How to knit baby booties with knitting needles: description with photo

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Newborn babies who are already wearing sliders are put on baby booties on their feet. These are knitted shoes designed not only to warm the child's legs, but also to serve as one of the parts of the overall clothing ensemble. Yarn for knitting such things is chosen according to the season. You can knit the thinnest summer products or warm woolen ones for the winter.

In the article, we will consider several options for knitting baby booties for babies. We will tell beginners how to measure the number of loops for casting on knitting needles, what knitting is better to use for the sole and main knitting, how you can decorate and select the style of products for girls and boys.

Types of baby booties

In our time, the variety of shoes for babies has increased significantly. Masters try to give the products a similarity with adult models. For very tiny children, delicate openwork shoes are made with ties with pompoms or tassels. In winter, it is better to warm the legs with high boots or boots. It is more convenient for a child who is already learning to walk on his own to move in knitted shoes. Little fashionistas will love itflaunt in booties that look like sports shoes or sneakers. Girls can knit baby booties with a jumper, like sandals or pointe shoes.

Also, such products are divided by color. Most often, blue, blue or green booties are knitted for boys. Girls pick up yarn in red, pink, lilac tones. There are universal products that will suit both sexes - both in color and in style.

Necessary materials for knitting

Before starting work, consider which threads are best. They should not be prickly and completely synthetic, so as not to cause discomfort in the baby or allergic reactions. The size of the needles is also selected according to the type of yarn. It is better to use steel, stainless steel.

For stitching, a gypsy needle with a wide eye or a hook is useful, depending on which seam will be made. Also think over the color scheme of the threads, you can highlight the sole area or the edging from above with a different color. To take measurements, you will need a flexible meter, ruler. For calculations - pencil and paper. If you will decorate the booties with additional materials, then you need to prepare them in advance too - buttons and ribbons, piping or pompoms, beads or plastic insects.

How to calculate loops

Before any knitting, the master knits a pattern for elastic and the main knitting of baby booties. Cast on 20 knitting needles + edge stitches, knit 5–6 cm of fabric. Then the sample must be washed in warm water, dried and ironed. Then attached to the samplea ruler and see how many centimeters it turned out to be connected with this pattern for this number of loops. For example, the measurement is 10 cm. Then 20 loops must be divided by 10 cm. It turns out that there are 2 loops in each centimeter.

Then we measure the baby's leg with a flexible centimeter. You can try on the insole of your shoes. For example, the measure is 9 cm. We calculate the number of loops needed for a set of loops: 9 cm x 2 loops=18 loops (+ 2 edge loops). The resulting amount is 20 loops.

Simple boot style

Next, consider how to knit baby booties with knitting needles for beginners. Let's take the simplest version of making crafts according to the pattern. For the sole, you need to tie a rectangle, the length of which is equal to the size of the foot, and the short side corresponds to the width of the sole in the toe area, that is, in the widest place. Next, you need to attach a flexible meter to the nail of the big toe and wrap it around the heel, returning to the little toe. This will be the top of the baby booties. The width of the knitted strip for the second part is taken after measuring the distance from the sole to the bone on the leg.

The photo shows that after knitting, both parts are sewn along the central part, then the sides are folded overlapping in front and the loop is sewn into the loop around the entire circumference of the shoe. In the center of the overlap, you can attach bright buttons or sew on a pompom.

High boots

How to knit baby booties with knitting needles? Very simple. Let's start a detailed explanation with a set of loops. As described above, you need to find out how muchloops are dialed for 1 cm of knitting. In our measurements, we got 2 loops per 1 cm. The baby’s leg has a length, for example, 9 cm. In this knitting option, they immediately gain a double size, that is, you need to knit 18 cm. Most often, a garter stitch is chosen for the sole. Stitches are cast on the needle after the following calculations: 18 cm x 2 sts + 2 edge sts=38 sts.

After casting on, knit half the width of the foot. For example, if it is 4 cm, then only 2 cm are knitted. This will be the sole of the booties.

The main part of the work

The next step in knitting is to raise the height of the boot. Some continue to work in garter st, as in the sample in the photo, others use 1x1 ribbing or any other pattern. Knit 4-6 rows in height.

The main difficulty for beginners in baby booties is the sock. First you need to divide the number of loops in half and mark the middle of the knitting with a colored thread so as not to get confused. Then count 4 loops in one direction and the same number in the other. We find the central 8 loops and continue knitting only these elements. In our sample, the sock is made facial. In each knitted row, the last, eighth loop of the sock is knitted together with one of the side loops. In this way, the length of the booties is knitted from the end of the fingers to the instep of the leg.

When the desired size is reached, knitting of all the loops cast on the needles continues. For the style we have chosen - height 8 cm with a 2x2 elastic band. Then the loops are closed. The last action inwork will be stapled along the center line. The seam must be made beautiful, since when the upper part of the booties is bent, the back of the knitting will also be visible. Start sewing from above, lead to the heel and further along the center line of the sole. It remains only to thread the rope to tie a contrasting color.

Booties-sandals

If you want your child to knit booties with a jumper, like summer sandals, then the work is much simpler than the previous version. The set of loops is calculated in the same way. After knitting the sole and raising the height of the shoe, they begin to turn the front of the toe. For sandals, this part is short, so all 4-6 rows are knitted. It all depends on the thickness of the yarn. Then one row is performed along the entire length of the knitting and the loops are closed.

You can sew the center seam right away. When the ballet flat is completely ready, they begin knitting the jumper. To do this, after trying on the leg of the product and thinking over the location of the strip, the main thread is tied in the right place. Then cast on 3-4 stitches from the cast off stitches and work a thin strip that will reach the opposite side of the shoe, plus an extra 2 cm for sewing on a button.

At the end, the loops are closed and a decorative element is attached. It can be a button or pompom, a crochet flower or a simple satin ribbon bow. Such knitted baby booties are, of course, more suitable for girls.

Pointe shoes for girls

The next version of booties will also please parents moregirls. The method of knitting the main part of the product is similar to that described above. The difference is in the additional elements. This is a jumper, and not one, but two, and made crosswise. Let's look at how to create such beauty with your own hands.

How to knit baby booties, you already know. Before closing the loops in a circle, you need to leave the same number of fasteners at the beginning and at the end of the loops located on the knitting needles. In our case, 6 loops on each side. Having measured the required length of the strips with a flexible meter, you need to get the right amount with air loops, and after knitting 4 rows of garter stitch, the loops are closed. When the main seams are made, buttons are sewn on both sides. Knitted strips are laid out crosswise and fastened with buttons made of thread loops. These booties look very feminine and gentle on girls. It will be comfortable for little ballerinas to move around the room in them.

Knitting on four needles

If you have learned how to knit baby booties for beginners, then you can easily cope with knitting shoes for babies on four knitting needles. It is best to use a checkered notebook to draw a sole pattern. Some beginners knit simple rectangles, but the corners of the lower part of the work will stand out ugly in the finished product, therefore, having drawn the number of loops in width and length on a notebook sheet, it is necessary to remove two loops in the heel area in the last and penultimate row. Then the rounding at the heel will have a slight decrease. From the middle of the footon the drawing, add 1 loop at the beginning and at the end of the row. Knit in this way until the last 4 rows remain. They reduce the loops, 2 in each row, making the sock decrease.

Further actions are similar to the previous options, the height of the product also rises and the sock is knitted. The upper edging is made double viscous. To make it easier to insert a string to tie a bow.

The article gives several simple options for knitting baby booties with a description of the work done step by step. If you have basic knitting skills, then you can do this simple task quickly.