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Seed stitch baby booties

May 29, 2007 on 9:21 am | In Knitting, Patterns |

Another pattern for all of you knitters! This is one of my adaptation of a popular baby bootie pattern. It is knit in one piece, in seed stitch. I used a novelty yarn called “Coral” on the top & tie. If you leave off the novelty yarn, you shouldn’t change needle size on the cuff. Happy knitting!

Coral Dreams Seed Stitch Baby Booties

Materials needed
1 ball of Plymouth Yarn “Dreambaby D.K” (183 yds.)
1 ball of Universal Yarn “Coral” (142 yds.)

1 pair of size us 3 double-pointed needles (DPNs)
1 pair of size us 4 DPNs
Spare needle size us 5

Other materials needed: Crochet hook size F (optional), tapestry needle for weaving in ends

Gauge: 6 stitches = 1″ in seed stitch using size us 3 needles.

Abbreviations
BOR=Beginning of round
K=Knit, P=Purl
P2tog=Purl two stitches together
P2togTBL=Purl two stitches together through back loop
M1=Make one by picking up loop from row below & knitting into back of stitch.
K2tog = knit next two stitches together
YO= yarn over

Begin sole
Using one strand of Dreambaby D.K. and smaller needles, cast on 7 stitches. Knit back and forth on these 7 stitches for 30 rows (15 garter ridges).

Begin sides
Next row: (you will be moving in a counter-clockwise path)
With second dpn, pick up and knit 14 stitches along next edge.
With third dpn, pick up and knit 7 stitches along cast-on edge.
With fourth dpn, pick up and knit 13 stitches along other long edge.

Place safety pin or locking marker here to indicate BOR.

Round 1: *K1, P1, repeat from *, ending with K1
Round 2: *P1, K1, repeat from *, ending with P1

Repeat rounds 1 & 2 for a total of 7 times, ending with round 2.

Begin instep
Seed stitch across needles 1 & 2 (as round 1 above)

On needle 3: [P1, K1] 3 times, then slip last stitch onto needle four and P2tog onto needle 3.

Turn, working back across needle 3, repeat this row. Except when you slip the last stitch onto needle 2, you will P2togTBL back onto needle 3.

Repeat these two rows, working back and forth across needle 3, decreasing one stitch on needles 2 & 4 each row for a total of 5 times. (8 stitches will remain on needle 2 and 7 stitches on needle 4)

Begin cuff
Move safety pin or locking stitch marker here to indicate new BOR.

Seed stitch back across needle 3. M1 (between needles 3 & 2), putting new stitch onto needle 2. Knit across needles 2, 1 & 4. M1 between needles 4 & 3 (putting new stitch on needle 3).

You will now be knitting every round.

Knit two rounds even.

Make eyelets
*K2, YO, K2tog, repeat from * all the way around

Knit one round even.

Next round: Change to size 4 needles and add one strand of Coral to the Dreambaby. Knit every round until cuff measures 2″. Using spare size us 5 needle, cast off all stitches.

Finishing
Weave in ends. Make I-cord for tie or crochet chain for ties. Lace through eyelets.

Download printable version of pattern (MS Word)