Knit Faux Shearling Baby Booties
This baby booties pattern is perfect for making slippers cozier than a blanket!
When you have a new little baby in the family, all you want to do is swaddle them in the coziest things you possibly can. These Knit Faux Shearling Baby Booties are the softest, snuggliest baby booties you'll ever make for the little one. Perfect for shielding sensitive skin when temperatures start to drop, these baby booties will make your little one feel like they're sleeping at home in their cozy crib even when they're out on a walk or visiting Grandma and Grandpa's house. We love the colors used in this pattern, but think it would be equally as adorable in pink, blue, or yellow.
Knitting Needle Size9 or 5.5 mm
Yarn Weight(5) Bulky/Chunky (12-15 stitches for 4 inches)
Gauge12 sts x 20 rows = 4” in St st. Save time, check your gauge.
Finished SizeFoot Length: 3 (4½)”
Materials List
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Premier® Yarns Parfait (100% polyester; 100gm/192 yds)
- #30-02 Toffee (A) – 1 ball
- #30-11 White (B) – 1 ball
- US Size 9 (5.5 mm) straight needle or size needed to obtain gauge
- Tapestry needle
- I-9 (5.5 mm) crochet hook
Directions
Slippers (make 2)
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Sole
With A, cast on 15 sts, leaving a long tail for seaming.
Row 1 (WS): Knit.
Row 2 (RS): Kfb, k4, [kfb] 4 x, k4, kfb, k1 – 21 sts
Row 3: Knit. -
Toddler Size Only
Row 4: Kfb, k5, kfb, k1, kfb, k2, kfb, k1, kfb, k5, kfb, k1 – 27 sts
Row 5: Knit. -
Both Sizes – Turning Ridge
Row 4 (6): Purl.
Row 5 (7): Knit. -
Side
Row 1 (RS): Knit.
Row 2 (WS): Purl.
Rep last 2 rows, 1 (2) more times. -
Shape Top
Row 1 (RS): K12 (15), ssk, turn.
Row 2: Sl 1, p3, p2tog, turn.
Row 3: Sl 1, k3, ssk, turn.
Row 4: Sl 1, p3, p2tog, turn.
Rep Rows 3-4 until 13 (15) sts rem on ndls.
Next Row (RS): Knit to end of row – 13 (15) sts rem. -
Leg
Row 1 (WS): Purl.
Row 2: Knit.
Row 3: Purl.
Rep last 2 rows, once more.
Cut A, switch to B.
With B, knit 4 rows.
Bind off all sts loosely. Cut B leaving a long tail.
Finishing
With B and crochet hook, work a row of slip stitch crochet along Turning Ridge, then work slip stitch crochet along either side of the shaping along the top and down to the Turning Ridge, using photo as a guide.
With cast-on end, sew seam on Sole. With bind-off tail, whip st back seam (stitching should be visible). Weave in ends.
Abbreviations
- k
- knit
- kfb
- knit into the front and back of the next st (1 st inc'd)
- p2tog
- purl 2 sts together (1 st dec'd)
- sl
- slip
- ssk
- slip xt 2 sts individually knitwise, slip them back to left needle in this position, knit them together through the back loops (1 st dec’d)
- St st
- Stockinette stitch: Knit on RS rows, purl on WS rows.
- p
- purl
- ndl(s)
- needle(s)
- st(s)
- stitch(es)
- RS / WS
- Right side / Wrong side