Panting Hard

I can only handle so much serious knitting. Sometimes it's just fun to go off and do something impractical out of a fiber you don't give much credit and see what happens. So, with no further delay, I give you my progress on a very impractical project: knitted sweat pants.

Two Legs Up!

I decided to not worry about matching the stripes -- I'm not going to hit the town with these bad boys, so I just went with what came up. Here's what one of the legs looks like draped across my actual leg:

A Long View of a Pant Leg

I'm pretty pleased with myself -- I will only have one seam to sew up -- the crotch seam. I think I can handle a mattressing a few stitches. From here on out the pieces are knit together in the round. I am curious to see whether or not Amber's prediction from my previous post will come true -- that without the extra side seams, the pants will get loose and stretchy and shapeless. I hadn't thought about that before, but it does seem like a possibility.

And if anyone wants sweat pants just like these (even out of the same dye lot) -- check out Bonne Marie's blog. She's giving away Homespun to people who want to knit pants. And that Regency color is still waiting to be claimed!