Originally Posted by
maviskw
That would be very handy for me. My husband crawls on his hands and knees whenever he works in the landscaping, which is often. I just put new knees in his pants every couple of months. I don't mind doing that, but it sure would be easier if I could go sideways inside those pant legs.
I have seen pants with a pocket on the knees to hold a kneepad, and I always said I was going to add that to a pair of jeans by ripping out a side-seam and redesigning the jeans. As for sideways stitching, isn't that what you do with a darning foot for thead painting?