Cher's Mitts and Bootee's for the Babyset
Shared by Cher Riley cr007f0489_3@blueyonder.co.uk

These Done by hand, using 4ply or Fingering Babyweight yarn


Booties with ribbed turn-back welt.

Abbreviations: SS= Stocking Stitch: K=knit: P=Purl: Sts=stitches: GS= Garter Stitch: Beg-Beginning: Tog=together: TBL=Through Back of Loops:

Using size (UK) 11 needles. Cast on 36 sts and rib 28 rows (K1: P1: every row)

Change to No 10 needles and SS (1row knit, 1row purl) 4 rows.

Divide For Toes

1st Row: K24sts Turn

2nd Row. P12sts Turn

on these 12 stitches SS 16 Rows

Next Row: Purlwise, P12 pick up purlwise 10sts down instep and purl across 12sts on the left hand needle. Turn.

Next Row: Knit across these 34 sts and pick up 10sts knitwise down the other side of instep

then knit across the remaining 12 sts. 56sts. turn.

GS (every row knit) 10 rows.

Keeping to garter stitch now to the end.

Shape Heel and Sole.

Cast of 3 sts at beg: of next 2 rows.

Next Row: K2tog: K8: K2tog: K10: K2tog: K5: K2tog: K7: K2tog: K14: K2tog:

Next Row: Knit.

Next Row: K2tog: K7: K2tog: K9: K2tog: K4: K2tog: K6: K2tog: K10: K2tog:

Next Row: Knit.

Cast Off.

Make another one the same.

Mitts with rib welt so no need for ribbon to be threaded.

Yarn= 4ply: or for those US readers Fingering Babyweight Yarns

Using size (UK) 11 needles. Cast on 36 sts and rib 15 rows (K1: P1: every row)

Change to No 10 needles and SS (1row knit, 1row purl) 16 rows.

Shape Top.

Next Row: K2togTBL: K14: K2tog: K2togTBL: K14: K2tog:

Next and every alternate row Purl

Next Row: K2togTBL: K12: K2tog: K2togTBL: K12: K2tog:

Next Row: K2togTBL: K10: K2tog: K2togTBL: K10: K2tog:

Next Row: K2togTBL: K8: K2tog: K2togTBL: K8: K2tog:

Next Row: K2togTBL: K6: K2tog: K2togTBL: K6: K2tog:

Next Row: Purl.

Cast off:

Make another one the same.

To Make Up:

Sew up seams: Turn Back welt on Bootees.

Variations: Try Using White on the Bootee Welts, and a contrasting colour on the rest, this will then look like little shoes and socks!
Create a mocassin look on Bootees by loops, when you start the Garter Stitch Section, on the first row, every stitch, wind the yarn
around your finger three times, then knit this off with the stitch, and knit the second row.

To give a flat seam Cast off by knitting two stitches together, then put the remaining stitch you have left from knitting the two
together, back onto the first needle and knitting that off with the next by knitting two together again, all along the row, until 1 stitch remains, fasten off. This gives a neat row, if not done too tightly.