Little Man Shorts Crochet Pattern

Little Man Shorts are adorable shorts for the little baby boy in your life.  These shorts are super simple to make and easy to customize in any color scheme that like.  Even though the pattern is called Little Man Shorts, you could absolutely make these shorts for the little baby girl in your life.  The waist line is designed to be stretchable so they are not tight on that sweet little baby!  This crochet pattern uses simple crochet stitches to work up this design.

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Get ready to get hooked on the Little Man Shorts crochet pattern.

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The Little Man Shorts Crochet Pattern can be found in my pattern store as an ad free and beautifully formatted PDF.

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Materials

• Yarn: Medium, Weight 4; Example made with Vanna’s Choice (Aqua & White)
• Hook: K (6.50mm)
• Tapestry Needle, Scissors and Measuring Tape

Sizing

• Gauge: 12 Stitches and 10 Rows = 4”x4” (Hdc)
• These measurements are approximated, measure child’s waist and length to get accurate sizing needed.

Pattern Key

• St/Sts: Stitch(es)
• Sl St: Slip Stitch
• Ch: Chain
• Sc: Single Crochet
• Hdc: Half Double Crochet
• Dc: Double Crochet

Special Sticthes

• Fphdc (Front Post Half Double Crochet): Yarn over, insert hook under post, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through all three loops on hook.
• Foundation Single Crochet: See Video Tutorial

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Notes

• Chain 1 will NOT count as a st.
• Joining: When ending the rounds, you will join with a sl st into the 1^st st (not the chain 1)
• You can work the pants in one color or two. If worked with two colors, change to color 2 the last 3 rounds of the legs.

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0-3 Months Pants: Waist Circumference is 13” and Full Length is 6.5”

You Need Your K Hook and Your Color Choice of Yarn.

Foundation Single Crochet 49, join to make circle. 

Round 2:  Ch 1, 1 hdc same st, 1 hdc next st, 1 fphdc next st, *1 hdc next 6 sts, 1 fphdc next st, repeat from* until last 4 sts, 1 hdc in last 4 sts, join.  – 49

Round 3-4: Ch 1, 1 hdc in same st, 1 hdc next st, 1 fphdc next fphdc, *1 hdc in next 6 sts, 1 fphdc next fphdc, repeat from* until last 4 sts, 1 hdc in last 4 sts, join.  – 49

Round 5: Ch 1, 1 sc in same st, 1 sc in next st and each st around, join.  – 49

Note: You will now be working in continuous rounds, do not join at the end of rounds, use stitch markers to mark the 1^st stitch of each round.

Round 6:  Ch 1, 1 hdc same st, 1 hdc in next st and each st around.  – 49

Round 7-12: 1 hdc in each st around.  – 49

Right Leg:

Note: You will have stitches left unworked when working the right leg, but they will be used to make the left leg.

Round 13: 1 hdc in next 25 sts, join.  – 25

Round 14: 1 hdc in same st, 1 hdc in next 24 sts, (do NOT join).  – 25

Round 15-17: 1 hdc in next 25 sts, (do NOT join).  – 25

Round 18: 1 hdc in next 25 sts, join.  – 25

Fasten off and move to Left Leg.

Left Leg:

Note: You will be joining on only a few rows of the legs.

Round 13: (Leaving a long tail) Join in the same st as the last st in Round 16 of the Right Leg.  Ch 1, 1 hdc in same st, 1 hdc in next 24 sts, join.  – 25

Round 14: 1 hdc in same st, 1 hdc in next 24 sts, (do NOT join).  – 25

Round 15-17: 1 hdc in next 25 sts, (do NOT join).  – 25

Round 18: 1 hdc in next 25 sts, join.  – 25

Fasten off and weave in any loose ends, using the long tail from the beginning of the left leg, weave in the small gap in the crotch area.   Head to side stripes and tie below if you want to add them to the shorts.

3-6 Months Pants: Waist Circumference is 15” and Full Length is 7”

You Need Your K Hook and Your Color Choice of Yarn.

Foundation Single Crochet 53, join to make circle. 

