How to knit beautiful booties for newborns

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There are many different models of booties with knitting needles for newborns with diagrams and descriptions. The most successful of them are worthy of incarnation for newborn boys and girls. Let's consider step by step several options for beginners and more experienced craftswomen.

Selection of yarn for booties

Before getting started, it is important to choose the yarn and the tool. For newborns, special attention should be paid to the composition and tactile sensations of the threads. To work on booties, you need to choose a yarn of medium thickness. The yardage should be about 200-300 m. Per 100 g of yarn.

In terms of composition, options are possible:

1. Cotton. Natural thread with pleasant tactile qualities. A product made of such threads can be worn on a baby's bare feet. But they will not warm you in the cold. Summer shoes for babies can be knitted from cotton.
2. Wool or semi-wool. Such threads will make warm socks or boots for the baby. But you should not put them on a bare foot, as wool can cause irritation. You can knit winter booties from wool with knitting needles for newborns.
3. Acrylic. Today many yarn manufacturers offer a special series of synthetic yarns for children. Acrylic is quite soft and moderately retains heat. Such a product can be put on a child on a bare foot or on a sock. Products made of acrylic do not lose their original appearance for a long time, do not roll, do not deform.
4. Wool mixture, any mixed thread has pleasant tactile qualities and is quite warm. In addition, such threads are wear-resistant, thanks to the acrylic included in the composition.
5. You can choose the manufacturer to your taste. More expensive brands of yarn offer high quality threads, soft, hypoallergenic.

Knitting needles for knitting booties for newborns should be chosen according to the thickness of the yarn and the knitting characteristics. Booties can be knitted with 2 or 4 needles. Schemes and descriptions of these methods are given below.

Knitted booties socks

Booties in the classical sense are small knitted shoes for newborns or babies. Today, craftswomen have developed and described a wide variety of models of this accessory. These can be knitted sandals, sneakers, boots or other fancy types of knitted shoes for babies. Booties that can be knitted with knitting needles for newborns are very popular, functional and easy to wear, the diagram and description are presented below.

This model is knitted according to the classic version. The upper part of the booties imitates a sock. Usually it is performed with a 2 by 2 elastic band with a turn.

Materials:

• Any yarn - 100 g.
• Stocking straight knitting needles of a suitable number - 4 pieces.

Used types of knitting:

1. Hosiery (knit all rows).
2. Elastic band 2 by 2.

Stages of work:

1. You need to start with the sole. Cast on 36 loops on the needles in any convenient way.
2. Do the first 2 rows with front loops.
3. For increments, you need to place markers. One marker on the left and right, stepping back 2 loops. Side pieces 15 loops each. Select the middle 2 loops with markers.
4. Knit the next row with front loops, making additions before the first and second markers, then knit 2 middle loops, add after the third marker, knit 15 loops and add after the last marker. Remove markers.
5. Knit the next row with knit stitches without increments.
6. The additions on the sole alternate. 1 row without increments, and 1 with increments. The increments in each row increase by 1 loop. The side sections will always be 15 stitches, the middle stitches will increase.
7. So you need to knit until there are 10 loops in the center, and 6 loops are added on the sides.
8. The markup is as follows: extreme 6 loops, marker, 15 side loops, marker, 10 middle loops, marker, side 15 loops, marker, extreme 6 loops.
9. After we knit another 9 rows with front loops without increments. This is the top of the booties.
10. Now you need to put in markers for the forefoot. Left and right, you need to set aside 14 loops. The middle part is 12 loops. Between the middle and side part - 8 loops and 8 loops on the other side of the center.
11. Now you need to make subtractions to form the toe. You need to reduce the loops of the central part between the middle markers, knitting together 2 loops at each center marker.
12. So knit with decreases, until 4 loops remain in front of the extreme markers on the inside.
13. The sock is knitted, you can change the thread to a different color.
14. First, knit with yarn of a different color the central part between the markers, cutting the remaining 4 loops at each marker
15. You need to continue knitting in a circle, distributing all the work on 3 knitting needles. You need to knit with front loops, stitch 2 rows. Stop at the toe.
16. Knit 2 by 2 elastic to desired height. Approximately 22 rows.
17. Close the loops.
18. The bottom of the booties must be sewn.

Next, the strap is knitted for decoration:

1. It is necessary to lift the side loops of the booties along the edge where the thread color changes, not reaching 4 loops to the toe.
2. Cast on 12 stitches on the third knitting needle.
3. Start with a new knitting needle and knit 8 rows in a circle. Close the loops.
4. Sew on the edge of the strap and decorate with a button.

For a more illustrative example, you can watch a video with a master class on booties-socks.

Master class on knitting booties without a seam

It is very important that the shoes for the baby are comfortable and do not rub the leg. Therefore, the booties can be knitted with knitting needles in a seamless way according to the following scheme and description.

To work you need:

1. Yarn - 100 g.
2. Knitting needles - 5 pieces, straight.

First, the sole is knitted on two knitting needles. You need to dial 8 loops on the knitting needles. Then do this:

1. Knit the first row with the front ones.
2. Knit the second row with the front only 1 and make the last loop with the purl.
3. In the third row, at the beginning and at the end of the row, add 1 loop each. Through the row, add more loops along the edges of the row.
4. Knit to the length of the sole with front loops.
5. In the penultimate row, subtract the dialed loops and finish the original 8 loops.
6. Now you need to raise the loops around the edges of the sole and go to circular knitting on 5 needles. You need to distribute the loops as follows: 10 toe loops on 1 knitting needle, the same number of loops for the side parts and 10 loops for the heel.
7. Now the rise in a circle of 10 rows is knitted with an elastic band 1 by 1.
8. Now you need to knit a sock. To do this, on the front part of 10 loops, you need to make decreases, knitting in straight and reverse rows only the loops of the front part, do not knit the heel.
9. After that, you need to go back to circular knitting and knit the upper part of the booties with any pattern.

