Beginner's Baby Set Shorts

Beginner's Baby Set Shorts
This pattern is copyright 2007 Sabra Morse. Please see the main patterns page for more info on what you can & cannot do with this pattern & garments you make from it.

Materials

4.25 mm hook sport weight yarn st marker yarn needle to weave in ends

Gauge: 7 rows of 8 HDC = 2" Finished project should have a 16 inch waist before drawstring is added.

Note: Same rules apply here too--when working in rounds, don't use a joining st, & HDC decl. is the same as in the hat pattern. Also note: Instead of the usual ch-2 counting as the first HDC, I chained one to turn, then HDC in that first st. You don't have to do this, you can do it the classical way, but I'm leaving off directions for the first st because of it.

Front & Back: Make 2.

Ch 33

1) HDC in 3rd ch from hook (first 2 chs count as 1 HDC) & in each additional ch. 32 HDC
2 - 17) HDC in each st. 32 HDC
At end of row 17, finish off.
18) Join yarn in st 13 with a sl st. Ch 2 (counts as 1 HDC). HDC in next 8 sts, leaving remaining sts unworked. 8HDC
19 - 21) HDC in each st. 8 HDC
With right sides together, sew crotch & side seams.
Legs: Work the same on each side.
1) Join yarn to first st. on front piece. Place 44 HDC evenly around the leghole. 44 HDC
2) *HDC in 9 sts; HDCdecl. over next 2 sts* around. 40 HDC
3) HDC in each st around. 40 HDC
4) *HDC in 8 sts; HDC decl. over next 2 sts* around. 36 HDC
5) HDC in each sts around. 36 HDC
6) *HDC in 7 sts; HDC decl. over next 2 sts* around. 32 HDC
7) HDC in each st around. 32 HDC
8) SC in each st around. Finish off.

Waistband:
Join to free loop of beginning ch. SC in same place. *Ch 1, sk 1 free loop; sc in next free loop* around. Sl st to first SC, finish off.
Weave in all ends.
Drawstring: Ch 128. Finish off. After turning shorts right side out, weave drawstring through ch-1 spaces on waistband.