Tiny Heart Baby Shoes is an easy knitting pattern with detailed step-by-step instructions. The pattern includes 3 sizes, from newborn up to 12 months.
The English pattern comes in two versions, one for knitting flat and one for knitting in the round, and you get both PDF files. Worked flat, the shoes are knitted back and forth on straight or circular needles and seamed at the back and under the sole. Worked in the round, they are knitted on double-pointed needles or with the magic loop technique, and only the sole is seamed.
You start with the sole and continue with the upper, which has a heart motif made with purl stitches. The shoes can be knitted in one color, or with the sole and the upper in two different colors.
Before binding off there is an optional eyelet row for threading a twisted string or ribbon. The pattern includes photos showing how to seam the shoes and how to make and attach the string, as well as links to video tutorials and a chart of the heart motif.
Skill level: Easy–intermediate
Needles:
3 mm (US 2.5) straight or circular needles
For knitting in the round: 3 mm (US 2.5) double-pointed needles or circular needles for magic loop
Yarn requirements:
Two colors: 19 (22) 25 g color A and 6 (8) 10 g color B
One color: 25 (30) 35 g
Yarn suggestion: Drops Muskat
You can use any other DK / light worsted yarn as long as you match the gauge, for example Drops Merino Extra Fine or Cascade 220 Superwash Merino.
1 ball of Drops Muskat = 50 g / 100 m (109 yd).
Gauge: 24 stitches x 30 rows/rounds = 10 x 10 cm (4 x 4 in) in stockinette stitch on 3 mm (US 2.5) needles
Sizes:
0–3 (3–6) 6–12 months
