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When I designed my “Cozy Up With Me” machine knitted pants and shorts pattern last year, I got a lot of requests for them to be adapted for a standard gauge knitting machine using fingering weight yarn. So here they are! “Lounging My Best Life” is a machine knitting pattern now available on Ravelry and features Knit Picks “Muse” Hand Painted Sock Yarn in Thrill. You can knit them on a standard gauge (4.5mm) flat bed knitting machine, and still use the video tutorial I created as the techniques used are the same. Paired with the “Get it Girl” Bra Top, a tank top pattern that can easily be converted to standard gauge, this makes an undeniably adorable loungewear set!
“Lounging My Best Life” is also a machine knit shorts pattern which you can make using your standard gauge knitting machine. These shorts are so cute and comfy, and I have loved wearing mine around the house and to sleep in. For this pair I used Knitcrate’s “La Brebis” Marled Sock Yarn in Grey Twist. While this particular yarn is discontinued, you can use any 4-ply yarn you like to make this design!
I know a lot of hand knitters also prefer knitting with fingering weight yarn, so these shorts and pants are available as a hand knitting pattern as well. “Keep Dreaming” is a hand knitted shorts (and pants!) pattern featuring Knit Picks “Muse” Hand Painted Sock Yarn. Isn’t this yarn gorgeous? It is the Kindness Speckle color way, and when knit up looks like a beautiful piece of art . This design is basically the same as “Ombré All Day” Shorts and Pants but using fingering weight yarn. I love how they came out, especially paired with the “Get it Girl” Bra Top (which you can adapt for any gauge). You couldn’t look any cuter while getting some zzz’s!
I always listen to your pattern requests, so if you have any please comment below!
Happy Knitting!
💜 Lauren
