Baby Bottoms 262 Knitting Pure & Simple Pattern

Baby Bottoms is a baby pants knitting pattern by Diane Soucy for Knitting Pure & Simple (#262), written to celebrate the birth of her first grandchild.

The pants are knit top-down and seamlessly in the round. Choose high-waisted overalls with suspenders or waist-length pants with elastic, and finish with ribbed cuffs or knitted feet.

• Craft: Knitting
• Sizes: Newborn, 6, 12, 18 months; waist 17, 18, 19, 21"
• Yarn: Light worsted or DK; overalls with feet about 345, 400, 430, 475 yds
• Needles: US 6 (4 mm) and US 4 (3.5 mm) 16" circulars; US 6 double-pointed needles
• Gauge: 22 sts = 4" in stockinette in the round
• Notions: Scrap yarn, stitch markers; ½ yd of ⅝" elastic for pants, or 2 buttons (½–⅝") for overalls
• Format: Printed pattern

Good for: warm, comfortable baby clothes.