DINO BABY BOOTIES

Sizes available:
0-3 months
(foot length 7.5 cm)
3-6 month
(foot length 8.5 cm) this size is shown in parentheses
Yarn
50 g yarn of your preferred yarn of DK type (8 ply).
Instruments/Materials
1 set of double pointed needles/circular needles size 3.0 mm
1 crochet hook size 3.0 mm
1 tapestry needle
2 buttons 1cm
Gauge: 12 stitches = 5 cm in stockinette stitch
Abbreviations:
k knit
p purl
R row

sts, st stitches, stitch

ssk slip, slip, knit 2 slipped st together
k2tog knit 2 stitches together

rnd - round

rem sts remaining stitches

C2R slip 2 sts to the back into the cable needle,

knit 2 st from your left needle, knit the stitches
from the cable needle

kfb knit into the front and back of the stitch

increase by 1 st

C2L slip 2 sts to the front into the cable needle,

knit 2 st from your left needle, knit the stitches
from the cable needle

Right bootie
Sole
REMEMBER to slip the first st off the left needle knitwise to your right needle of every row and purl the
last one when knitting in flat for ALL rows of the sole.
CO 8 (10) sts
R1-2: sl1, knit all sts to the last st, p1
R3: sl1, kfb, k4 (6), kfb, p1
R4: sl1, knit all sts to the last st, p1
R5: sl1, kfb, k6 (8), kfb, p1
R6-32 (6-36): sl1, knit all sts to the last st, p1
R33 (37): sl1, ssk, k6 (8), k2tog, p1
R34 (38): sl1, knit all sts to the last st, p1
R35 (39): sl1, ssk, k4(6), k2tog, p1
R36 (40): sl1, knit all sts to the last st, p1, now you have 8 (10) sts again on your needles.

Making the Dino edge

When you finish the last 36 (40) row of your sole, take dpns and going around the rectangle pick up sts
from the edge from both the front and back loops for each stitch, you will have in the end 8 (10), 16 (20), 8
(10), 16 (20) stitches on your 4 needles.
Lets go through these instructions below:
This is how the end of row 36 (40) looks like; you do not turn the
work to the WS.

Take a needle and put in under your edge loops both front and
back.

Weave the yarn over the needle.

Pull the yarn through the hole under both loops you have your
first stitch of 1st row for Dino edge.

Insert your needle under the next pair of edge loops.

Weave the yarn over the needle.

Pull the yarn through the hole under both loops and receive the 2nd
stitch.

Continue picking up the stitches.

Check your wrong side, it should look like the one on this picture.

After you finish with picking up stitches and will have 8 (10), 16 (20), 8 (10), 16 (20) stitches on your
needles, knit all sts in first 2 rounds, in third round knit *ssk, yo* to the end, rounds 4th, 5th and 6th knit all
sts.

STEP 1
Take a crochet hook and put it under the 1st stitch
in your 1st round of st st under your left needle.
This is the hole under front and back edge loops
from which you picked up stitches for Dino edge
earlier.

From another side you will see your hook under

the chain of edge loops.

STEP 2
Insert the crochet into the 1st stitch on your left
needle and

STEP 3

Slip it off the needle to your crochet hook.

STEP 4
Pull this stitch through the hole to the RS of your
knitting and

STEP 5
Put it on the additional needle. Proceed with
every next stitch and in the end you will see how
the Dino edge is nicely shaped.

How the Dino edge looks from the

outside and inside

If you knit the booties in one color only, you need to break off your working yarn after youve finished
with the Dino edge. Start knitting the main part from the outside, at the very beginning of your 1 st
needle, see the picture below:

REMEMBER that info in parentheses below is given for larger size.

rnd1: start knitting from the needle on which you have 8 (10) sts, knit all sts

Here is the picture showing you the beginning of

your first round.

rnd2: k8 (10), purl rem sts

rnd3: knit all sts
rnd4: C2R, C2L (C2R, k2, C2L), purl rem sts

rnd5: knit all sts

rnd6: k8 (10), purl rem sts
rnd7: knit all sts
rnd8: C2R, C2L (C2R, k2, C2L), purl rem sts
rnd9: k8 (10), ssk, k3, ssk, k26 (k36), k2tog, k3, k2tog
rnd10: k8 (k10), purl rem sts
rnd11: k8 (k10), ssk, k2, ssk, k24 (k34), k2tog, k2, k2tog
rnd12: C2R, C2L (C2R, k2, C2L), purl rem sts
rnd13: k8 (k10), ssk, k1, ssk, k22 (k32), k2tog, k1, k2tog
rnd14: k8 (k10), purl rem sts
rnd15: k8 (k10), ssk 2 times, k20 (k30), k2tog 2 times
rnd16: C2R, C2L (C2R, k2, C2L), purl rem sts
rnd17: k8 (k10), ssk 2 times, k16 (k26), k2tog 2 times
rnd18: k8 (k10), purl rem sts
rnd19: knit all sts (k10, ssk 2 times, k22, k2tog 2 times). In this round check your sts, you will have 8-6-8-6
sts (10-8-10-8) on your needles
R20: C2R, C2L (C2R, k2, C2L), cast on 5 sts at the end of your 1st needle using preferred method and turn,
from this row we return to knit the bootie in flat again.
REMEMBER to slip the first st off the left needle to your right needle of every row and knit the last one
when knitting in flat in ALL rows.
R21: sl1, k4, p 8 (10), knit rem sts
R22: sl1, knit all sts
R23: sl1, k4, p 8 (10), knit rem sts
R24: sl1, k19 (k25), C2R, C2L (C2R, k2, C2L), k5
R25: sl1, k1, bind off 2 sts (buttonhole), knit rem sts
R26: sl1, knit all sts, make 2 sts over the bound off sts in 25th row (buttonhole)
R27-30: sl1, knit all sts
R31: cast off and weave in ends. Sew the button to the body of bootie.

Left bootie
Do all the same as for the right bootie when knitting the sole, Dino edge and the foot shaping through rnd
19.
R20: cast on additional 5 sts at the beginning of your 1st needle and purl them, C2R, C2L (C2R, k2, C2L), purl
25, knit the last st

This picture shows how your 20th row should look

like. First 5 sts are purled, then the cables are
made, purled rem 25 sts and the last st is knitted.

REMEMBER to slip the first st off the left needle to your right needle of every row and knit the last one
when knitting in flat in ALL rows.
R21: sl1, purl all sts to the last st, k1
R22: sl1. p4, k8 (10), purl rem sts to the last st, k1
R23: sl1, purl all sts to the last st, k1
R24: sl1, p4, C2R, C2L (p4, C2R, k2, C2L), purl rem sts to the last st, k1
R25: sl1, purl all sts to the last 4 sts, bind off 2 sts (buttonhole), k1
R26: sl1, p1, make 2 sts over the bound off sts in 25th row (buttonhole), p1, k8 (10), purl rem sts to the last
st, k1
R27-31: sl1, purl all sts to the last st, k1
R32: cast off by purling and weave in ends.