Garter Stitch Baby Bootees by Stella Ackroyd

Garter Stitch Baby Bootees

Knitting
January 2016
Aran (8 wpi) ?
21 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches
in Garter Stitch (knit every row)
US 10 - 6.0 mm
66 - 77 yards (60 - 70 m)
0-3 month [3-6 month: 6-12 month] baby
English
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These little slippers can be made very quickly and easily and use very little yarn - perfect for a last-minute gift or treasured heirloom made from superior quality yarn.
They are worked from the bottom up from a traditional cast-on edge, but could easily be made from a provisional cast on with a cast-off seam for extra comfort.
The pattern can be adapted to one colour or with alternative fastenings to suit your taste; I find the straps I photographed are robust and effective, but they would work just as well if 30cm long and with a criss-cross fastening, traditional ballerina style.
Sizing is aimed to suit a baby from birth to walking, in three sizes.