Santa baby booties

SANTA BOOTIES:



Materials:

8 ply red colour wool-25 gms

8 ply white colour wool-25 gms

use 3.25 mm needles which is US size:3 and UK size :10



Steps:

Cast on 28 sts with red coloured yarn.

Knit 10 rows .

Continue to decrease now by following the rows below:

Row 11: K 12, K2tog twice, K 12 (26 sts).

Row 12, 14, 16: Knit across.

Row 13: K 11, K2tog twice, K 11 (24 sts).

Row 15: K 10, K2tog twice, K 10 (22 sts).

Eyelet row is the row where you will get holes to pass the rope through to tie up the booties.

Eyelet Row 17: K1, *YO, K2tog,, repeat from * across, end K1 (22 sts).

Row 18: Knit across, knitting through back loop of all YO sts.
Cut colored yarn (leave enough length to use for sewing bottom half of bootie) and attach white.

Ribbing row as follows:
*K1, P1, repeat from * across row.
Work 14 rows of this ribbing, bind off, cutting yarn long enough to sew top half of bootie.
Fold bootie in half, right sides together.
Sew top half with white yarn and bottom half with red colour yarn. Weave in ends, turn rightside out; fold down cuff.

Note:

Make second bootie the same.If you want to get two identical booties without any difference then knit both the booties at the same time.This can be done by casting on 28 stitches in a needle using 1 ball and again cast on 28 stitches in the same needle by attaching another ball of yarn.continue working in rows.Once you finish one row continue the same row in the another set of cast on.By doing this you will get exactly similar pair of booties.Booties and mittens are done like this method to appear similar pairs.

Finishing:

Rope: Using a crochet hook, ch 40 stitches and use the hook to pull through eyelets of bootie and tie in front.