One day, for fun, I decided to combine lace, ruffles, a texture pattern and bobbles all in a single pattern…and it worked! The result is an adorable little set which will keep a baby’s extremities warm, while looking making them look absolutely darling at the same time. Complete your set with these beautiful textured booties, finished off with ribbon detail.

• matching bonnet
• matching mitts

Knit Now Issue 31 goes on sale in supermarkets, newsagents and craft stores across the UK and worldwide from our webstore on 6th February 2014.

Skills required

• knitting and purling
• working small circumferences in the round (i.e. DPNs, magic loop, or 2-circular methods)
• increasing and decreasing
• chart reading
• short rows (instructions given in pattern)
• picking up stitches
• grafting, aka Kitchener stitch
• (optional; just makes the bobbles easier) knitting backwards

Size information

• 0-6 months: to fit foot circumference of 10cm and length of 9cm
• 6-12 months: to fit foot circumference of 12cm and length of 11cm

Yarn requirements

• 0-6 months: about 64 yards
• 6-12 months: about 87 yards

Other materials needed

• 3 stitch markers

• stitch holder

• darning needle (for grafting)

• (optional) two 47cm lengths of ribbon approximately 6mm wide