HONEYBEE ROMPER

WE NEED:

YARN: COLOR A 1 SKEIN YELLOW

              COLOR B 1 SKEIN BLACK

HOOK: 3.5 MM

              4MM

NEEDLE FOR SEWING ENDS

TWO BIG BUTTONS

STITCH MARKERS

SIZE: NEW BORN

STITCHES USED:

US Stitches are used in all my patterns

CH: CHAIN

SST: SLIP STITCH

SC2TOG: SINGLE CROCHET DECREASE

HDC: HALF DOUBLE CROCHET

HDC2TOG: HALF DOUBLE CROCHET DECREASE

DC: DOUBLE CROCHET

FPDC: FRONT POST DOUBLE CROCHET

PATTERN

COLOR A

CH 70 WITH HOOK 4 AND JOIN WITH THE FIRST CH.

ROW 1: Ch2, DC IN ALL THE 70 CH, JOIN WITH SLIP STITCH.

ROW 2: CH2, FPDC IN ALL THE DC, JOIN.

ROW 3: CH2, DC IN ALL FPDC, JOIN.

ROW 4-6: WITH COLOR B, CH2, DC OVER ALL DC, JOIN.

ROW 7-9: WITH COLOR A, CH2, DC OVER ALL DC, JOIN.

ROW 10-11: WITH COLOR B, CH2, DC OVER ALL DC, JOIN.

ROW 12-14: WITH COLOR A, CH2, DC OVER ALL DC, JOIN.

FOR THE FRONT OF ROMPER:

ROW 15: BY USING STITCH MARKERS, MARK THE CENTER 25 STITCHES FROM FRONT AND WITH COLOR B TAKE HDC IN THEM, TURN.

ROW16: CH2, HDC2TOG IN THE FIRST 2 HDC, NOW HDC OVER ALL THE HDC AND TAKE HDC2TOG IN THE END 2 STITCHES, TURN.

ROW 17-19: WITH COLOR A, CH2, HDC2TOG IN THE FIRST 2 HDC, NOW HDC OVER ALL THE HDC AND TAKE HDC2TOG IN THE END 2 STITCHES, TURN.

ROW 20-21: WITH COLOR B, CH2, HDC2TOG IN THE FIRST 2 HDC, NOW HDC OVER ALL THE HDC AND TAKE HDC2TOG IN THE END 2 STITCHES, TURN.

BABY ROMPER 

FOR THE BACK OF ROMPER:

ROW 22: BY USING STITCH MARKERS, MARK THE CENTER 25 STITCHES FROM FRONT AND WITH COLOR B TAKE HDC IN THEM, TURN.

ROW23: CH2, HDC2TOG IN THE FIRST 2 HDC, NOW HDC OVER ALL THE HDC AND TAKE HDC2TOG IN THE END 2 STITCHES, TURN.

ROW 24-26: WITH COLOR A, CH2, HDC2TOG IN THE FIRST 2 HDC, NOW HDC OVER ALL THE HDC AND TAKE HDC2TOG IN THE END 2 STITCHES, TURN.

ROW 27-28: WITH COLOR B, CH2, HDC2TOG IN THE FIRST 2 HDC, NOW HDC OVER ALL THE HDC AND TAKE HDC2TOG IN THE END 2 STITCHES, TURN.

NOW WITH SC JOIN ROW 14 AN ROW 28.

BOARDER

MAKE ON BOTH LEGS

ROW 29- 31: JOIN COLOR A. CH1, SC AROUND THE HOLE. MAKE A SC2TOG  ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROW 15 AND ROW 22.

 

STRIPS:

MAKE 2

ROW 1: CH 7, HDC IN 3^RD STITCH FROM HOOK, HDC IN THE NEXT 4 CHs, TURN

ROW 2-45 : REPEAT ROW 1, TURN

ROW 46 48:CH 2, DC IN ALL STITCHES, TURN

NOW SC AROUND THE FOUR SIDES OF THE STRIP.

ATTACH THESE STRIPS ON THE BACK OF THE ROMPER AND CROSS THEM OVER AND BRING TO THE FRONT, ATTACH BUTTONS TO THE FRONT AND HOOK THE STRIPS INTO IT .

FINISH .