Mai-Gidah Drawstring Knitted Trousers with 2 Pockets

Trousers are woven. That is not a rule, it is just what almost everyone does, because a woven cloth has a fixed structure and a knit does not, and a trouser has to survive being sat in, knelt in, and crossed at the knee without going out of shape at the seat. Knitting one is therefore a decision to solve a problem nobody has to take on. The pattern is knitted through the whole leg rather than run as a band at the hem, which means the structure is continuous and there is no join where the fabric changes behavior. The waist is drawn with a cord, which is the honest answer on a knit with no fixed band to hold against the hip. The cuffs are ribbed deep, which gathers the leg and gives the knit something to pull against at the bottom instead of dropping. The two pockets are slits rather than patches, because a patch pocket on a knit hangs. It is pure wool, which in a knit is what supplies the recovery: wool has crimp in the fiber, the crimp acts as a spring, and that spring is why a wool knit comes back after it has been stretched and a cotton one does not. The color is Caramel. Made in the Netherlands.

Knitted trousers usually mean track pants with a better label. This is a trouser that has been knitted, which is a different sentence, and the ribbed cuff and the continuous pattern are how you tell the two apart.

Mai-Gidah works the pattern into the structure rather than onto the surface, and this trouser is the version of that argument made in a knit.

One hundred percent wool, knitted, with an abstract pattern knitted throughout. A drawstring at the waist, two slit pockets, and large ribbed cuffs. Color: Caramel. Made in the Netherlands.

A knit takes a range that a woven does not, so it accommodates more than its size label suggests, and it will relax across a day and recover with rest. The drawstring settles the waist, which on a knit matters more than it would on a woven, because the cord is what holds the trouser where you put it. The deep ribbed cuff gathers the leg, so the silhouette is fuller through the thigh and closed at the ankle. The two slit pockets should be loaded lightly, since a knit has no fixed structure to hold a weight against.

Under the Bulb-Shaped Short Jacket, where one wool shape answers another. Under the Textured Knitted Jumper for knit against knit, which works because the two are patterned differently. With the Sleeveless Jacket with Extruding Pockets.

A wool knit felts if it is agitated and it drops if it is hung wet, so wash by hand and cool if you wash it at all, press the water out between towels rather than wringing, and dry flat. Fold these rather than hanging them. Our care guidance covers the rest.

The Extra Classic Trousers are the woven answer to this knitted one, straight through the leg in a wool drill. Everything we carry from Mai-Gidah is listed together.