Sockabooties

Sockabooties
My first non-purple pattern! I made these to match the top down bonnet from helloyarn

Yarn: Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino, 55% Merino wool, 33% Microfibre, 12%
Cashmere, 137 yards / 125m per 50g, color 503, 1 skein

Size: 4 inch circumference, 3 inches long

Gauge: 26st/34 rows in 4 inches on size 3 (3.25 mm) dpn’s

Toe:

Cast on 13 stitches using crochet provisional cast on. Work back and forth with 2 dpns

Purl one row

Short rows:

1. K12, w&t
2. p11, w&t
3. k10, w&t
4. p9, w&t
5. k8, w&t
6. p7, w&t
7. k until you encounter wrapped stitch, pick up wrap and k2tog with stitch it was wrapped around, w&t (stitch will now be double wrapped)
8. p until you encounter wrapped stitch, pick up wrap and p2togtbl with stitch it was wrapped around, w&t (stitch will now be double wrapped)
9. k until you encounter double wrapped stitch, pick up wrap andk3tog with stitch they were wrapped around, w&t (stitch will now be double wrapped)
10. p until you encounter double wrapped stitch, pick up both wraps and p3togtbl with stitch they were wrapped around, w&t (stitch will now be double wrapped)
11. k until you encounter double wrapped stitch, pick up both wraps and k3tog with stitch they were wrapped around
12. p until you encounter double wrapped stitch, pick up both wraps and p3togtbl with stitch they were wrapped around
13. k one row
    

Foot:

Unzip provisional cast on and move stitches onto 4 dpns, 7 on the first needle, 6 on the second, 7 on the third, and 6 on the fourth.

Pm to indicate beginning of round

Knit every round until bootie measures 2 ¼ inches from the beginning of the toe

Heel:

K all stitches on the first and second needle

Combine the stitches from the third and fourth needle onto one needle. These are the heel stitches.

Working heel stitches back and forth:

1. K12, w&t
2. p11, w&t
3. k10, w&t
4. p9, w&t
5. k8, w&t
6. p7, w&t
7. k until you encounter wrapped stitch, pick up wrap and k2tog with stitch it was wrapped around, w&t (stitch will now be double wrapped)
8. p until you encounter wrapped stitch, pick up wrap and p2togtbl with stitch it was wrapped around, w&t (stitch will now be double wrapped)
9. k until you encounter double wrapped stitch, pick up wrap andk3tog with stitch they were wrapped around, w&t (stitch will now be double wrapped)
10. p until you encounter double wrapped stitch, pick up both wraps and p3togtbl with stitch they were wrapped around, w&t (stitch will now be double wrapped)
11. k until you encounter double wrapped stitch, pick up both wraps and k3tog with stitch they were wrapped around
12. p until you encounter double wrapped stitch, pick up both wraps and p3togtbl with stitch they were wrapped around
13. knit across

return heel stitches to 2 dpns and go back to working in the round

Top:

Pick up one stitch in the gutter between the fourth needle and the first needle (put picked up stitch on fourth needle), k across first and second needles, pick up one stitch in the gutter between the second and third needles (put picked up stitch on third needle), k to one stitch before end of round, k2tog

Next round: k across first and second needles, ssk, k to end of round

K 2 rounds even

(p 1 round, k 1 round) twice, p 1 round

Bind off all stitches loosely knit wise

Weave in ends

Ties:

Cut two 12 inch pieces of yarn, thread each through one bootie right under the first purl round so that the ends come out in front about a half inch apart.

knot each end of the tie to prevent fraying and trim to desired length, tie in bow

Abbreviations:

k…..knit

p…..purl

w&t….wrap and turn (move next stitch to right needle, move yarn to the front on a knit row or to the back on a purl row, return stitch to left needle, turn work)

dpn…..double pointed needle

k2tog…..knit 2 together

k3tog…..knit 3 together

ssk.....slip slip knit (slip one stitch knitwise and then another stitch knitwise, return both stitches to left needle, knit them together through back loops)

p2togtbl…..purl 2 together through back loops

p3togtbl…..purl 3 together through back loops

pm…place marker