Super easy to knit, our Storybook Overalls pattern has the vintage charm of a classic picture book. And our Daily Wool Sport is the ideal yarn for a day in the life of a baby, soft and light in the hand, yet hardworking and resilient. You need just two skeins for any size, from tiny newborns to busy toddlers!
- Start this tale at the back cover, casting on all the stitches for the garter stitch back bib and straps (knit lengthwise!) at the same time. Increases shape the corners where the straps and bib meet, and once your straps are wide enough, you bind off the stitches along their outer edges and continue working the back bib flat.
- After knitting the back bib, you’ll cast on for the front bib and then switch to stockinette to join front to back and work the body in the round, shape the hips and gusset, knit each leg in the round, and graft the gusset closed with Kitchener Stitch. The very last step is sewing the buttons onto the straps for just the right fit… If you need to move them as your little one gets a little less little, you can!
- Daily Wool Sport is an incredibly soft 100% superwash wool sport-weight yarn with a tidy 4-ply spin, clear stitch definition, and a lively bounce to its step. It’s also helpfully machine wash- and dry-able, so you can always toss your overalls in the wash, ready for tomorrow’s adventure.
Pick from a big palette of artfully heathered colors and watch the Storybook Overalls leap off the page and into a baby’s everyday world!
Product Details
MATERIALS
- 2 skeins of Purl Soho’s Daily Wool Sport, 100% superwash wool yarn. Each skein of this sport-weight yarn is 300 yards/ 100 grams; approximately 340 (385, 430, 510) total yards required. We used the colors Dew Blue and Lake Blue.
- US 3 (3.25 mm), 16-inch circular knitting needles OR US 3, 32-inch circular needles for Magic Loop
- A set of US 3 double pointed needles OR same US 3, 32-inch circular needles for Magic Loop
- A set of US 1½ (2.75 mm) double pointed needles OR US 1½, 32-inch circular needles for Magic Loop
- Stitch markers, including one unique
- Stitch holders or scrap yarn
- Two ½-, ⅝-, or ¾-inch buttons. We used Purl Soho’s ½-inch Medium Corozo Buttons in Gray Denim with the Dew Blue overalls and in Kiln Red with the Lake Blue overalls.
GAUGE
26 stitches and 52 rows = 4 inches in garter stitch on larger needles
26 stitches and 36 rounds = 4 inches in stockinette stitch on larger needles
SIZES
Newborn (3–6 months, 6–12 months, 12–18 months)
To fit actual chest circumference of approximately 15 (17, 18, 19) inches with approximately 1–2 inches of ease
- Finished Strap Length: 7½ (7¾, 8¼, 8½) inches
- Finished Chest Circumference: 16½ (18½, 19¾, 21) inches
- Finished Hip Circumference: 22½ (24, 25, 25¾) inches
- Finished Front Bib Width: 5½ (5¾, 6¼, 6¾) inches
- Finished Length from Underarm to Gusset: 7 (7¼, 7¾, 8½) inches
- Finished Ankle Circumference: 7 (7¾, 8, 8¼) inches
- Finished Inseam: 5½ (6, 6½, 7) inches
Samples: The Dew Blue overalls are the 6–12 months size, and the Lake Blue overalls are the 12–18 months size, worn by a 12-month-old baby.
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Daily Wool Sport In Lake Blue
Our Storybook Overalls used 2 skeins of Purl Soho’s Daily Wool Sport, to fit actual chest circumference of approximately 15 (17, 18, 19) inches with approximately 1–2 inches of ease. We used the color Lake Blue. To choose the same, add the skeins you need to your basket!












