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Babies' Long Bootees
Babies' Long Bootees
(from
Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet, 1918)
(Explanation of
terms and stitches used)
Two colors of Saxony, blue and white or pink and white,
and two steel knitting-needles, No. 14, are required
for these bootees.
With color, cast on 57 stitches.
1. Knit plain.
2. With white, knit 4, over, knit 3, * slip, narrow and
bind, knit 3, over, knit 1, over, knit 3; repeat from * to end
of row.
3. Purl.
Repeat last 2 rows three times; with color knit 2 rows;
with white repeat 2d and 3d rows twice, and again knit 2
rows plain with color and 2 rows plain with white.
With white knit 14 rows of single rib (knit 1, purl 1).
With color knit 2 rows plain; then with white knit 8 rows
in single rib; repeat the last 10 rows, and again knit 2 rows
plain, with color.
With white knit 1 row, purl 1 row, alternately, for 4 rows;
this gives the appearance of plain knitting on the right side.
Make a row of spaces in which to run ribbon, thus: Knit
2, * over 3 times, narrow, knit 1; repeat from * to end of
row. Purl back, dropping 2 of the "overs."
Again knit forward and purl back for 5 rows; then knit
15 rows in single rib, completing the leg.
For the instep: Slip 1st 18 stitches on to the needle, join
in the color, knit 21 stitches, turn and knit back. With
white knit 1 row and purl 1 row, alternately, for 6 rows.
Repeat last 8 rows three times, which will give four white
stripes and the same of narrow ones, in color; again knit
forward and back with color.
For the slipper or foot, using color, knit off 18 stitches on
right-hand needle, pick up and knit 17 stitches along the
side of instep, knit 21 across instep, pick up 17 on other
side and knit the 18 stitches on left needle. Knit back and
forth plain for 20 rows and bind off. Sew up the foot and
back of leg, and draw ribbon through the spaces.
These bootees come up well to the knee, and are warm as
well as pretty. The ribbed portions cause them to fit snugly,
so they are not likely to slip down and off the little feet.
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