For the first time, booties - shoes for newborns - began to be made in France. They got their name from the name of their inventor - the shoemaker Pine. At first, shoes were made of soft leather, and later they began to sew from fabric and knit. The simplest thing is to tie the booties with stocking (front surface) and garter stitches. To do this, the needlewoman just needs to have the most elementary knitting skills, be able to make a typesetting row, knit the front and back loops.
Materials for knitting booties and calculation of loops
To knit simple booties, you will need 1 skein of soft yarn of medium thickness (about 200 m in 100 g), 5 knitting needles No. 3, 5.
Start knitting booties from the sole. To make them fit the baby, make a pattern and calculate the required number of loops. To do this, place your foot on a piece of paper in a box and circle it. Refine the lines of the sole. The result should be an oval. In the places of rounding, count the number of cells for increases and decreases. One cell - 1 loop.
Knitting soles
Cast on 8 loops (this number is calculated for knitting booties for a newborn from 0 to 3 months). Knit the first row and all subsequent ones. In the next, make increments. To do this, remove the edging. In the base of the next loop, knit the front one, continue to knit to the last loop of the row, again make an increase by tying the loop to the base of the penultimate one, and end the row with the purl. Turn the knit over and knit the next row without increments. Knit in this way, increasing 2 times in every second row.
Next, knit the sole straight up to row 32, and then start making reductions in every second row as well. To do this, knit 2 loops after and in front of the hem. Leave the loops of the last row of the sole on the knitting needle and proceed to knitting the sock.
Knitting booties sock
Now you need to go to knitting with five knitting needles in a circle. Take the second knitting needle and lift 18 loops on it along the wide part of the sole. Cast on the third knitting needle 7 - narrow and again 18 loops - on the fourth knitting needle. Next, knit in a circle with facial loops without increases or decreases. Thus, knit 7 circular rows and start forming the toe of the booties.
To do this, knit 6 stitches from one of the short edges of the bootie. Transfer the last loop of the row to the left knitting needle and knit 2 loops together. Knit the next row with purl, knit 6 loops in the same way, and transfer the last one to the left knitting needle and knit 2 loops together with the purl. Continue knitting in the same way until there are 7 stitches left on all four knitting needles.
Knitting cuff
Change to 5-knitting circular knitting. Knit all loops with the front ones. Make 3-4 rows, in the next knit holes for the strings. To do this, knit 2 knit loops and make a yarn over. After that, knit 2 loops together, knit another front one and make a yarn over again. Alternate knit sts and yarn over to the end of the circular row. In the next, knit everything.
Then go to knitting a cuff with a 1x1 elastic band. To do this, alternate knit 1 and purl 1, while in the next circular rows, knit the front loops of the previous row with the front loops, and the purl loops with the purl loops.
Finish knitting at a height of 5-7 cm. Tie the second bootie in the same way as the first.
Cut off a thin satin ribbon 25-30 cm long. To keep it from blooming, burn the edges with a lighter. Insert it into the prepared holes and tie it with a bow.
