Drawstring shorts

Right leg and crotch

Shaping Leg: Cast on 19 stitches with 4mm needles and work following rows in stocking stitch... First 8 rows: Work straight Shaping Crotch: 9th row: Cast off 2 stitches at beginning of row. (17 sts) 10th row: Cast off 3 stitches at beginning of row. (14 sts) Next 2 rows: Work straight. 13th row: Change to 3.25 mm needles working in rib, (k1,p1). Next 5 rows: Continue straight in rib. Cast off in rib.

Left leg and crotch

Shaping leg: Cast on 19 stitches with 4 mm needles and work following rows in stocking stitch... First 9 rows: work straight. Shaping Crotch: 10th row: Cast off 2 stitches at beginning of row. (17 sts) 11th row: Cast off 3 stitches at beginning of row. (14 sts) Next row: Work straight. 13th row: Change to 3.25 mm needles working in rib, (k1,p1). Next 5 rows: Continue straight in rib. Cast off in rib.

Making up

1. Pin up right leg seam by easing back of leg to front of leg. Sew up right leg seam. 2. Pin up left leg seam by easing back of leg to front of leg. Sew up left leg seam. 3. Turn the right leg (and crotch) in the right way,(so good side is facing) and keeping the left leg(and crotch) with wrong side facing. 4. Now place and fit the right leg into the left leg. Pin up crotch seam by matching both right and left crotches evenly. Sew up crotch seam. The Drawstring: Turn shorts right side, (good side) out. Double thread darning needle with matching yarn. NB: Before threading yarn through waist band, make sure 3 rows down from top of waist band cast off (Bind off) edge. Thread yarn in and out through waist band (ribbing) from, and back to centre front. Cut yarn off at darning needle end. Knot each end of drawstring, ( this will secure the 2 strands of yarn together to complete the drawstring). Tidy up loose yarn ends inside garment.

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