Baby booties – Free knitting pattern
- January 4, 2024
- Posted by: DIY Educ
- Category: Booties, socks, slippers Knitting for children
Size:Â 1-3 months
Foot length:Â 8 cm.
Materials:Â Alize Baby Wool yarn (40% wool, 40% acrylic, 20% bamboo) – 8 skeins of color 33 and 1 skein of color 01, needles 3.75 mm.
Knitting tension:Â 21 stitches = 10 cm wide.
Abbreviations:
yo – yarn over
ssk – slip, slip, knit
st – stitch
With needles 3.75 and pink thread, cast on 31 stitches.
Row 1: edge st., *purl 1, knit 1, repeat from *, purl 1, edge st.
Row 2: edge st., *knit 1 below, purl1, repeat from *, knit 1 below, edge st.
Row 3: edge st., *purl 1, knit 1 below, repeat from *, purl 1, edge st.
Row 4: edge st., *knit 1 below, purl1, repeat from *, knit 1 below, edge st.
Rows 5-28: repeat rows 3-4.
Row 29: edge st., purl 1, *knit2tog left, yo, repeat from *, edge st.
Row 30: edge st., *knit1, purl1, repeat from *, knit1 below, edge st.
Mark the center 3 stitches.
Row 31: edge st., (purl 1, knit 1 below)-6, purl1, [(knit1, yo, knit1) in next st. below, purl 1] – 2 times, (knit 1 below, purl1)-6, edge st.
Row 32: edge st., (knit 1 below, purl1)-7, knit1, purl1, knit1 below, purl1, knit1, (purl1, knit 1 below)-7, edge st.
Rows 33-36: repeat rows 3-4.
Row 37: edge st., (purl 1, knit 1 below)-6, purl1, (knit1, yo, knit1) in next st. below, (purl 1, knit1 below)-2 times, purl 1, (knit1, yo, knit1) in next st. below, purl1, (knit 1 below, purl1)-6, edge st.
Row 38: edge st., (knit 1 below, purl1)-7, knit1, purl1, (knit1 below, purl1)-3, knit1, (purl1, knit 1 below)-7, edge st.
Rows 39-42: repeat rows 3-4.
Row 43: edge st., (purl 1, knit 1 below)-6, purl1, (knit1, yo, knit1) in next st. below, (purl 1, knit1 below)-4 times, purl 1, (knit1, yo, knit1) in next st. below, purl1, (knit 1 below, purl1)-6, edge st.
Row 44: edge st., (knit 1 below, purl1)-7, knit1, purl1, (knit1 below, purl1)-5, knit1, (purl1, knit 1 below)-7, edge st.
Rows 45-48: repeat rows 3-4 = 43 stitches.
Row 49: with white thread, edge st., knit stitches, edge st.
Row 50: edge st., purl stitches, edge st.
Rows 51-54: repeat rows 49-50.
Pick up 43 sts along row 49 from Wrong Side.
Row 55: with pink thread, knit each loop from the working needle together with loops from an additional needle.
Row 56: edge st., knit stitches, edge st.
Mark the center 7 stitches.
Row 57: edge st., knit to 2nd Marker, purl2tog, turn.
Row 58: slip1, knit 7, ssk, turn.
Row 59: slip1, knit 7, purl2tog, turn.
Row 60: slip1, knit 7, ssk, turn.
Rows 61-80: repeat rows 59-60 (= 5 stitches on each side)
Row 81: slip1, ssk, knit 3, knit2tog, purl2tog, turn.
Row 82: slip1, knit 5, ssk, turn (= 5 stitches on each side)
Remove the side loops on one knitting needle, cast off together with stitches from the working knitting needle.