Such a model is obtained without breaking the thread and without a seam. This model is very easy to design and is suitable for beginner knitters.

Knit booties for beginners

A simple and versatile model of booties, which is described below, is suitable for novice craftswomen. Work begins on top of 5 knitting needles in circular knitting. Patterns are used: garter stitch, front satin stitch and 1 on 1 elastic.

Below are photos for beginners and the stages of work:

• On the needles, you need to dial 37 loops and close in a circle, knitting the outer loops together. The circle should have 36 loops of 9 on each spoke.
• Knit 12 rows with 1 by 1 elastic.
• The top part of the booties is completed with a row of holes for threading the lace. Knit it by alternating 2 loops together, 1 front, yarn.
• Now knit front 11 loops with garter stitch 18 rows. This is a toe.

On the sides of the toe, lift 9 loops and knit on all 4 needles in a circle with garter stitch 10 rows

• Next, knit the sole from the front 11 loops, in each row, grabbing 1 loop from the side knitting needles.
• Knit heel and sole loops 2 together.

It remains only to decorate the booties, thread a lace or braid

Using these diagrams and descriptions, you can make excellent knitted shoes for a newborn boy or girl with your own hands.

Video tutorials will be a good help for beginners, as they show in detail how to knit decreases or increases, where to put markers and change the direction of work, other little things that are obvious to an experienced craftsman, but incomprehensible to a beginner. But with such lessons, you can safely start any model of booties you like with knitting needles for newborns.

Knitted booties for girls

Summer booties with knitting needles for newborn princesses can be knitted according to the following description. You need to prepare for work:

1. Threads in two shades. In the master class, these are pink and white. Better to use cotton, as this model is for summer.
2. 5-piece set of knitting needles.
3. Beads and a narrow ribbon for decoration.

Start with the sole on these girls' sandals:

1. It is advisable to draw a pattern on a piece of paper in a cell, where each cell corresponds to 1 loop of 1 row.
2. According to the pattern, you need to knit the sole with the first color of the thread.
3. On the edge of the sole, you need to raise the loops and distribute them over 3 knitting needles. There are 60 stitches on the sample: 21 stitches on each side and 18 stitches on the toe.
4. Knit 1 row with front loops with the second light.
5. Tie 14 rows with a two-color elastic band. This is where the patent elastic band is knitted with alternating threads. Facial loops are pink, purl loops are white.
6. Next, go to garter stitch and alternate colors in each row. Knit 4 rows.
7. Close all loops, leave 20 heel loops on the needle.
8. Knit 8 rows with stocking, add 20 more loops and knit 8 more rows with hosiery, forming a strap.

It remains to decorate the booties knitted with embroidery, ribbons or beads.

Booties knitting for newborn boys

For boys, you can knit booties in the shape of a typewriter. For work, you need to choose threads of bright colors in two basic shades and black and yellow for finishing.

The needles need to be taken thin.

Getting started:

Cast on 48 stitches

Knit two rows without changing the front ones

• Do the third row like this: hem, yarn, 22 knit loops, yarn, 2 yarns, 22 yarns, hem.
• Fourth row: knit without changes.
• Fifth row: hem, 1 p., Yarn, 22 p., Yarn, 4 p. Yarn, 22 p., Yarn, 1 p., Hem.
• The sixth row of facial unchanged.
• Seventh row: hem, 2 p., Yarn, 22 p., Yarn, 6 p., Yarn, 22 p., Yarn, 2 p., Hem.
• The eighth row of facial unchanged.
• Ninth row: hem, 3 p., Yarn, 22 p., Yarn, 8 p., Yarn, 22 p., Yarn, 3 p., Hem.
• The next 2 rows are knit in base color.

• Change the color to white and knit 2 rows with the front ones.
• Change the thread, return to the main color. We knit 6 rows with the front ones.

Shape the nose. Divide the loops into 10, 22, 10, 22. From the front side, reduce, knitting 2 together with the wrong side, from the wrong side - 2 together with the front one. Until 15 loops remain on the sides

• Work the first 14 stitches from the inside out.
• Attach white thread and knit 12 loops, unfold. Knit back and forth 8 rows.

• Knit 2 more rows, capturing the loops of the base color at the beginning and at the end of the row.
• Return to the main thread, cast on the sides of the white tongue 5 loops each. Knit loops to the end of the row.
• Knit 8 rows with the main thread with the front stitch.
• From the seamy side, count 8 rows of the sole, lift 40 loops with white thread, knit 1 by 1 elastic for about 14 rows.

• Sew a bootie.
• Crochet the wheels and headlights with double crochets in a circle in 1 air loop. Sew on all small details.
• The booties are ready. More details on the stages of work can be seen in the video.

Such booties-typewriters can be knitted in the shape of a sock. They will sit tightly on the leg and the baby will definitely like them. Their difference is the high top with a lapel. Booties are crocheted from "Children's novelty".

The video describes knitting in detail and shows all the difficult moments for beginners. It is important to follow the indicated pattern exactly, observe the number of loops and rows.