Knitting For Olive | Lace Dress Body Pattern & Yarn Pack
The Perfect Lace Dress Bodysuit for Little Ones
The Lace Dress Body combines delicate charm with everyday functionality. An adorable dress overlay with a built-in bodysuit to keep everything in place, even when baby is crawling, wriggling, or lying down. This clever design ensures the dress doesn't ride up, while still looking beautifully dressed up.
Knit from the bottom up, the bodysuit section is created first, providing a secure fit and diaper coverage. The soft skirt is then added before both pieces are joined together at the yoke. The upper yoke is worked back and forth to form a small back slit, which fastens with a button and loop for easy dressing.
With neat I-cord edges around the armholes and leg openings and a button closure at the crotch, this pattern is both elegant and sensible—ideal for special occasions or just a little everyday luxury.
Our Lace Dress Body Pattern & Yarn Pack includes 2 balls of Knitting For Olive Merino Yarn and a digital pattern.
This yarn pack is for the 3 months size. Purchase more Merino Yarn if you are following a bigger pattern size. Please refer to the chart below.
| Pattern Size | Yarn | Yarn Quantity |
| 3 months | Merino | 2 |
| 6 months | Merino | 2 |
| 9 months | Merino | 3 |
| 12 months | Merino | 3 |
| 18-24 months | Merino | 4 |
The sample in Marzipan colourway.
- 2 x Merino yarn
- Digital pattern
This yarn pack is for the 3 months size. Purchase more Merino Yarn if you are following a bigger pattern size.
Sizes: 3 (6, 9, 12, 18 - 24) months
Finished measurements: Full length from shoulder: 37 (39, 42, 45, 48) cm
[141⁄2 (151⁄4, 161⁄2, 173⁄4, 19)]"; circumference at bust: 38 (41, 44, 46, 49) cm
[15 (161⁄4, 171⁄4, 18, 191⁄4)]"
Needles: 2.5 mm / US 1.5 and 3 mm / US 2.5 circular needles and 2.5 / US 1.5 double pointed needles for armhole edges, in size to obtain gauge
Gauge: 28 sts and 38 rows = 10 cm [4"] in st st with 3 mm / US 2.5 needle
Yarn: Knitting for Olive Merino, Cotton Merino or Pure Silk (250 m [273 yd] / 50 g [1.8 oz], fingering weight yarn; 2 (2, 3, 3, 4) balls
Notions: stitch markers, waste yarn or stitch holders, tapestry needles, 5 buttons (ø = 12 mm)
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