"Lita" - crochet pants pattern

Lita crochet pants pattern by Simona Creates

   

Materials:

• 6 mm hook

• Elastic cord

• 3.5 skeins of Stenli Denim

• Darning needle, scissors and tape measure

 

Abbreviations (US terms)

• Ch(s) - chain(a)

• Sc - single crochet

• Sc dec - single crochet decrease

• Dc - double crochet

• Fpdc - front post double crochet 

• Bpdc - back post double crochet

• sl.st - slip stitch

• Sk - skip

• Sp(s) - space(s)

 

Ch 72 (multiple of 8, should be measuring the circumference of your thigh), sl.st into first ch to form a ring 

 

R1: ch 1, sc in same ch, *ch 1, sk 1, sc in next ch, ch 3, sk 2, dc in next ch, ch 3, sk 2, sc in next ch*, repeat till there are 7 chs left, ch 1, sk 1, sc in next ch, ch 3, sk 2, dc in next ch, ch 3, sk 2, sl.st into first sc.

 

R2: sl.st into ch-1-sp, ch 6 (counts as a first dc + ch 3), *sc in next ch-3-sp, ch 1, sc in next ch-3-sp, ch 3, dc in next ch-1-sp, ch 3*, repeat till you reach the last 2 ch-3-sps, sc in next ch-3-sp, ch 1, sc in last ch-3-sp, ch 2, sc in 3rd chain (ch 2 + sc count as first ch-3-sp of next round).

 

R3: ch 1, sc in first ch-3-sp, *ch 1, sc in next ch-3-sp, ch 3, dc in next ch-1-sp, ch 3, sc in next ch-3-sp*, repeat till you have 2 ch-sps left, ch 1, sc in next ch-3-sp, ch 3, dc in next ch-1-sp, ch 3, sl.st into first sc.

 

Repeat R2-3 27 more times, then R2 once more(a total of 56 rounds) or until you reach the desired length (make sure that you end on a repetition of R2).

Cut yarn off and repeat the same steps for the other leg.

After you're done with the second leg, don't cut yarn off (we'll be joining the two legs together).

Ch 7 and join with a sl.st to any ch-1-sp of the first leg.

 

R1: ch 6 (counts as first dc + *[ch 3), sc in next ch-3-sp, ch 1, sc in next ch-3-sp, ch 3, dc in next ch-1-sp*, repeat till you reach the ch-8-sp, sk 2 chs, sc in next ch, ch 1, sk 1, sc in next ch], ch 3, sk 2, dc in ch-1-sp of the other leg, repeat what's in the [brackets] one more time

ch 2, sc in 3rd chain (ch 2 + sc count as first ch-3-sp of next round).

 

R2: ch 1, sc in first ch-3-sp, *ch 1, sc in next ch-3-sp, ch 3, dc in next ch-1-sp, ch 3, sc in next ch-3-sp*, repeat till you have 2 ch-sps left, ch 1, sc in next ch-3-sp, ch 3, dc in next ch-1-sp, ch 3, sl.st into first sc.

 

R3: sl.st into ch-1-sp, ch 6 (counts as a first dc + ch 3), *sc in next ch-3-sp, ch 1, sc in next ch-3-sp, ch 3, dc in next ch-1-sp, ch 3*, repeat till you reach the last 2 ch-3-sps, sc in next ch-3-sp, ch 1, sc in last ch-3-sp, ch 2, sc in 3rd chain (ch 2 + sc count as first ch-3-sp of next round).

 

Repeat R2-3 three more times.

 
 

R4: ch 1, sc dec over same ch-3-sp and the next ch-3-sp, *ch 2, dc in ch-1-sp, ch 2, sc dec over next 2 ch-3-sps*, repeat ** till there's one ch-1-sp left, ch 2, dc in last ch-1-sp, ch 2, sl.st into first sc dec.

 

R5: ch 4 (counts as first dc + ch 1), *sc in next dc, ch 1, dc on top of next sc dec, ch 1*, repeat till there's one unworked dc left, sc in last dc, ch 1, sl.st into 3rd ch.

 

R6: ch 1, sc in same st, *ch 1, dc in next st, ch 1, sc in next st*, repeat till there's one sc left, ch 1, dc in last st, ch 1, sl.st into first st.

 

R7: ch 4 (counts as first dc + ch 1), *sc in next dc, ch 1, dc in next sc, ch 1*, repeat till there's one unworked dc left, sc in last dc, ch 1, sl.st into 3rd ch.

 

Repeat R6-7 one or two more times (depending on the desired waist height.

 

R8: ch 3 (counts as a dc), dc in each st and in each ch-sp across the row, sl.st into 3rd ch.

 

R9: sl.st around the back post of ch-3, ch 3, *fpdc, bpdc* till the end of the row, sl.st into 3rd ch.

 

Repeat R9 four more times.

 

Cut yarn off and weave in the ends.

 

Adding elastic cord to the third repeat of R9:

With the wrong side of the pants facing up attach cord to the ch-3 at the beginning of the row. Sl.st in ch-3 and in each bpdc across the row. Sl.st into first sl.st, finish off.