Finished measurements: Skirt length from waistband to edge: approx. 15 (18, 22, 25) cm 6 (7, 8¾, 9¾)”; Length of bloomers from waistband to crotch: approx. 20 (21, 22, 23) cm 7¾ (8¼, 8¾, 9)”; Waist circumference (without elastic): approx. 36 (39, 43, 46) cm 14¼ (15¼, 17, 18)”
Yarn: Knitting for Olive Merino, Cotton Merino or Pure Silk (250 m 273 yd / 50 g 1.8 oz), fingering-weight yarn, 2 (2, 3, 3) balls. Sample is in Merino in Morning Haze colorway
Needles: 3 mm / US2.5 circular needles and 2.5 mm / US1.5 circular or double-pointed needles, or in size to obtain gauge
Gauge (after blocking): 28 sts and 38 rows = 10 cm 4” in st st with 3 mm / US2.5 needles
Notions: Stitch markers, waste yarn, stitch holders or extra cable, tapestry needle, safety pin, elastic for the waistband (2.5 cm 1” wide)

Olive’s Swing Skirt – Baby is the perfect skirt for the youngest. The skirt is short and has plenty of width and the built-in bloomer doubles up as a diaper cover and keeps the skirt in place. Olive’s Swing Skirt – Baby is worked in stockinette stitch using 1 strand of either Merino, Cotton Merino or Pure Silk.
You start working the skirt from the bottom up before switching to the bloomers and working these from the bottom up as well. Afterwards, the skirt and bloomers are joined at the waist with a folded waistband with an elastic inserted. A picot edge finishes the skirt edge.