Burda Cargo Pants

I finally finished husband's new cargo pants, which I had been planning since last year - and I am not happy at all. This is only my third Make Nine in 2024, it seems I won't be making all the patterns I chose at the beginning of the year, again.

The pattern is #129 from an old Burda magazine - 04 / 2010. A curious detail - I bought the pattern a long while ago from the Burda.ru site together with the women's jeans pattern from the same issue and this year I made both of these patterns. BTW, the whole issue seems to be full of great patterns and if I come upon it at a reasonable price, I might consider buying it.

The main issues I have with the new pants are the pockets and the size - both remediable and not issues of the pattern itself but my execution. Although I took my husband's measures carefully, the pants came out really big. I think the reason is that I cut the pieces with very big seam allowances and I probably chose the wrong size from the start. I plan to make him a shorter city version and I'll try the smaller size - if it doesn't fit well, then I'll know the problem is not only in me.

On his first hike with his new pants husband wore them with a belt, as he usually does anyway and he said that the bigger size wasn't such a big problem for him, but a fitting size would still be preferable, obviously.

The other problem are the pockets - they seemed so big, but turned out too shallow for cargo pants, so a new iteration of the pattern would require rethinking of the pocket size, especially the front pockets and the side pockets.

 

Pattern: Burda 129 04 / 2010

Size: 50, lengthened

Fabric: cotton, very densely weaved

Time to make: in the course of a month in between other projects

Knip Mode Cargo Pants

A pair of hiking pants I sewed for my husband. I finished them last month, but because of the heat this summer it was only yesterday that he put them on for the first time.

The pattern is from Knip Mode 06 / 2020, a Dutch pattern magazine. I bought it as a pdf pattern with Russian instructions from Burda.ru site. Dutch patterns are a bit different from Burda patterns - they are designed for taller and more massive body types. The height for women's patterns is 172 cm, bust C cup and for men's patterns - 183 cm.

I have several Knip Mode patterns, bought from Burda.ru, but this is the first I have actually printed and sewn. The overall fit impression - according to their sizing table, my husband is size 52, but the fit is actually quite loose on him. However, as he prefers ease in his clothes, if I make this pattern again, I would take in the pants at the waist and down the legs, but keep the ease at the hips.

The pattern envisages a cut under the knees, I suppose for plasticity? However, as they have used a short model for the pants in the magazine and the pants are obviously enormous on him on the photos, it is not quite clear where exactly should the cut fall, so I sewed it without adjustments to my husband's figure. However I do wonder if it should have been higher, immediately under the knees or as it is?

 

Pattern: Knip Mode 06 / 2020

Size: 52 

Fabric: cotton twill, 95% cotton 5% elastane

Time to make: one week

My modifications: 

1) I added pockets at the back. The pattern has false pocket flaps at the back, but I added real pockets with flaps and buttons, as my husband keeps there his documents when hiking.

2) The pattern doesn't have a waistband. I initially sewed it as per pattern, but didn't like the fit and the look, so I cut the continuous waistband and added a proper waistband with belt loops. 

3) The pockets close with operational buttons and not with snaps

Overall I am satisfied with these cargo pants and I am curious to try my women's Knip mode patterns too, though my figure is more suited for Japanese and not for Dutch patterns, so I'm afraid I'll have to make a lot of adjustments to get the fit right.