Bamboo baby pants

By Spotlight

Embrace ‘green’ trends when you use this innovative fibre, made by processing the bamboo grass stalk & combing the fibre strands from the actual plant itself.

Final Result

Materials

• 2 x 50g balls ‘Bella Baby’ Layette
• 1 pair 4.5mm knitting needles
• 3.00mm crochet hook
• stitch holders
• scissors, yarn needle, tape measure
• 8 x 10mm mother of pearl buttons

Step 1

Back & front
Begin with one leg.
Cast on 26 (28, 30, 32) sts and work in garter st until work measures 12 (15, 18, 21)cm from beg. Place sts on stitch holder.
Knit 2nd leg and place both legs onto one needle 52 (56, 60, 64) sts. Cont in garter st until work measures 26 (31, 36, 42)cm. Cast off all sts.

Step 2

Finishing
Sew sides and inside leg. With crotchet hook chain stitch 65cm and fasten off. Thread through the pants tie in a bow and tie a knot each end.

Note

Size
Newborn (3, 6, 12 months)

Tension
20 sts x 28 rows to 10cm over stocking st using 4.5mm needles

Abbreviation

K = knit
inc = increase
K2tog = knit 2 sts together
dec = decrease
foll = following
yon = yarn over needle
st/s = stitch/es
alt = alternate
psso = pass slipped stitch over
Cont = continue
beg = begin/ning
RS = right side
ea = each
rem = remain/ing
sl = slip
rep = repeat