Big Kid Pants is a pattern based on Holly C. Watson’s “Light Summer Shorts,” which inspired the basis for these sweats. I encourage you to check out her work! These sweatpants will have you on top of the world—worked in an opaque fabric with a smooth taper and cable racing stripes, you’ll look and feel cool in any weather.

This is Bill, a lovely little platypus friend! Bill is knit in the round on double pointed needles. Gauge is pretty much irrelevant as differences in yarn/needle size will just result in a slightly smaller or bigger platy, but for the sake of a stronger fabric, I used one needle size down from the recommended size. You’ll need one skein of each...