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🔹I’ve long wanted to knit a baby onesie using the "Honeycomb" pattern. The onesie is designed for a child aged 12–18 months.
🔸The pattern is very beautiful, textured, and self-sufficient.
🔹The pattern repeat is 4 rows. The number of stitches should be a multiple of 2.
🔸This pattern uses more yarn than stockinette stitch and requires smaller needles to look nice.
🔹I used 400 grams of Baby Alpaca Silk by Drops (167m/50g).
🔸I knitted with two strands held together using 4 mm needles.
🔹Gauge: 1.26 stitches/cm, 4.5 rows/cm.
🔸I didn’t add extra length to the back at the waist, as short rows distort this pattern. But the pattern stretches well, so the onesie fits nicely.
🔹I knitted the onesie bottom-up. First, I made the legs separately, then joined them and continued knitting in one piece up to the armholes. From there, I worked the back and fronts separately.
🔸I made paired decreases within the fabric (from hips to armholes on both sides of the imaginary side seam), which makes them almost invisible.
🔹I made increases right after the edge stitch, incorporating them into the pattern in the next row if the stitch count became even.
🔸If the number of stitches after an increase was odd, I knitted the "extra stitch" in stockinette stitch.
🔹To shape the underarms and neckline, I bound off stitches without using short rows.
🔸All the bands and cuffs were knit with 2x2 ribbing on 2 mm needles. On larger needles, the ribbing looked loose with this yarn. Note: the neckband is double, so the pattern shows it with “double width.”
🔹The instructions contain a more detailed description of the knitting process.

🔸You can find the video tutorial for the "Honeycomb" pattern at the link.

This knitting pattern was created using online knitting software. Download here other free knitting patterns.

If the size, style, yarn does not suit you in this project, you can fill out the form at the end of the post and send it to us. We are fast and free to recalculate the project for your parameters and send you a new pattern. You will only have to knit your garment using the pattern.