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Knit Newborn Baby Booties Pattern
on Straight Needles

knit newborn baby booties pattern on straight needles

knit newborn baby booties pattern on straight needles

Knitting materials and tools:

<> Double pointed needles 3.5 mm (US 4)

<> Loops&Threads: Impeccable (4) – 100% Acrylic Yarn. 285 yards – 127.5 grams skein.

<> Weight Category – Medium.

<> Yarn or tapestry needle.

Knit baby booties size: 

Size: newborn baby (0 – 3 months)

Gauge: 19-20 stitches = 4 inches in stockinette

Common abbreviations of knitting stitches:

K – knit

P – purl

k2tog – knit two together

p2tog – purl two together

st(s) – stitch(es)

RS – right side

WS – wrong side

sel s – selvage stitch: always slip the first stitch knitwise, work to the last stitch, purl the last stitch.

skpo – Slip, Knit, Pass Over: Slip one stitch to the right needle knitwise, knit in the next stitch and drop this stitch off the left needle, insert the left needle into the slipped stitch, pass it over the knit stitch and it’s done.

newborn baby knit booties (socks) - frontal view

Knit newborn baby booties pattern (0-3 months):

MAKE TWO.

Holding 2 needles together cast on 8 sts. Remove one needle.

Knitting the sole of baby booties:

Rows 1-30: sel s, k6, sel s. At this point sole must measure 9 -9.5 cm (3.5’).

Pick up 15 sts along the right side, 15 sts along the left side and 8 sts along the second short side. Pick up stitches through back loops if you want to leave the seam (ridge) outside, and through front loops if you want to leave ridge inside (46 sts).

knit newborn baby booties - look of the seam from inside and outside

Start knitting in round:

Round 1: slip the first stitch, knit all other stitches around.

Round 2: purl all stitches around.

Round 3: knit all stitches around.

Round 4: purl all stitches around.

Round 5: knit all stitches around.

Round 6: purl all stitches around.

Round 7: knit all stitches around.

Round 8: purl all stitches around.

newborn baby knit booties (socks) - top view

Shape the top of the foot.

Knit flat.

Row 1 (RS): k7, skpo. Turn. (45 sts)

Row 2 (WS): sel s, k6, p2tog. Turn. Slip the first stitch holding working yarn in front. (44 sts)

Row 3 (RS): sel s, k6, skpo. Turn. (43 sts)

Row 4 (WS): sel s, k6, p2tog. Turn. Slip the first stitch holding working yarn in front. (42 sts)

Repeat Rows 3 and 4 until you have 30 stitches on your needles.

Knit in round:

Rounds 1-21: *k1, p1 – repeat around. The ribbing part must measure about 8 cm (3’). To get rid of holes that might appear in the first Round, pick up any bar between stitches in the corner and knit it together with the next stitch.

Bind off all stitches. Weave ends.

knit booties for newborn babies of 0-3 months old - side view

 

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5 comments

Marguerite Kelsey 19th September 2023 at 08:53

You’re patterns and instructions are easy to understand and follow.

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Ann 19th September 2023 at 09:15

thank you!

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santie 18th November 2023 at 10:18

Love your patterns thanks

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Haydee Muir 6th July 2025 at 02:55

Hi, I struggled with the pattern a lot, I even watched the video twice., Theshaping of the toe, whas what I struggled with. Maybe it is because I knit in the English style, unlike you. When I realised on the RS, when you skpo towards the end of the row; you actually do a sl1p psso instead: it made the world of difference!. On the wrong side I also slipped the first stitch purlwise, I dont know if (on the WS) it was neccessary, but it did work. It was a close match, but not a perfect one.
So the pattern should read like this.:

Shaping the toe : RS: S1k, knit 6, S1p PSSO. (this is obviously the repeat row, you would give the first row the same treatment.)
Perhaps you can alter the pattern to reflect the correction for us. Thanks.
It is a beautiful pattern expecially in multicoloured yarn. thanks so much for the pattern!

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Ann 8th July 2025 at 10:37

sl1p, psso is same to skpo, and in many modern patterns, they are used interchangeably depending on the designer’s preference. You should always check common abbreviation of knitting stitches part. I agree with s1k, sel s might be a bit confusing here. Thank you for your feedback, I will be more precise in my next description.

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