Blueberry Romper knittingforolive_new

Blueberry Romper is a sleeveless bodysuit in stockinette stitch featuring a charted lace panel with blueberries running up the front while garter edges finish the neckline, arm and leg openings. The little opening at back neck is closed with one button and a crochet loop, and crotch is closed with 4 buttons.
Blueberry Romper is worked from the bottom up, both flat and in the round with 1 strand of either Merino, Cotton Merino or Pure Silk.
You start working the two crotch pieces back and forth, before work is joined on one needle and continued in the round up to the underarms. Here, work is divided into front and back, and each piece is shaped and finished separately back and forth. Stitches are picked up for the edges around the neck, arm and leg openings and finished in garter stitch.
The Blueberry stitch pattern is charted only.

Sizes: 3 (6, 12, 24) months
Finished measurements: Length from shoulder to crotch: approx. 38 (40, 43, 48) cm [15 (15¾, 17, 19)]”; Length from underarms to crotch: approx. 28 (29, 31, 34) cm [11 (11½, 12¼, 13½)]”; Width across chest: approx. 21 (22, 24.5, 26) cm [8¼ (8¾, 9¾, 10¼)]”
Yarn: Knitting for Olive Merino, Cotton Merino or Pure Silk (250 m [273 yd] / 50 g [1.8 oz]), fingering-weight yarn, 1 (2, 2, 3) balls. Sample is in Pure Silk in Putty colorway.
Needles: 2.5 mm / US1.5 and 3 mm / US2.5 circular needles, and 2.5 mm / US1.5 double-pointed needles, or in size to obtain gauge
Gauge (after blocking): 28 sts and 38 rows = 10 cm [4”] in st st with 3 mm / US2.5 needles
Notions: Stitch markers, waste yarn or stitch holders, tapestry needle, crochet hook, 5 buttons (diameter: 12 mm [½”])