Jamie and Amanda, friends of my daughter and son-in-law, are expecting their second baby in about 2 weeks. It's a boy. I wanted to make a small baby gift for them and Christine's Stay-On baby booties was the ideal pattern. My daughter loved the pair she received when her son was born, thanks to my friend, Sheila.
THE DETAILS
Pattern: Christine's Stay On Baby-Booties
by Christine Bourquin
Free pattern, click
here.
Made for: Jamie and Amanda's baby due Dec. 12, 2011
Yarn: Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino
Fingering weight
Color #340059 Teal
Color #340100 Off-white
(less than a ball of each color)
Plus about 5 yards of pale blue Sandnesgarn Lanett
Needles: US #1/2.25mm
Notes: After the foot was finished I did the following:
Knit 3 rounds in teal.
Worked eyelet round for the shoelaces.
Knit 2 rounds in teal.
Knit 1 round in off-white.
Worked 2x2 ribbing in white for 22 rounds.
Purl 1 round in baby blue.
Work 1 round, 2x2 ribbing in baby blue.
Purl 1 round in off-white.
Work 2 rounds in 2x2 ribbing in off-white.
Cast off loosely in ribbing.
The ribbing is folded in half to create a cuff.
Shoelaces: 2-stitch I-cord for 16 inches.