Wide leg crochet pants need reliable measurements through the waist, hip, and leg. These five designer patterns use different fit systems, from top down made to measure shaping to stated hip ranges, lace side detailing, and optional pockets. Free written patterns for this specific style are genuinely hard to find, most wide leg pants patterns online are paid, so this list is shorter than our usual roundups.
Gauge matters even more on a fitted piece like this, so swatch first and keep stitch markers on hand for tracking any waistband shaping.
Wide leg pants patterns to explore
1. Lacy Crochet Wide Leg Pants
Susanna Biaye’s lacy wide leg pants have a flattering high waist, a relaxed fit and lace detailing, and suit warm weather or dressed-up evenings. They use any DK weight yarn (the prototype is 24/7 cotton) with a 5 mm hook for the first three sections and a 6 mm hook for the last, on a gauge of 18 stitches over 12 rows in 4 inches. The yardage runs from 480 yards of the main color for the smallest size up to 680 yards for the largest, plus 120 to 200 yards of a second color. The sizes go from XS to a larger range, and the pattern notes list the stitch counts for each size.
2. Crochet Smarty Pants
The Crochet Crowd’s Smarty Pants are granny pants for adult sizes XS to 2XL, written so beginners succeed, using Red Heart All In One Granny Square yarn plus one or two extra balls of black Super Saver. The panels are joined with a flat stitch join, which is demonstrated in tutorials on the page. If you have used the Yarnspirations version, note that the free downloadable one differs from this one, so check which you are following.
3. Crochet Wide Leg Pants
JeggoCrochet’s pants are for advanced beginners, and you need chain, half double crochet in the back loop, half double crochet and slip stitch. They have a band of thick elastic in the waistband, so they fit over your hips and sit at your waist, and the length is customizable, so you could make shorts. The pattern costs £4.99, and a free video tutorial is on YouTube, so you can watch how they are made before buying.
4. Margrethe Pants
Margrethe is the one truly free pattern on this list: Hobbii offers it as a free download, designed by Caroline Edal of Tarda Studio, rated Intermediate, with 19 reviews averaging 4.5 stars. It has a floral pattern down the legs, a gauge of 16 stitches by 9 rows in 10 cm, and comes in sizes S to XL, with a length of about 100 cm (40 inches) and a width of 45 to 60 cm. You can wear them alone or over stockings.
5. Seabreeze Mesh Wrap Pants
Caron’s Seabreeze Mesh Wrap Pants are a free download rated Intermediate, in Caron All Day Cotton, with a seamless fit and generous overlap for adjustable sizing. An openwork mesh pattern runs side to side, making vertical stripes, and it comes in XS/S/M, L/XL, 2/3XL and 4/5XL. The listing rating is 3.0 from 5 reviews, so it is worth reading the reviews and checking your gauge before you buy yarn.
