How to knit easy Baby - Toddler Shoes using straight needles

In today’s tutorial, you’ll learn how to knit adorable little shoes (or booties, also called Mary Janes) for babies and toddlers, using straight needles, not circulars.

You´ll remember another pair of Baby Booties for absolute beginners, that we made a long time ago, I think these might be even cuter…

Its so easy, the only techniques required are: Garter stitch, a simple yet discrete increase technique, and a decrease technique so it´s just not complicated at all, at all.

This Baby-Toddler Shoes pattern comes in four sizes: From 0-6 months, from 6-12 months, from 12-18 months, and from 18-24 months.

For the cutest project in the world ever, you’ll need:

Materials

2 x US 6 (4 mm) knitting needles

50 gr of cotton yarn (or Merino wool) Nº 4 (or Worsted) #ad

2 buttons (1 cm diameter)

Tapestry needle, scissors, and measurement tape or rule.

This set contains all the knitting accessories you need for every project… #ad

Measurements (foot length)

Size 0 – 6 months: 3.75 in (9.5 cm)

Size 6 – 12 months: 3.9 in (10 cm)

Size 12 – 18 months: 4.3 in (11 cm)

Size 18 – 24 months: 4.9 in (12.5 cm)

Gauge

A 4 x 4 in square (10 x 10 cm) knitted in Garter stitch using the needles and the yarn mentioned above, equals 20 st and 38 rows.

Abbreviations

CO: Cast on

st: Stich

K: Knit

P: Purl

inc: Increase one stitch using this technique

k2tog: Knit two stitches together

sd: Simple decrease. Slip 1 stitch knitwise (pass the stitch onto the right-hand needle as if to knit, knit the next stitch, and pass the slipped stitch over the last one.

yo: Yarn over (or bring the yarn forward)

BO: Bind off

RS: Right side of the work

WS: Wrong side of the work

Easy Baby Shoes knitting pattern and tutorial. So Woolly.

Baby – Toddler Shoes knitting pattern

CO 26 (28, 30, 36) st.

Increase section

1º, 3º and 5º rows: K across

2º row: [K1, inc, K11 (12, 13, 16), inc, K1] twice. There are 30 (32, 34, 40) st in total.

4º row: *K2, inc, K11 (12, 13, 16), inc, K2* inc. Repeat from * to * once more. There are 35 (37, 39, 45) st in total.

6º row: K3, inc, K11 (12, 13, 16), inc, K2, inc, K3, inc, K2, inc, K11 (12, 13, 16), inc, K3. There ate 41 (43, 45, 51) st.

Work 8 (8, 10, 12) rows in Garter stitch.

Decrease section

Next row: K11 (13, 15, 16), sd 4 (4, 3, 4) times, K3 (1, 3, 3), k2tog 4 (4, 3, 4) times, K11 (13, 15, 16). There are 33 (35, 39, 43) st.

Next row: K across

Next row: BO 33 (35, 39, 43) st knitwise.

Seaming

Fold the rectangle in half, and join both sides starting on the heel (left upper corner).

Knit the second shoe and repeat the process to join the sides.

Left Shoe Strap

Facing the RS, pick up and K the 5 (5, 7, 9) central st from the ankle, and work 2 rows in Garter st.

CO 6 (8, 8, 9) st, K across, and CO 12 (12, 12, 14) st. 1

Next row: K across

Buttonhole row: K across to last 3 st, ending with yo, sd, K1.

Next row: BO knitwise.

Right Shoe Strap

Facing the RS, pick up and K the 5 (5, 7, 9) central st from the ankle, and work 2 rows in Garter st.

When you get to the end of the row, CO 12 (12, 12, 14) st, K across, and CO 6 (8, 8, 9) st. There are 23 (25, 27, 32) st.

Next row: K across

Buttonhole row: K1, k2tog, yo, K to end.

Next row: BO knitwise.

Now, sew up the buttons, and your Baby – Toddler Shoes are finished!

Congratulations, great job and lovely work 😀

Toddler Shoes free knitting pattern and video. So Woolly.

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