Spring is on its way, and I’m getting in the mood with this cute new baby shirt pattern. It features jasmine stitch detailing on the bottom hem, a lower back, and straps with three buttonholes for a customized fit (not to mention ease of dressing your baby!) It comes in three sizes – 3 month, 6 month, and 12 month.
You may have heard me say that I try to only buy yarn if I have a specific project in mind for it. This prevents me from stashing waaaaay too much yarn! Well, this shirt pattern was really born out of my need to find a project for this super soft Drifter DK yarn from King Cole yarns. I picked it up, and I knew I had to have it. I also knew that I needed a project to go with it or I couldn’t justify the purchase. So I stood in the middle of my local yarn store and held the yarn until I thought of a project, despite two tiny humans trying to drag me away because it was “time to go”.
As it turns out, this shirt wasn’t the project I thought of then. My original idea was a little baby romper, which I may still make with the second ball of Drifter DK I picked up a week later (… oops). I thought it’d be cute to have a little romper with a row of Jasmine Stitch in the middle. So I started with the jasmine, and then worked my way up. It turns out I like it so much as a shirt, I didn’t feel the need to add a bottom to it. 🙂
As a mom of four kids, I totally understand how important it is to be able to take baby clothes off without going over their head… things can get messy! So I made the straps with buttonholes so they can be unhooked and the shirt can be slid off either up or down, depending on your need ;).
I hope you love it as much as I do! And if you have the chance, check out this soft Drifter DK yarn, even if you don’t use it for this project. It’s an acrylic/cotton blend with just a touch of wool. It is seriously soft and cushy. Of course, the shirt looks great with other yarns, too, as proven by my pattern testers. 🙂 If you want to get ahold of this pattern, click the link below to go to the product page.
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