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10a. No. 2. Baby Girl Bootees (from Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet, 1918)

A pair of dainty bootees makes a nice gift for baby, and is appreciated scarcely less by baby’s mamma. Two very pretty styles are given, one in pink and white, the accepted colors for a girlie, the other in blue and white—blue being the color usually chosen for a little son’s belongings.

 (Explanation of Crochet Stitches Used)

No. 2. Using the white yarn make a chain of 37 stitches, join.

1. Chain 3, a treble in each stitch, join.

2, 3. With pink, make a double in each stitch, join. Repeat 1st, 2d and 3d rows 3 times, which will give you 4 ribs each of pink and white.

13. Chain 3, with white, miss 1st stitch of last row, make a treble in next, then a treble back in 1st stitch, forming a crossed treble; repeat around, join.

14. With pink, a double in a stitch, chain 3; repeat. Fasten off securely.

For the foot:

1. With white, fasten in the 17th treble from back of leg, draw up a loop through each of 6 stitches, keeping all on needle; take up yarn and draw through 1st stitch, * again draw through 2, and repeat until all are worked off; now insert hook under the little upright bar formed by working off the last row, draw up a loop and repeat until you have again the number of loops on needle; continue until you have 9 rows of afghan-stitch.

Again using white, fasten at back of leg and make a double in each stitch of leg and around the instep; make 4 more rows of doubles, 1 in each stitch of preceding row, taking up both loops to avoid a rib, then 5 rows of pink in the same way, joining the last row as before directed. Finish with cord and tassels or ribbon, run in the 4th row of trebles around top of bootee.