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Basketball Shoes Booties
Do you have a son or maybe a little boy-relative? If yes. you definitely need to knit these booties for him!
You will need:
Knitting Needle Size5 or 3.75 mm, Double-Pointed Knitting Needles (DPNs)
Yarn Weight(3) Light/DK (21-24 stitches to 4 inches)
Materials
3.5oz/100g ball (220yd/200m) of Cascade 220 Superwash (wool) – 1 each in white, red, navy, and royal blue
1 set (5) size 5 (3.75mm) dpn
Crochet hook size E-4 (3.5mm)
Stitch marker
Yarn needle
Gauge
22 sts and 44 rows to 4″/10cm over garter st using size 5 (3.75mm) needles.
TAKE TIME TO CHECK GAUGE.
Sole
With white, cast on 32 sts. Divide sts evenly over 4 needles (8 sts per needle). Join, taking care not to twist sts, and place marker for beg of rnd (back of shoe).
Work in garter st in rnds (purl 1 rnd, knit 1 rnd) as follows:
Rnd 1: Purl.
Rnd 2: Needle 1: K1, M1, knit to end; Needle 2: Knit to last st, M1, k1; Needle 3: K1, M1, knit to end; Needle 4: Knit to last st, M1, k1—1 st inc’d on each needle; 4 sts inc’d in total.
Repeat last 2 rnds 3 times more—12 sts per needle; 48 sts in total.
With white, purl 4 rounds, knit 1 round.
Cut white.
Shoe
Join navy. Purl 1 round. Cut navy.
Toe
Sl first 5 sts on Needle 2 to Needle 1; sl first 7 sts on Needle 3 to Needle 2; sl rem 5 sts on Needle 3 to Needle 4—17 sts each on Needles 1 and 4, 14 sts on Needle 2.
Keeping sts of Needles 1 and 4 on hold, join red from RS and work in rows on Needle 2 as follows:
Rows 1–4: Work in St st in rows (knit on RS, purl on WS).
Row 5: K2, k2tog, k6, k2tog, k2—12 sts.
Rows 6, 8, and 10: Purl.
Row 7: K2, k2tog, k4, k2tog, k2—10 sts.
Row 9: Knit.
Row 11: K2, k2tog, k2, k2tog, k2—8 sts.
Row 12: Purl.
Bind off all sts.
Sides and Back
Set-up row 1: (RS) With RS facing and first ball of royal blue, pick up and k 1 st in each of last 2 red sts of toe, then k2 sts from Needle 4; with navy, k30 sts from Needles 4 and 1; with 2nd ball of royal blue, k last 2 sts on Needle 1, then pick up and k 1 st in each of first 2 sts of toe—38 sts.
Note: Do not carry unused yarns. When changing colors, twist yarns on WS to prevent holes in work.
Row 2: (WS) With royal blue, k4; with navy, purl to last 4 sts; with royal blue, k4.
Continue to work first and last 4 sts in garter st (knit every row) with royal blue and center sts in stockinette stitch with navy, as follows:
Dec row 3: (RS) With royal blue, k4; with navy, k2tog, k to last 2 navy sts, k2tog; with royal blue, k4.
Row 4: Work even in pats.
Dec/eyelet row 5: With royal blue, k2, yo, k2tog (eyelet); with navy, K2tog, k to last 2 navy sts, k2tog; with royal blue, k2tog, yo, k2 (eyelet).
Row 6: Repeat row 4.
Repeat rows 3–6 for 3 times more.
Cut navy. With 1 ball of royal blue, knit 4 rows over all sts.
Bind off as follows: *K2tog, return st to LH needle; rep from * until all sts are bound off.
Finishing
Sew sole seams. Weave in ends.
Shoelace
With crochet hook and white, chain 100.
Fasten off.
Thread shoelace through eyelet holes.
Repeat from beginning for second shoe.
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