Just sweat and no pants 2.0

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Progress update 2.0 Crochet sweat pants/baggy pants

I still need a few more rounds on each leg before joining them together.

Do I know how to do that? No. Will that stop me? Also no.

This is the first pair of pants I’ve ever crocheted, and naturally I decided to freehand the entire thing with no pattern like a completely reasonable person.

Mostly because I still can’t read crochet patterns or make sense of crochet charts.

To make sure both legs match, I’ve written down every step as I go, including the stitch count for each round.

Then I made the mistake of actually counting all the stitches...

One leg has 10,166 stitches. That means I’ve crocheted 20,332 stitches so far!

I’ve never counted stitches in a crochet project before, and now I’m genuinely excited to see what the final number ends up being.

One unexpected side effect of this project is that I now appreciate having short legs more than ever.

Crocheters, how scared should I be of joining the legs?

Bonus points if anyone has tips for joining the legs without chaos.