Booties can be knitted and crocheted. In the first case, the product is more delicate, soft, in the second case it holds its shape well. Knitted booties can have a more complicated knitting technique compared to hook knitting. But for beginners, there are simple schemes. The main thing is to purchase special yarn for children, which does not cause allergies, without lumps, soft, and choose the right pattern.
How to knit booties with knitting needles: a scheme for beginner knitters
For work, take half-woolen threads, a hook for tying the product, beads for decoration, 2 three-millimeter knitting needles. Dial forty loops, taking into account the edge loops, and knit according to the figure:
- Knit all loops face.
- Remove the hem (K), make a yarn (H), knit 18 facial (L), H, 2L, H, then 18L, H and K.
- All loops are facial.
- K, 1L, H, 18L, H, 4L, H, 18L, H, 1L, K.
- Knit all loops with the front surface.
- K, 2L, H, 18L, H, 6L, H, 18L, H, 2L, K.
- Front loops.
- K, 3L, H, 18L, H, 8L, H, 18L, H, 3L, K.
- Facial surface.
This pattern forms the sole of the booties, so it should be solid and “smooth” without voluminous lush patterns such as “cones”. Then the main rapport is knitted, which sets the tone for the entire product. In this case, festive booties for newborns are obtained . You can knit any ornament with the needles, the main thing is to take into account the size of the foot.
The basic pattern of "eight":
- You knit all the loops wrong.
- Alternate the front with a crochet.
- Wrong surface.
- You knit all the loops as follows: remove the first on the right knitting needle, knit 2 front ones and pull them through the removed one (it will be convenient to do this operation with a hook).
- Repeat series one through four.
Shaping the upper booties
Having connected two eights (if you look at the ornament, then there should be 4 rings or 2 eights vertically), count 10 loops in the middle and 12 rows only knit them. At the same time, at the end of each row you make a decrease. It is due to the reduction of loops that the top of the product is formed, a toe and a hole for the foot stand out (solid booties connected with knitting needles are obtained).
Further, knitting takes place on all loops of a garter stitch (alternation of the front and back rows). Close through 2 rows all the loops and sew the booties. Next, crochet them:
- Three lifting air loops with one air, alternate a double crochet and an air one (a square fence is obtained).
- Knit with “waves” in each “square”: connecting column, 5 double crochet, connecting column.
Then a string of air loops is knitted, stretched through the holes and a bow is tied. The last step in the middle on the “waves” is a bead sewn. Regardless of the gender of the child, the decoration of the booties can be left unchanged, just vary the colors of the threads. Just a couple of hours - and beautiful booties are ready!
What kind of knitted booties are there?
Conventionally, the “shoe” of newborns can be divided into winter, summer and comic. In winter, shoes are closed from thick threads. These include: boots, mini-boots, in the form of socks, slippers, and a trail. In the summer version, the booties are knitted from fine yarn with open noses and heels, sides, in the form of sandals, sandals, slippers, czeches, models on ties, straps. Comic products include shoes made in the form of animals, cartoon characters, vegetables, fruits.
Sometimes mothers overdo it with decorating booties, and the children become uncomfortable in them. For example, many summer models are decorated with embroidery, ribbons, seams are on the wrong side of knitted sandals, which rub the skin of babies. Also, many mothers sew various decorations using monofilament, which by touch resembles a fishing line and makes the product coarse.
In any case, the knitted booties can be made unusual and elegant due to the play of the color of threads and patterns. Let your baby’s shoes be comfortable and beauty safe.