Baby Booties

So I was supposed to work on my homework for classes, since I have been pretending that I am NOT a senior, and that I did NOT have to graduate in the near future. But then my cousin jut had a baby. Babies are adorable, and because I let my sister make her a baby blanket with the yarn I bought I have not  made baby Natalie anything yet. So i started to look up baby booties and hat patterns, and became hooked. It took me forever to find a pattern that was simple and did not involve sock toe turns, and other complicated things I did not understand. But I finally found one! It was confusing at first, but then I just jumped in and found I needed to stop being scared and just do it. I was following this pattern, and where it says to combine the cast on row with the current row was just not making sense to me. But I tried a couple things, and finally I made it work.  I have made 2 pairs so far, and have found they go so quickly!



This is what I am doing to combine where I casted on and where I currently as knitting together. You lay the cast on side directly above where you are currently knitting  Then you grab one of the casted on stitches, then knit a regular stitch. Take the stitch that you casted on that is current on the needle, and slip it over the new stitch. It sounds complicated, and it kind of is. But once you get the hang of it, it all works well. The picture above right is what it looks like once you have joined the edges together.

To the left  is the completed booty before you sew it together. To the right is the booty sewn together, I found it easier to turn it inside out to sew.




  Here is a finished booty! The pink ones i made with 2 different yarns, one size 10 needles with 6 stitches. It was 39 stitches before the join, and 17 to create the bottom. For the green ones, I used size 8 needles with 6 stitches as well. Those ones have 31 stitches before the join, and 13 after.

I plan on making a large amount of booties in varying sizes, and donating them to a local women's shelter. When I get a couple made, I will take a picture of their adorable cuteness so you all can see too :)