Saturday, February 12, 2011

These booties are made for walking





Cast on 33 stiches

1st row:  
- knit 1 and increase 1 on this 1st knitted stich
- knit 15
- knit 1 and increase 1
- knit 1 (this 17th stich is the central point)
- knit 1 and increase 1 

- knit 15
- knit 1 and increase 1 on this last stich
You will end up with 37 stiches

2nd row: purl all 37 stiches

3rd row:

- knit 1 and increase 1 on this 1st knitted stich
- knit 16
- knit 1 and increase 1
- knit 1 (this 19th stich is the central point)
- knit 1 and increase 1 

- knit 16
- knit 1 and increase 1 on this last stich
You should end up with 41 stiches

4th row: purl all 41 the stiches

5th row: repeat increasing 4 stiches, on at each end of the row and each side of the central point. You will end up with 45 stiches

6th row: purl all 45 stiches

7th row: repeat increasing 4 stiches at each end of the row and each side of the central point. You will end up with 49 stiches

8th-12th rows: knit 49

13th row: knit 29, leaving 20 stiches on hold

14th row: purl 8 & purl the next 2 stiches together, leaving 19 stiches on hold

15th row: knit 8 & knit the next 2 stiches together, leaving 19 stiches on hold

16th-30th rows: keep knitting/purling 8 & the next 2 stiches together until there are 11 stiches left on one each side

31st row: knit 8 & knit the next 2 stiches together, knit 11 until the end of the row. You will have 31 stiches left

32nd row: knit 1, purl 1 & repeat for the rest of the row

33th row: purl 1, knit 1; make a loop, knit 2 together and repeat 13 times, purl the last stich

34th row: knit 1, purl 1 for the whole row; you should be knitting the loops & purling the stiches

35th row: purl 1, knit 1 for the whole row as the stiches come

36th row: knit 1, purl 1 for the whole row as the stiches come


Continue until there is enough lenght to the bootie, whether it's straight or turned inside out.

Cast off all the stiches.

Sew the seems and put the ribbon in & out of the wholes created by the loops so it can you can tied up the ribbon at the front.

Repeat x 2.
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