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Quaker
Stitch Baby Bootie By
Diana Sullivan, Inspired
by Anne Bayes Book, “A New
Concept in Baby Booties” This
baby bootie requires a garter carriage.
It is worked on a 965I but should be quite usable on similar machines. Links
To DAK Files: Quaker
DAK Files Yarn: Use a thin yarn, about 8 stitches per
inch. I used denim blue baby yarn. Tension
3 Cast
on with waste yarn over 62 needles (31, each side of zero) Knit
a few rows with waste yarn. RC
000. Short-rowed Sole: Put carriage outside turn mark, turn
carriage dial to KCII, and start the pattern.
Thread with main color yarn, K 1 row.
The machine will have selected every needle. Press both part buttons. Knit to RC 015. Deselect
the part buttons. Unthread and remove
the carriage. Put the garter carriage
in work, tension 4, and K 17 rows. RC
032. Unthread the garter carriage and
set it aside. Thread
the regular carriage, tension 4, make sure no buttons are pressed, dial is on
KC II and knit 1 row from right to left.
Press both part buttons. Part
of the needles have been selected. The
next few rows are the beginning of the top of the foot shaping. Knit to RC 038. Press
the “memo” button. Turn the KC knob to
N-L. Make sure no buttons are
selected. Switch to waste yarn and
knit the stitches on the right on the selected needles onto waste yarn
(needles #7R to #31R). Put those
needles out of work. The knit the
stitches on the left (#7L to #31L) onto waste yarn. Take those needles out of work. Set
RC to 000. Take carriage outside the turn mark, push
the “memo” button, change carriage dial to KCII. Carriage
on right. **Pick up a stitch from the
waste yarn on the left side that is the closest to the knitting and hang it
on the leftmost needle that has a stitch.
Knit 1 row, then pick up the stitch from the waste yarn on the right
closest to the knitting and hang it on the rightmost needle. Repeat from ** until RC 018. Carriage
on right. Pick up the stitches that
remain on the waste yarn onto additional needles along the left side of the
knitting. Knit to the left. Pick up the stitches that remain on waste
yarn onto additional needles on the right and knit 1 row. Carriage
on right. RC 020. Unthread this carriage and remove from the
machine. Put the garter carriage on
the machine, tension to 3, knit 30 rows with the garter carriage. Tension
10, knit 1 row, and latch off. |
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