Better than Bootie

That is the name of the free(!) pattern currently available at Interweave knits . There are two very cute sock patterns available for free on the website (pdf download link), and three more sock patterns in the summer issue. I am going to get started on one right now!

Booties times four

Here's two identical pairs of booties made in my "old-school" five-needle aran-and-lace pattern. Click for larger.

A girlfriend, who hasn't knit in years, whined until I made these for someone she knows who just had an enormous (6 pounds each) pair of twin girls.

Newborn size (like the tiny pair on the far left, in "micro-spun" yarn split down to three plies, on size one needles) would have been way too small by the time these reached the intended wearers.

Since I knew from experience (bitter, bitter experience) that making four identical booties would take me a while, and that there would be a long delay between me getting these to the girl who asked me to make them, to her taking them to the person with the twins, I made these with really fat sport yarn (micro-spun) on size six needles.

In trying to use the same pattern to make a larger bootie, I learned a lot about how tension affects proportions. For instance, if the foot does not start forming a cup by the time you reach the third side, your needle is too big for your yarn. I had abandoned an earlier attempt at an entirely garter-stitch bootie using space-dyed sock yarn because the sides were too tight and the foot came out too small. Now I think I will try again on larger needles.

I finally made some booties!

A friend of ours had a baby girl a few weeks ago, so I had to get it together and finish some booties for them. Here's the almost-completed booties, which have since been sewn-up and shipped off:



I also made some tiny socks from this pattern with a bit of leftover Fixation from socks I made for myself:



I have some black-and-white versions of those tiny socks on the needles right now for a friend with a baby on the way, too.

Ugg booties with inner cuff

(Click for larger) I was eager to try a simple two-needle bootie pattern, but I thought the Ugg pattern needed a ribbed cuff to stay on. So, I added a hidden one inside the bootie.

To do this, I picked up along the inside of the ankle with a smooth yarn, worked four rows of stockinette, and finished with about a dozen rows of ribbing.

The ribbed cuff gets seamed first. (Then you get to pick the eyelashes out of the fashion yarn, so you can sew up with it.)

When you are done, the ribbing is hidden inside the bootie.

More pix here.

bootie along

Hi, all! I'm a new member. I've been doing baby stuff for a while now and have done a couple of the patterns from _50 Bootees to Knit_ and some of the Debbie Bliss patterns. I just got _Candy Babies_ and am teaching myself to crochet.

ciao!
Kristina
caheli.blogspot.com

new bootie knitalonger...

Hi, I am Rebecca (Becky to most) and I have been knitting booties lately becuase it seems like everyone has been having or is going to have a baby. I just finished up some angora baby booties from last minute knitted gifts. I am hoping to have some pictures up by the end of the week to show off.

Happy knitting.

Parker's hat & booties

Here are the hat and booties I made for my sister-in-law's baby, Parker, who is due to actually be born on or near December 10th. (I used this pattern for the booties - still the only bootie pattern I've made! - and this pattern for the hat.)

The booties were a total bitch to seam together, and even after three pairs made from the same pattern I still can't sew them up so that they truly look like they match each other!

The yarn I used, Paton's Divine in rose riche, was extraordinarily soft but wasn't all that easy to knit on #3 needles with all that bumpy texture going on. (I have to say, the bigger the needle the more I enjoy knitting... unless it's a good 100% wool yarn on bamboo needles and then I don't care!)

The women at the baby shower oohed and aahed, and said, "You made these?" in a satisfying way, and the mom-to-be seemed to think they were cute enough. (I couldn't tell if they'll ever be actually used, though.) Still, it was my first time making baby things and giving them away in the quasi-formal surrounds of a party, and overall I think it went well!