How to Knit Adorable Booties for Your Little One

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Susan

Nov 29, 2019 06:55 AM

Create Adorable Knitted Booties for Your Little One with This Easy Step-by-Step Guide

Do you have a son or maybe a little boy-relative? If yes, you definitely need to knit these booties for him!

Materials Needed

You will need:

Knitting Needle Size 5 or 3.75 mm, Double-Pointed Knitting Needles (DPNs)
Yarn Weight (3) Light/DK (21-24 stitches to 4 inches)
3.5oz/100g ball (220yd/200m) of Cascade 220 Superwash (wool) – 1 each in white, red, navy, and royal blue
1 set (5) size 5 (3.75mm) DPN
Crochet hook size E-4 (3.5mm)
Stitch marker
Yarn needle

Gauge

22 sts and 44 rows to 4″/10cm over garter st using size 5 (3.75mm) needles.
TAKE TIME TO CHECK GAUGE.

Sole Instructions

With white, cast on 32 sts. Divide sts evenly over 4 needles (8 sts per needle). Join, taking care not to twist sts, and place marker for beginning of round (back of shoe).

Work in garter stitch in rounds (purl 1 round, knit 1 round) as follows:

Rnd 1: Purl.
Rnd 2: Needle 1: K1, M1, knit to end; Needle 2: Knit to last st, M1, k1; Needle 3: K1, M1, knit to end; Needle 4: Knit to last st, M1, k1—1 st increased on each needle; 4 sts increased in total.

Repeat last 2 rounds 3 times more—12 sts per needle; 48 sts in total.

With white, purl 4 rounds, knit 1 round. Cut white.

Shoe Instructions

Join navy. Purl 1 round. Cut navy.

Toe Instructions

Slip the first 5 sts on Needle 2 to Needle 1; slip the first 7 sts on Needle 3 to Needle 2; slip remaining 5 sts on Needle 3 to Needle 4—17 sts each on Needles 1 and 4, and 14 sts on Needle 2.

Keeping sts of Needles 1 and 4 on hold, join red from RS and work in rows on Needle 2 as follows:

Rows 1–4: Work in stockinette stitch in rows (knit on RS, purl on WS).
Row 5: K2, k2tog, k6, k2tog, k2—12 sts.
Rows 6, 8, and 10: Purl.
Row 7: K2, k2tog, k4, k2tog, k2—10 sts.
Row 9: Knit.
Row 11: K2, k2tog, k2, k2tog, k2—8 sts.
Row 12: Purl.
Bind off all sts.

Sides and Back Instructions

Set-up row 1: (RS) With RS facing and first ball of royal blue, pick up and knit 1 st in each of the last 2 red sts of toe, then knit 2 sts from Needle 4; with navy, knit 30 sts from Needles 4 and 1; with 2nd ball of royal blue, knit last 2 sts on Needle 1, then pick up and knit 1 st in each of the first 2 sts of toe—38 sts.

Note: Do not carry unused yarns. When changing colors, twist yarns on WS to prevent holes in work.

Row 2: (WS) With royal blue, knit 4; with navy, purl to last 4 sts; with royal blue, knit 4.

Continue to work the first and last 4 sts in garter stitch (knit every row) with royal blue and center sts in stockinette stitch with navy, as follows:

Dec row 3: (RS) With royal blue, knit 4; with navy, k2tog, knit to last 2 navy sts, k2tog; with royal blue, knit 4.
Row 4: Work even in patterns.
Dec/eyelet row 5: With royal blue, k2, yo, k2tog (eyelet); with navy, k2tog, knit to last 2 navy sts, k2tog; with royal blue, k2tog, yo, k2 (eyelet).
Row 6: Repeat row 4.

Repeat rows 3–6 for 3 times more.

Cut navy. With 1 ball of royal blue, knit 4 rows over all sts.

Bind off as follows: *K2tog, return st to LH needle; repeat from * until all sts are bound off.

Finishing Touches

Sew sole seams. Weave in ends.

Shoelace Instructions

With crochet hook and white, chain 100. Fasten off.

Thread shoelace through eyelet holes.

Repeat from the beginning for the second shoe.

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