Felted Booties by Veronik Avery

Felted Booties

Knitting
May 2011
yarn held together
Sport
+ Sport
= Bulky (7 wpi) ?
9 stitches and 16 rows = 2 inches
in stockinette stitch, before felting
English

Finished Size Length: 5¾ (6¾, 7¾, 8¾)/(9¾, 10¾)/(11¾)” [14.5 (17, 19.5, 22)/(25, 27.5)/(30) cm]. To fit children’s shoe sizes 5-7 (8-10, 11-13, 1-3)/women’s (7-8, 9-11)/men’s (11-13).
Note: Children’s 1-3 will also fit women’s 5-6, and women’s 9-11 will fit men’s 8-10.

Yarn St-Denis Nordique (100% wool; 150 yd [137 m]/50 g): 1(2, 2, 2)/(3, 3)/(4) balls #5802 Silver Heather.

Needles Set of five double-pointed needles (dpn) in Size US 8 (5 mm) and set of five dpn in Size US 6 (4 mm).

Notions Stitch markers; waste yarn; small amounts of yarn in contrasting colors for embroidery.

Gauge 9 sts and 16 rows/rnds = 2” (5 cm) in St st using larger needles and 2 strands of yarn held tog as one, before felting.