Roxy Romper and Roxy Dress - Knitting for Olive

Top-down and seamless, the Roxy Romper and Dress feature a yoke worked back and forth to the beginning of the armhole to create a back opening fastened with a crocheted button loop. The piece is then worked in the round, and you can either choose to make a dress or a romper, with or without sleeves. Body shaping, both in the dress version and the romper, gives the garment a full silhouette. The romper is further shaped with short- rows and crotch flaps with button closure to allow for diaper use as well as diaper change. The sleeve option gives our Roxy design an even more special look and, breaking away from the stocking stitch pattern of the body, features sleeves worked in reverse stockinette.

Yoke pattern is charted only.

Sizes: Romper: 3-6 (9-12, 18 months // 2 years); Dress: 3-6 (9-12, 18 months // 2, 4, 6 years)
Finished Measurements: chest circumference (with an intended positive ease of + 20-40 cm [73⁄4-151⁄2]"): 57 (64, 71 // 79, 86, 100) cm [221⁄2 (251⁄2, 28 // 31, 333⁄4, 391⁄4)]"; length: Romper (from shoulder to crotch): 39 (42, 46 // 48) cm [151⁄4 (161⁄2, 18 // 19)]"; Dress (from shoulder to hem): 34 (36, 40 // 44, 50, 58) cm [131⁄2 (141⁄4, 153⁄4 //171⁄4 193⁄4,223⁄4)]"
Yarn: Knitting for Olive Merino or CottonMerino or Pure Silk or Merino lots of Cashmere (250 m [273 yd] per 50 gr [1.8 oz]), fingering-weight yarn; Sleeveless romper: 2 (2, 3 // 3) balls; Romper with sleeves: 2 (3, 3 // 3) balls; Sleeveless dress: 2 (2, 3 // 3, 4, 5) balls; Dress with sleeves: 2 (3, 3 // 4, 4, 5) balls
Needles: 2.5 mm / US1.5 and 3 mm / US2.5 circular needles and double-pointed needles or size to obtain gauge
Gauge: 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, buttons (5 buttons for Romper, 1 button for Dress), crochet hook (for button loop), tapestry needle