Cute Vintage Baby Booties
My experience as new mother is that socks are quite essential to keep my little daughter warm. However sometimes it seems impossible to find cute socks to match her outfit. So to make a beautiful outfit complete, I designed these little beautiful booties.
Sizes: Needles: Yarn: Technique: Gauge: Preemie/newborn, 0-3 month, 3-6 month, 6-12 month, Toddler 5 mm Aran weight, white and a colour of your choice knitted in one piece, except for the ankle strap, seamed afterwards stockinette 2,5 cm/1"is 4 st
| Abbreviations: | |
| =S | stitches |
| Rs = | right side |
| Ws = | wrong side |
| P= | purl |
| K= | knit |
| Sl1 = | slip 1 stitch, as if to purl |
| Yo = | yarn over, make one stitch |
| K2tog = | knit two stitches together (decrease one) |
| P2tog = | purl two together (decrease one) |
| Ssk = | slip 1 st knitwise, slip 2nd stitch knitwise, insert left needle into front of these two stitches, knit them together |
| Ssp = | slip 1 st knitwise, slip 2nd st knitwise, return slipped st tp left needle, purl 2 together through back loop |
| wyf = | bring the yarn to the front side of your work |
| wyb = | bring the yarn to the back side of your work |
| PM = | place marker |
| SM = | slip marker |
| M1 = | make one stitch, lift up strand between two stitches and knit this loop (create one stitch) |
| * | repeat till end |
These booties make a perfect last-minute baby(shower) gift, as they can be knitted in less than twohours! thanks to the aran weight yarn, they are also wonderfully warm and they look so cute on a little baby girl! The design is quite easy, so also suitable for a beginner. ctions are written for the preemie/newborn size, with the other sizes in parentheses
Beginning:
With colour yarn cast on 27 (31, 35, 39, 43) stitches, leave a long tail for seaming later on Row 1 (WS): knit all stitches Row 2 (RS): k1, M1, k12 (14,16,18,20), M1, place marker [PM], K1, M1, k12 (14,16,18,20), M1, k1 - total of 31 stitches (35, 39, 43, 47) Row 3: knit all stitches Row 4: k1, M1, knit to marker, M1, slip marker [sm], k1, M1, knit to 1 st before end, M1, k1 - total of 35 stitches (39, 43,47, 51) Preemie/newborn size: knit 8 more rows, remove marker knit 8 more rows, remove marker knit 8 more rows, remove marker knit 10 more rows, remove marker knit 10 more rows, remove marker
Shaping all sizes:
Row 1 (RS): k14 (16, 18, 19, 21), k2tog, k3 (3,3, 5, 5), ssk, sl1wyf, turn work Row 2: k2tog, k3 (3, 3, 5, 5), ssk, sl1wyb, turn work ow 3: switch to white yarn, k2tog, k3 (3, 3, 5, 5), ssk, sl1wyf, turn work ow 4: Ssp, p3, (3, 3, 5, 5), p2tog, sl1wyfb turn work ow 5: k2tog, k3 (3, 3, 5, 5), ssk, sl1wyf, turn work ow 6: Ssp, p3, (3, 3, 5, 5), p2tog, sl1wyb, turn work ow 7: k2tog, k3 (3, 3, 5, 5), ssk, sl1wyf, turn work ow 8: Ssp, p3, (3, 3, 5, 5), p2tog, sl1wyb, turn work Row9: k2tog, k3 (3, 3, 5, 5), ssk, knit till end of row - total of 17 stitches (21, 25, 29, 33) Row10: purl all stitches
All sizes:
To create the ribbing of the sock: Row 11: sl 1 st, \*k1, p1\* till end Row 12: sl 1 st, \*p1, k1\* till end
Newborn size. 3 month: 6 month: 12 month: Toddler: continue in 1x1 ribbing for 6 cm/ 2,5 ", then use loosely bind-off method continue in 1x1 ribbing for 6 cm/ 2,5 “,then use loosely bind-off method continue in 1x1 ribbing for 9 cm/ 3,5 ",then use loosely bind-off method continue in 1x1 ribbing for 10 cm/ 4 ",then use loosely bind-off method continue in 1x1 ribbing for 10 cm/ 4 ",then use loosely bind-off method Losebind-off method: Slip 1 stitch, now knit the knit stitch, transfer both stitches back to the left needle, k2tog through thebackloop; now purl the purl stitch, transfer both stitches to left needle, p2tog; knit the knit stitch, transfer both stitches back to the left needle, k2tog through the back loop; now purl the purl stitch, transfer both stitches to left needle, p2tog; continue to cast-off this way till all stitches are finished. Fold bootie and seam invisibly sole and side using the mattress stitch
For ankle strap:
Cast on 12 st [16, 16, 20, 20) Knit 1 row, bind-off Attach ankle strap, if you want, decorate with a cute little button at one side. Make another one.
