How many stitches do you leave in the crotch of your longies?

[bigknitwit]

Just wondering ;) I made a pair for ds a while back that only left 1 or 2 stitches, and I find it pulls a little more than I'd like. Lately I've been designing longies to have more like 4 stitches in there, in the hopes of alleviating that stress/pulling.

[BethyM99]

I do Pam's wonderous crotch shaping. I love it and can't bring myself to try any other way

[nyllek]

I do Pam's wonderous crotch shaping. I love it and can't bring myself to try any other way

Ditto! I find myself admiring the crotch shaping every time I look at the two pair I've made. Kind of odd I know.

[averymybaby]

I've tried leaving between 2-4 stitches on a couple of pairs and I like it with more, but I'm still not enamored with the method itself, of just leaving a couple stitches. That area gets so much stress and you still end up with little holes on the sides.

I'd like to try Pam's shaping sometime, but until I buy the pattern I guess I have to wing it. Even so, I'd like to come up with my own solution. I'm not holding my breath though. :moon

[Sheena]

I add 8, 4 in front and 4 in back. :)

ETA: I start adding the about an inch before I split for the legs.

[averymybaby]

I add 8, 4 in front and 4 in back. :)

oh yeah? and when you kitch them together, how do you sew up the holes on the sides? :brow

[Sheena]

I do a series of duplicate stitches. Is that what you mean?

[mommomrebecca]

I also love the wonderpants crotch shaping, but with the crocheted pants I leave 4 stitches. I have been experimenting though with more shaping because my daughter is always crouching and there is too much stress on the sides of those stitches. Anyone know a good crotch shaping technique for crocheted pants?

crouch
crotch
crochet

This post is a tongue twister :goodgrief

[CraftyMommaOf2]

Can you convert the knit to crochet and go on the same pattern?

[averymybaby]

I do a series of duplicate stitches. Is that what you mean?


:hmm I dunno if that's what I meant :lol: what do YOU mean? ;)

[mommomrebecca]

I don't know...Can I? Please tell! I didn't make the wonderpants so I don't know how to do it in knit anyway :faint

[Sheena]

OK... well, for one thing I don't do the wonderpants pattern so that might be causing some confusion, lol. I do F&F.

I start doing 2 increases every other row, right where the crotch will be, about an inch before I split. I kitchener and then seam up the holes. It gives about 1/2 inch in between the legs for a stride allowance.

[Susan_WW]

I leave 10 and make a sort of gusset out of them about 10 rows long (I do some shaping in there too). I find that this leaves a good amount of contact with the diaper which helps contain in the "explosions" if they happen to get out of the diaper.

[bigknitwit]

Ooooh gussets! I'm just looking in one of my Norwegian pattern books to get a little more information - Now I'll have to think of how I can incorporate this idea into my machine pattern...

[pb_and_j]

I've been experimenting w/ this as well as doing some increases near the crotch to make sure there are enough sts for the thighs so they aren't too tight. I like to do at least 4 sts (4 in front and 4 in back, grafted together) for sm and med and 6 for large.