Baby Bloomers by Purl Soho

Baby Bloomers

Knitting
July 2013
Lace ?
32 stitches = 4 inches
in stockinette with largest needle
US 0 - 2.0 mm
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
175 - 350 yards (160 - 320 m)
6-9 (9-12, 12-18) months
English
This pattern is available for free.

MATERIALS

  • Main Color (MC): 1 skein of Anzula’s Mermaid, 60% Sea Cell and 40% Silk. Each skein is 700 yards/ 115 grams; approximately 131 (197, 263) yards required. We used the color Country Green.
  • Contrast Color (CC): 1 skein of Anzula’s Mermaid; approximately 44 (66, 88) yards required. We used the color Seaside.
  • US 0 (2 mm), 16-inch circular needles
  • US 1 (2.5 mm), 16-inch circular needles
  • US 2 (3 mm), 20-inch circular needles
  • A set of US 1 double pointed needles

NOTE: This is enough yarn for 4 (3 if the third pair used one color for the ribbing and the other color for the bloomer, 2) Baby Bloomers.

GAUGE
32 stitches = 4 inches in stockinette stitch, using largest needle

SIZES
6-9 (9-12, 12-18) months

  • Waist circumference (unstretched): 12½ (13½, 14½) inches

  • Waist circumference (stretched): 20 (21½, 23) inches

  • Hip circumference: 25⅓ (27½, 29⅓) inches

  • Leg Opening (unstretched): 8 (9, 10) inches

  • Leg Opening (stretched): 12 (13½, 15) inches

  • Length of Waistband: 4 (5, 6) inches

  • Length from bottom of Waistband to crotch: 8½ (10, 11) inches