I was recently asked to crochet some pants for a 6 month old and to use a particular pattern, which of course I was more than happy to do.

I got the exact yarn and exact hook and of I went. Much to my dismay, the pants were turning out to be the size of a 2 year old!!! So, thinking it was my gauge, I went down a hook size since I needed a gauge of 18 trb to 10cm and at this stage I was doing about 15 trb per 10cm. So off I went with a smaller hook and I STILL couldn’t get 18trb across 10cm.

I really couldn’t use a smaller hook because the smaller the hook the stiffer the crocheted fabric, if you know what I mean.

After much grumping and pouting and huffing I decided that the pattern had a particular formula to it and if I worked it according to my guage, it should (SHOULD!) work as long as I worked with the measurements I’d been given by the person who’s little boy I was making the pants for.

So, as much for my memory as anyone else’s benefit I thought I’d write up the formula I used. Feel free to use it for yourself and if you’d like to create pants to sell, just drop me an email first at jenrenoden@iinet.net.au

The entire write up of the pattern can be found at the Wayback Machine link. It’s not in the form of a step by step pattern, but rather a formula and explanation of the steps the designer took.