Leo & Lea Booties by Corinne Fourcade

Leo & Lea Booties

Knitting
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
32 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches
in Stocking Stitch in the round
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
55 yards (50 m)
About 0-3 months
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These booties are the perfect way to use teeny amounts of leftover sock yarn. The pattern offers two versions; unisex - Leo - and girl - Lea. The look is rather traditional but the knitting is totally seamless and in the round, there is no picking up of stitches. They will make a perfect baby shower gift and can even be knit at the last minute, an evening should be enough…

Difficulty
Intermediate

Yarn
About 13g of sock yarn.
Shown in Wollmeise sock yarn for the unisex version and Regia Cotton sock yarn for the girl version

Notions
Needles: 1 or 2 2.5mm/US1.5 circular needle or 5 DPNs (or size needles needed to obtain gauge)
Accessories: 2 st markers, Cable needle (unisex version only), Darning needle

Necessary Skills
Knitting in the round, simple cables & bobbles (unisex version only), Turkish cast on or toe up magic cast on, K2tog, SSK, M1

Gauge
32 sts x 40 rds / 10 cm - 4” in stocking stitch in the round

Size
0-3 months approximately