Umm, yeah, so, the boots I knitted up didn't turn out quite big enough (you can see in the picture that one of them is falling off; also wasn't she a cute little stinker?). I think this may be one of the last things I knitted; perhaps because it didn't fit?
Here's the post from last year:
Just before Christmas I got a box of yarn from my Granny, who was cleaning out her yarn collection. One of the partial skeins I got was an awesome red boucle. At first I was going to use it for a baby sweater, but after winding it into a ball, I realized there was a lot less than I first thought. So, then I started on leg warmers for Emily, but decided to add feet for slipper boots.
I don't know if you've noticed the slouchy slipper boots for girls and women? These slipper boots are meant to be like those, only with a loose leg and a snug foot, since I read somewhere that babies need socks that hug their feet.
My inspirations for the boots were a couple different knitting patterns I've seen online recently--different references to and patterns for knitting leg warmers and a pattern for knitted robeez. Also, I downloaded a pattern for baby socks awhile ago, which I used as a guide for the feet. (Find free patterns here).
Baby Slipper Boots
These will fit a baby with size 4 feet (9-12 months) [since the slippers were too small, these will probably fit size 3 feet; or you could add a couple more rows to the foot]. Babies feet are not necessarily the same as their age or the size clothing they wear, so if you are making these for someone else's child, you might want to check what size their feet are.
Materials:
I used a thick boucle. Since I got it from my Granny, I don't know the specifics. Any thick, soft yarn would work. (I used a regular acrylic yarn to finish the pom-poms because I ran out of the boucle.)
One set size 6 double pointed needles
One set size 10 double pointed needles
A crochet hook
Scrap yarn (in a contrasting color)
Gauge: 4 stitches per inch on the size 6 needles.
This pattern is worked in the round
Cast on 30 stitches onto the size 6 needles
Work in a 1x1 rib for 5 rows
Knit onto the larger needles, knitting only
Continue until the whole piece is 7 1/2 inches
Knit onto the smaller needles following this pattern: *K2tog, k2* (you should end up with 22 stitches)
Knit one row
Knit 11 stitches onto your scrap yarn (this will be your heel) and then continue in the regular yarn
Continue until the foot is 3 inches from the heel yarn
Start the toe (it helps to separate your work onto two needles instead of 3 at this point):
k2tog, k7, ssk, k2tog, k7, ssk
Continue in this fashion (decreasing the number of knitted stitches between the decreases) until you have 10 total stitches
I use a crochet hook to weave the end of the yarn through the last stitches, alternating stitches from my two needles.
Unpick the scrap yarn that held the place of the heel. Pick up five stitches on the needle you will knit onto first, 11 on the next, and 6 on the last. Knit until the last stitch on the third needle. Slip this last stitch onto your next needle. Continue to use the same needle to knit onto (so that the number of needles holding stitches decreases, and you will have only 2 segments to work with, as in with the heel--except that the stitches are split differently).
Decrease the next stitch, and then knit until the end of the needle. For your next needle, knit 5, decrease, and knit until the end. For the next round *knit 4, decrease, knit 4* twice. Continue in this fashion, keeping the decreases in the middle of your needles, until you have 6 stitches on each needle. Knit 2, decrease, and then introduce a new needle (increasing the number of needles back to the original 4). Knit 2, knit 2 from the next needle, decrease. Using the last needle, knit the last 2 stitches. I slipped these last two onto the needle with the first stitches. Finish as you did with the toe.
I attached two pom-poms to the outside top edge of each boot, and then puff-painted dots on the soles (as recommended here).
You gave those to Jill. :)
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