Hi …
I am looking for an adult size pant to knit for my hubby… wonder anyone come across any free pattern . :shrug: …thks in advance for your assistant
See if you can check out Barbara Walker’s Knitting from the Top from your local library. I think the basic pants were something like leggings, but she gives numerous variations including shorts and bikini bottoms. I don’t remember whether any of them would be suitable for men; I really didn’t look at that section of the book very much. I wish I could tell you more, but I had to return the copy I had to the library the other day because I had renewed it the maximum number of times. 
I search high and low online for pant patterns. The only ones I was interested in doing were these
http://www.bernat.com/pattern.php?PID=1859
although I haven’t done them yet.
hi Indian Princess,
that is a cool pant… do you want to knit it together … i will be glad to knit along with you let me know.
oh by the way thanks for the pattern search that was so nice of you :happydance:
HelloKitty~
Actually I had done the research some months back and just had it bookmarked, but searching amongst my bookmarks is a search indeed. lol
At the moment I am immersed in my Christmas knitting, and these would be for Me! So they are going to have to wait, until I get through my list. :doh:
I’m glad you like the pattern though and look forward to seeing your progress and FO! :happydance:
ok… good luck with your X’mas knitting …post it here when they are done so that we could see … i have a couple of project too … ha ha don’t we knitters luv to have a few projects at each go… not one but too many 
this is so funny icon ! u go girl !!! keep me posted
I’ve made my own. They are symmetical front to back as well as left to right.
Making the legs is just like making the sleeves of a sweater, except you have to scale up a bit. I do mine in the round on a set of four double pointed needles. I increase by one stitch on every eighth needle until I am at the required circumference for the thigh. If you put a mark at the end of one of your needles, and turn it over each time you use it, it will help you keep count - decrease when you come to the marked end.
Once you get to the required circumference, work straight until you are up to inside leg length. Cast off ten stitches.
Make another leg, just like the first. (Actually, I make my legs in parallel, doing a bit of one and then a bit of the other, checking for symmetry from time to time. You do need to have plenty of double-pointed needles for this though - I make mine from dowel.)
Then you need a rectangle for the crotch - do a provisional cast on and stocking stitch about ten stitches wide and about ten rows long.
There is then a moment of mayhem when you join the legs to the crotch patch. Knit round the first leg to the point wheer you casted off ten. Then knit across the top of the crotch patch, and round the second leg and across the other end of the crotch patch. Then you are back where you started.
After the mayhem, I settle down to using a set of five long double-pointed needles. You can use a flexible circular needle if you like. Put markers at the front and back of the thighs.
You may find now that you have more stitches than you need for the waist. For about ten rows, you K2tog (through back of loops if necessary) above where the crotch patch joins the legs. After that, you decrease where you put the markers, four stitches every few rounds, to get down to the right size. When you get to the waist, you do about three inches of K2P2 rib and then do a loose cast off. You fold the K2P2 rib in half and sew it down, leaving holes for the drawstring. The drawstring is about 4 feet of i-chord - I think 5 stitches wide is about right.
Sew up the slits between the crotch patch and the legs.
You can do this baggy in double knitting wool, or tight using wool-acrylic-nylon blend. I have tried tight using pure acrylic, but it wears out too quickly. The drawstring is best done in wool-acrylic-nylon blend - strong and stretchy. Do the plain stocking stitch stuff on 4 mm needles, and the rib on 3.25 mm needles.
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This is quite an old thread, from 2006, but your advice for knitting pants is still appreciated. Thanks for joining us and for posting.