New Look pants

I nearly forgot to post about my knit pants I made on the weekend. The pattern is New Look 6950, bought mostly for the pants with pockets. It's so hard to get knit pants patterns with decent pockets.

I discovered that these pants are actually meant to be cropped although there was nothing on the pattern envelope to say so. So I had to play with both leg length & width. I decided that since I was in that area, I'd do my extended calf adjustment too. I should do this on all pants but sometimes I can't be bothered. My jeans are a good example of that! Anyway...the adjustment has made them hang beautifully at the side. I'm so pleased with them. I will do the adjustment on all my pants now. I also added a bit of width to the leg at the bottom as I'd taken a 3cm tuck out all the way down the back leg. I still have a couple of wrinkles at the back crotch but I think they're due to the inseam. I took it in and it made it worse so I let it out a little & it was better, but not perfect. But it will do. I have no photo of that though. The only photos I have are the ones on Flickr as I was without my laptop for a week & the other pics are on my DD's computer.

Not the best photo but you get the general idea. You can see how the pockets show through a bit. This fabric is very stretchy & has already dropped the crotch a little. I might wait until I wash them & if it's still the same, I will take the front crotch up a little. The separate elastic casing makes this easy & I really like the look of it. I think I will use it again on other pants.

Here's the side view.

New Look 6950

Size 16

Fabric: Very stretchy viscose/elastane (I think)

Bought at Pitt Trading sometime in 2010 $9 p/m

Oh & that's my wardrobe complete!!! Woot.