These adorable Santa Baby Bootees are just a perfect knitting project to get stuck into before Christmas. They make a wonderful gift for Christmas for any newborn but will always work up as bootees for any time of the year if made up in different colours.

Materials
• 20g of Light Worsted/DK weight yarn in red. Small amount of the same in white
• 3 ¾ mm (US size 5, UK size 9) knitting needles
• Blunt yarn needle to sew up seams and sew in ends

Finished Size
This pattern is for ages: 0 – 3 months

Gauge - Tension: 5 sts and 9 rows = 2.5cm (1”) over st.st

Additional Notes

These bootees are knitted in one piece and then edge seamed.

This pattern is in US and UK terminology.