My children are doomed to a life of small butts and lanky frames because genetics. As a result they grow too tall for clothes long before they grow too wide. My daughter never wears jeans because none fit her proportions and instead we go for stretchy pants. She can usually wear these for years before they no longer fit her waist. After the first year we just pretend they were always capri pants. However she eventually wore out the knees of many pairs of these short pants so I decided to convert them all into proper shorts.  These pants make great shorts because the knit fabric doesn't unravel so no need to hem them. After cutting the pants my daughter made the brilliant suggestion of turning the leg remnants into pockets for the shorts. My idea was to make pockets like I did for my athletic pants where the pockets are on the outside of the thighs. After doing that to a couple pair she decided she'd rather have more typical pockets up by the hips. Pockets 1.0 Since these pants ...