There are many different schemes and descriptions of knitting techniques. We offer you a technique that can be applied even to those who never held a spoke.
How to bind booties with knitting needles?
We will dismantle the booties in part. It consists of the sole, side, cuff and toe. We will tell you how to knit each of these parts, and in the end you will get one single piece.
We knit the sole of booties
Before you start working you need to take measurements. To do this, measure the length and width of the child's foot. As a result, having received the width of the foot you get the number of loops you need, and the length indicates the number of rows.
It is best to tie the sample and calculate how many in one centimeter of the loops, given the density you need.
We knit the sole using a simple "rubber band" technique. To do this, you need to alternately tie two face and two purl loops. So do until the end, until you finish the sole.
We pass to the side
To connect the side part you need to determine its size. In accordance with it, knit the number of rows you need. You can knit one row with the wrong loops, and the second one with the front or two rows of those with two rows of others.
We knit a cape
After the first two stages, you will have some kind of boat in your hands. Now you need to close it from one side. To do this, you need to tie a rectangle from the side that will be closed. The ends of this rectangle are attached to the sole
Cuff
If you want to make booties more voluminous, tie the cuffs. To do this, you need to tie the remaining amount of loops to the rubber band, only in this case use the 1x1 technique, which means that you will have one front and one back loop. Knit until you get the desired height.
Close booties
Close booties is very simple. For this you need to tie two loops into one. After that, return the loop, which you get on the left spoke.
How to decorate booties?
There are several ways that will make booties for your baby beautiful. You can decorate it with the help of various crafts of their threads: flowers, bugs. But for beginners these decorations may seem complicated, so we'll tell you how to make cords to fix shoes on legs.
You can crochet them if you know how or just use a coarse thread. Thread it in a needle and stretch it through small bootstitch with small stitches.
That's all, the first shoes for your baby is ready.