Knitted Underwear

A little Knit-Projekt, made to use up rest-wool or cause you bought two balls of nice wool and do not want to knit another pair of socks. Cotton works well, you only need to know that some cotton likes to shrink in the washing machine.

You need about 90 gr wool, 3 knitting needles Nr 3, (one you need to set aside some stitches). a crotchet needle Nr. 3. You knit in stocking stitches.

Stitch swatch 20 stitches und 24 rows = 10x10 cm²

Cast on 72 st and knit 5 rows. The next row knit purl stitches on the stocking side, here ist the folding line for the waistband. Knit 30 rows, than decrease in every 2nd row on both sides 18 times one stitch, so you have after 36 rows 36 stitches on your needle.

The next row you decrease on both sides one stitch, knit the other 34 stitches and pull the third needle through the stitches, so you have the stitches on both needles, so you can use it later to knit the gusset.

Knit 17 rows and decrease every 2nd row 8 times one stitch on both sides. Knit another 16 rows straigth ahead.

Now set this needle with stitches aside and go on with the gusset. For the gusset you use also stocking stitches, but the pull-stitches met on the inside, so you have two sides with stocking stitches on the outsides. Knit 17 rows and decrease on both sides 8 times one stitch = 18 stitches. Knit 16 rows straight ahead.

Now take the stitches from the slip-needle, and knit it together with the stitches from the gusset, alwayse one from one needle together with one from the other. Now all stitches are on one needle and you have 18 stitches at all.

Knit 7 Rows straight ahead, then take up 18 times one stitch on both sides = 56 stitches. Now take up on both sides in evry 2nd row 2 times 4 stitches, so you get 72 stitches.

Knit 30 rows, then one row in pull-stitch on the front-side, another five rows in stocking stitches. Then bind of all stitches.

Close the seams on the sides and fold along the pull-stitches for the waistband. Seal the hem on the backside and before you cloase it, pull an elastic band inside.

Crochet arount the leg cuts with single crochet or use mouseteeth. Mouseteeth: One ssingle crochet in an edge stitch of the leg cut, 3 chain meshes, in the first chain mesh one single crochet, 3 single crochets in the next three edge stitches, in the lst one 3 chain meshes, and so on till end of leg cut,. Also on the other side, then sew up the loose thread.

Ok they do not look very sexy, but I like to hike around in the woods and as I often freeze I prefer some warm clothing for hiking.

Here are PDFs for download in English and German, and I hope you understand my english.