Round 2:  Ch 1, 1 hdc same st, 1 hdc next st, 1 fphdc next st, *1 hdc next 6 sts, 1 fphdc next st, repeat from* until last 2 sts, 1 hdc in last 2 sts, join.  – 53

Round 3-4: Ch 1, 1 hdc in same st, 1 hdc next st, 1 fphdc next fphdc, *1 hdc in next 6 sts, 1 fphdc next fphdc, repeat from* until last 2 sts, 1 hdc in last 2 sts, join. – 53

Round 5: Ch 1, 1 sc in same st, 1 sc in next st and each st around, join. – 53

Note: You will now be working in continuous rounds, do not join at the end of rounds, use stitch markers to mark the 1^st stitch of each round.

Round 6:  Ch 1, 1 hdc same st, 1 hdc in next st and each st around.  – 53

Round 7-14: 1 hdc in each st around.  – 53

Right Leg:

Note: You will have stitches left unworked when working the right leg, but they will be used to make the left leg.

Round 15: 1 hdc in next 27 sts, join.  – 27

Round 16: 1 hdc in same st, 1 hdc in next 26 sts, (do NOT join).  – 27

Round 17-19: 1 hdc in next 27 sts, (do NOT join).  – 27

Round 20: 1 hdc in next 27 sts, join.  – 27

Fasten off and move to Left Leg.

Left Leg: (Leg length measure is 5”)

Note: You will be joining on only a few rows of the legs.

Round 15: (Leaving a long tail) Join in the same st as the last st in Round 18 of the Right Leg.  Ch 1, 1 hdc in same st, 1 hdc in next 26 sts, join.  – 27

Round 16: 1 hdc in same st, 1 hdc in next 26 sts, (do NOT join).  – 27

Round 17-19: 1 hdc in next 27 sts, (do NOT join).  – 27

Round 20: 1 hdc in next 27 sts, join.  – 27

Fasten off and weave in any loose ends, using the long tail from the beginning of the left leg, weave in the small gap in the crotch area.   Head to side stripes and tie below if you want to add them to the shorts.

6-12 Months Pants: Waist Circumference is 16” and Full Length is 7.5”

You Need Your K Hook and Your Color Choice of Yarn.

Foundation Single Crochet 59, join to make circle. 

Round 2:  Ch 1, 1 hdc same st, 1 fphdc next st, *1 hdc next 6 sts, 1 fphdc next st, repeat from* until last 2 sts, 1 hdc in last 2 sts, join.  – 59

Round 3-4: Ch 1, 1 hdc in same st, 1 fphdc next fphdc, *1 hdc in next 6 sts, 1 fphdc next fphdc, repeat from* until last 2 sts, 1 hdc in last 2 sts, join. – 59

Round 5: Ch 1, 1 sc in same st, 1 sc in next st and each st around, join. – 59

Note: You will now be working in continuous rounds, do not join at the end of rounds, use stitch markers to mark the 1^st stitch of each round.

Round 6:  Ch 1, 1 hdc same st, 1 hdc in next st and each st around.  – 59

Round 7-14: 1 hdc in each st around.  – 59

Right Leg:

Note: You will have stitches left unworked when working the right leg, but they will be used to make the left leg.

Round 15: 1 hdc in next 29 sts, join.  – 29

Round 16: 1 hdc in same st, 1 hdc in next 28 sts, (do NOT join).  – 29

Round 17-19: 1 hdc in next 29 sts, (do NOT join).  – 29

Round 20: 1 hdc in next 29 sts, join.  – 29

Fasten off and move to Left Leg.

Left Leg:

Note: You will be joining on only a few rows of the legs.

Round 15: (Leaving a long tail) Join in the same st as the last st in Round 21 of the Right Leg.  Ch 1, 1 hdc in same st, 1 hdc in next 28 sts, join.  – 29

Round 16: 1 hdc in same st, 1 hdc in next 28 sts, (do NOT join).  – 29

Round 17-19: 1 hdc in next 29 sts, (do NOT join).  – 29

Round 20: 1 hdc in next 29 sts, join.  – 29

Fasten off and weave in any loose ends, using the long tail from the beginning of the left leg, weave in the small gap in the crotch area.   Head to side stripes and tie below if you want to add them to the shorts.

Side Stripes: (Make 2)

You Need Your K Hook and Color of Choice

Make a sl knot.

Open the shorts, join with a sl st at the bottom of the side of the last row of the shorts. Then you are going to surface crochet up the side of the shorts.  To surface crochet, you are going to slip stitch on the fabric until round 4.

Fasten off and weave in any loose ends.

Repeat on the other side.

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Tie:

You Need K Hook and Color of Choice

Chain 150.

Using a tapestry needles weave the tie around the belt buckles

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~Ashley