How to Knit Easy Baby Booties for Beginners
- 1). Cast on 41 stitches.
- 2). Knit 14 rows in garter stitch (knit every stitch) for the sole.
- 3). Decrease the stitches to make the instep. Knit 18 stitches, knit two stitches together, knit one stitch, knit two together and knit 18. Turn your work and purl 17 stitches, purl two together, purl one, purl two together and purl 17. Repeat the decrease rows until you have 27 stitches left. End with a purl row.
- 4). Make a ribbed cuff. To make the booties tight and prevent them from slipping off the baby's foot, knit one and purl one across each row for seven rows. If you'd prefer a looser rib, you can knit two, purl two or knit three, purl one.
- 5). Loosely bind off your stitches. Cut the yarn learning a foot-long tail.
- 6). Sew the back and sole of your bootie together with a tapestry needle. Thread the needle with the yarn tail and sew the two ends together by weaving in and out of each side, one stitch at a time. Go all the way down to the sole, until the seam is completely sewn.
- 7). Tie a knot, cut the yarn and weave in your loose end with the tapestry needle.
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