{"id":83524,"date":"2025-05-13T07:02:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T11:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=83524"},"modified":"2025-05-13T07:02:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T11:02:05","slug":"knit-montauk-trousers-and-a-coordinating-melville-cardigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2025\/05\/knit-montauk-trousers-and-a-coordinating-melville-cardigan.html","title":{"rendered":"knit Montauk Trousers and a coordinating Melville Cardigan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you having fun with Me Made May<\/a>? I feel like now that the weather is starting to improve I’m enjoying playing with my clothing again and I’m wearing more of a variety rather than the trousers and jeans with T-shirt and pullover that I fell back on during the cold and really busy months when I didn’t have time to think much about what I wore. Does that happen to you, too?<\/p>\n

This month I’m taking time to step back a bit and take a broader look at the clothes I already have. Since the weather is changing (sometimes from hour to hour!) I’m mixing more of my “winter” clothes with my “summer” clothes and enjoying the contrast during the transition.<\/p>\n

\"Liesl's<\/a><\/p>\n

I finished sewing these quite a while ago and never got around to photographing them. This was part of my sewing plans for last fall<\/a>: inter-rib (knit) Montauk Trousers<\/a> and a coordinating Melville Cardigan<\/a>. I get some sort of exercise almost every day, which means I wear a lot of very casual gym clothes early in the morning. But for relaxing at home I wanted instead of gym clothes or pajamas. So this set is sort of a nod to those very comfortable gym clothes but with a bit of a style upgrade. They’re not the clothes I wear when I go out, but I’m ok wearing them to take a quick stroll through the neighborhood park, a run to the supermarket, etc.<\/p>\n

\"Liesl's<\/a><\/p>\n

Both pieces can be worn separately (I wear them both a lot), but as a set I think they’re fun with a tank and sneakers. Very casual and comfortable for the days when I really want to kick back and relax. Do you have clothes like that, too?<\/p>\n

I added the racing stripe (just a striped ribbon) down the side of the leg of the trousers, and I really like the detail. It makes them feel more sporty, similar to my track pants but definitely a little nicer.<\/p>\n

\"Liesl's<\/a><\/p>\n

These were fun to sew, and they’re extremely comfortable to wear.<\/p>\n

Next on my\u00a0 list is another Prado Trench<\/a> in navy (I wear the khaki trench almost every day!) and two more pairs of Cannes Trousers<\/a> in white and in khaki since these two items have been on such high rotation lately. And I’m still looking for the perfect fabric for the Northbridge Jumpsuit<\/a>, but navy linen seems to be the fabric I’m gravitating toward.<\/p>\n

What are you sewing for spring and summer?<\/p>\n

You can get the Montauk Trousers in digital format<\/a> and the Melville Cardigan in paper<\/a> and in digital format<\/a>. And if you need help finding fabric, remember to take a look at our extensive list of online fabric stores<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a comfortable, casual set I sewed as part of my sewing plans last fall. The racing stripes down the leg of the Montauk Trousers is my favorite part! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":83528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[20852,20822,20962],"class_list":["post-83524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-melville","tag-montauk-trousers","tag-sewing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/montauk-feature.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-lJa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":76069,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2020\/11\/montauk-trousers-in-three-fabrics.html","url_meta":{"origin":83524,"position":0},"title":"montauk trousers in three fabrics","author":"Masha Richart","date":"November 18, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Debbie sewed her daughter three pairs of Montauk Trousers in three different fabrics. 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