Clover Pants

Clover Pants are worked from the bottom up in the round and in our charted allover Clover stitch pattern. The pants are worked with 1 strand of either Merino, Cotton Merino or Pure Silk. You start working the legs separately in the round before work is joined on one needle at the crotch. Afterwards, you continue in the round and shape the pants following charts and German short rows. Clover Pants are finished with a folded waistband in seed stitch (US) / moss stitch (UK) with a drawstring channel and an i-cord drawstring. Sizes: 3 (6, 9, 12, 18) months // 2 (4) years Finished measurements: Waist circumference: approx. 39 (43, 43, 47, 47) // 51 (56) cm [15¼ (17, 17, 18½, 18½) // 20 (22)]”; Leg length from crotch to edge: approx. 21 (23, 26, 28, 30) // 32 (34) cm [8¼ (9, 10¼, 11, 11¾) // 12½ (13½)]” 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, 3) // 3 (4) balls. Sample is in Merino in Mushroom Rose 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