DINO BABY BOOTIES
Sizes available:
0-3 months (foot length 7.5 cm) 3-6 month (foot length 8.5 cm) - this size is shown in parentheses
Yarn
50 g yarn of your preferred yarn of DK type (8 ply).
Instruments/Materials
1 set of double pointed needles/circular needles size 3.0 mm 1 crochet hook size 3.0 mm 1 tapestry needle 2 buttons Q1cm Gauge: 12 stitches = 5 cm in stockinette stitch
Abbreviations:
k - knit p-purl R -row rnd - round sts, st - stitches, stitch ssk - slip, slip, knit 2 slipped st together k2tog - knit 2 stitches together rem sts - remaining stitches kfb - knit into the front and back of the stitch - increase by 1 st C2R - slip 2 sts to the back into the cable needle, knit 2 st from your left needle, knit the stitches from the cable needle C2L - slip 2 sts to the front into the cable needle, knit 2 st from your left needle, knit the stitches from the cable needle
Right bootie
REMEMBER to slip the first st off the left needle knitwise to your right needle of every row and purl the last one when knitting in flat for ALl rows of the sole. CO 8 (10) sts R1-2: sl1, knit all sts to the last st, p1 R3: sl1, kfb, k4 (6), kfb, p1 R4: sl1, knit all sts to the last st, p1 R5: sl1, kfb, k6 (8), kfb, p1 R6-32 (6-36): sl1, knit all sts to the last st, p1 R33 (37): sl1, ssk, k6 (8), k2tog, p1 R34 (38): sl1, knit all sts to the last st, p1 R35 (39): sl1, ssk, k4(6), k2tog, p1 R36 (40): sl1, knit all sts to the last st, p1, now you have 8 (10) sts again on your needles.
Making the "Dino" edge
When you finish the last 36 (40) row of your sole, take dpns and going around the rectangle pick up sts from the edge from both the front and back loops for each stitch, you will have in the end 8 (10), 16 (20), 8 (10), 16 (20) stitches on your 4 needles. Let's go through these instructions below: This is how the end of row 36 (40) looks like; you do not turn the worktotheWs.
Take a needle and put in under your edge loops - both front and back. Weave the yarn over the needle.
Insert your needle under the next pair of edge loops. Pull the yarn through the hole under both loops - you have your first stitch of 1st row for Dino edge. Weave the yarn over the needle. Pull the yarn through the hole under both loops and receive the 2nd stitch. Continue picking up the stitches. Check your wrong side, it should look like the one on this picture. After you finish with picking up stitches and will have 8 (10), 16 (20), 8 (10), 16 (20) stitches on your needles, knit all sts in first 2 rounds, in third round knit \*ssk, yo\* to the end, rounds 4th, 5th and 6th - knit all Ssts.
Take a crochet hook and put it under the 1st stitch in your 1st round of st st under your left needle. This is the hole under front and back edge loops from which you picked up stitches for Dino edge earlier.
STEP 1
From another side you will see your hook under the "chain" of edge loops.
STEP 2
Insert the crochet into the 1"t stitch on your left needle and...
STEP 3
Slip it off the needle to your crochet hook.
STEP 4
Pull this stitch through the hole to the RS of your knitting and...
STEP 5
Put it on the additional needle.Proceed with every next stitch and in the end you will see how the "Dino" edge is nicely shaped.
How the Dino edge looks from the outside and inside
If you knit the booties in one color only, you need to break off your working yarn after you've finished with the Dino edge. Start knitting the main part from the outside, at the very beginning of your 1st needle,see thepicturebelow:
REMEMBER that info in parentheses below is given for larger size.
rnd1: start knitting from the needle on which you have 8 (10) sts, knit all sts Here is the picture showing you the beginning of your first round.
rnd2: k8 (10), purl rem sts rnd3: knit all sts rnd4: C2R, C2L (C2R, k2, C2L), purl rem sts rnd5: knit all sts rnd6: k8 (10), purl rem sts rnd7: knit all sts rnd8: C2R, C2L (C2R, k2, C2L), purl rem sts rnd9: k8 (10), ssk, k3, ssk, k26 (k36), k2tog, k3, k2tog rnd10: k8 (k10), purl rem sts rnd11: k8 (k10), ssk, k2, ssk, k24 (k34), k2tog, k2, k2tog rnd12: C2R, C2L (C2R, k2, C2L), purl rem sts rnd13: k8 (k10), ssk, k1, ssk, k22 (k32), k2tog, k1, k2tog rnd14: k8 (k10), purl rem sts rnd15: k8 (k10), ssk 2 times, k20 (k30), k2tog 2 times rnd16: C2R, C2L (C2R, k2, C2L), purl rem sts rnd17: k8 (k10), ssk 2 times, k16 (k26), k2tog 2 times rnd18: k8 (k10), purl rem sts rnd19: knit all sts (k10, ssk 2 times, k22, k2tog 2 times). In this round check your sts, you will have 8-6-8-6 sts (10-8-10-8) on your needles R20: C2R, C2L (C2R, k2, C2L), cast on 5 sts at the end of your 1st needle using preferred method and turn, from this row we return to knit the bootie in flat again.
REMEMBER to slip the first st off the left needle to your right needle of every row and knit the last one when knitting in flat in ALL rows.
R21: sl1, k4, p 8 (10), knit rem sts R22: sl1, knit all sts R23: sl1, k4, p 8 (10), knit rem sts R24: sl1, k19 (k25), C2R, C2L (C2R, k2, C2L), k5 R25: sl1, k1, bind off 2 sts (buttonhole), knit rem sts R26: sl1, knit all sts, make 2 sts over the bound offsts in 25th row (buttonhole) R27-30: sl1, knit all sts R31: cast off and weave in ends. Sew the button to the body of bootie.
Left bootie
Do all the same as for the right bootie when knitting the sole, Dino edge and the foot shaping through rnd 19. R20: cast on additional 5 sts at the beginning of your 1st needle and purl them, C2R, C2L (C2R, k2, C2L), purl 25, knit the last st
This picture shows how your 2oth row should look like. First 5 sts are purled, then the cables are made, purled rem 25 sts and the last st is knitted. REMEMBER to slip the first st off the left needle to your right needle of every row and knit the last one when knitting in flat in ALL rows. R21: sl1, purl all sts to the last st, k1 R22: sl1. p4, k8 (10), purl rem sts to the last st, k1 R23: sl1, purl all sts to the last st, k1 R24: sl1, p4, C2R, C2L (p4, C2R, k2, C2L), purl rem sts to the last st, k1 R25: sl1, purl all sts to the last 4 sts, bind off 2 sts (buttonhole), k1 R26: sl1, p1, make 2 sts over the bound off sts in 25th row (buttonhole), p1, k8 (10), purl rem sts to the last st, k1 R27-31: sl1, purl all sts to the last st, k1 R32: cast off by purling and weave in ends.
