Handmade Baby Tights – PDF Pattern from The Wolf and The Tree

I have been meaning to post about this pattern for months – it took a while to get a picture of the grey tights hanging up, because my daughter wore them almost every day! These handmade baby tights are from the Abby’s Footed Tights pattern by The Wolf and The Tree – I pattern tested for the designer, Saskia, and will definitely be making more of these.

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The Footed Tights* pattern is listed at $8.50 and includes options for an elastic and yoga waistband (I opted for elastic), a side accent stripe, a french seam option, and a cloth diaper rise.

It comes in sizes 0-14 – the 18 month size is shown here, with a little added length. The grey pair is made from an upcycled sweater and the leopard is made with a thin poly/cotton blend, also seen as a maternity shirt from when I was pregnant with her!

We use cloth diapers and had no issues with fit! Nice and snug. My kids aren’t sensitive to seams so I went with the regular instead of french seams, making them incredibly quick to sew.

You can see how they worked most effectively here – even the longest pants tend to ride up when kids are in carriers and wearing wool tights underneath not only kept her warmer but prevented any skin from being out in the open. Those floral pants are handmade too, from a free pattern, you can check them out in this post.

The pattern description says:” The tights can be made from any knit fabric with at least 25% stretch (a stretch gauge is included in the pattern). This means cotton lycra, stretch lace, stretch chiffon, polyblend, rayon spandex etc are all good choices.”

I think sourcing the fabric can be the trickiest part of this project. I didn’t run into any issues with fit or construction, and can’t wait to make more of them this Fall. My son could use some long underwear, too! Who would you sew the footed tights* pattern for? There is an adult version, too!

If you’re short on time, there are some inexpensive wool tights on Amazon here* – or make a DIY babywearing cover (a ton of tutorials in this post) to keep warm instead!