Dear Anne
I’ve had your magazine more years than I can remember. Now my children have grown up, are having babies of their own and a new little boy is coming along this year. I remember knitting baby bootees that stayed on, looked good and were ever so quick and easy. I can’t be alone in happily knitting for a new generation. Thank you very much, Emily
BOOTEES
Yarn Any suitable 3-ply.
Machine Brother KH860 with a ribber.
To knit With carriage at right, cast on 41-0-40 sts in 1×1 rib and Tension 0/0. Work zigzag row, insert comb and small weights. Work 1 circular row. Cancel circular. Change to Tension 2/2 and K 1 row to right. Set RC at 000. K 12 rows. Transfer ribber sts to main bed. Change to Tension 5 and K 2 rows. Make a row of holes for ribbon by transferring every alt st to adjacent N. Leave empty Ns in WP. K 2 rows. Inc 1 st at beg of next 11 rows. Carriage on left. Insert Card 1 and lock. Programme machine to read card (KC button on KH860 machine). K 1 row to right. Set card to elongate, left tuck button in, release card and K 15 rows. (You could just work 15 rows in st st.) Dec 1 st at beg of next 8 rows. Cancel patterning (KC button to NL). K 1 row and cast off. Join seam. Thread ribbon and anchor it with a few sewing stitches at centre back, so ribbon can’t come out.
