every 2 r, 15 times (30 r total). At the end of this section, 60 sts remain for the front. On r 30, begin binding off 10 sts every 2 r, 6 times, completing the last front crotch bind-off in r 40. Afterward, continue working on the remaining 45 sts for the back crotch, binding off 10 sts every 2 r, 3 times, followed by binding off 15 sts every 2 r, once.
SECOND PANEL
Work the second panel as given for the first one, reversing all shaping for the back and front crotch bind-offs and decreases.
