An Adventure in Bear Booties - Part 3

In case you were wondering where I've been, I've been pondering.

But I think I've got it figured out, so here goes.

The last row was a purl row. Turn, but use the cable cast on to loosely add 10 stitches.

(The cable cast on is like knitting on, but instead of knitting into the stitch, you knit between the stitches.)

Row 44: Slip 1, knit 53

Turn, and use a purl version of the cable cast on to loosely add another 10 stitches.

Row 45: slip 1, purl 63

skp = slip 1, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over.

Row 46: Turn, slip 1, knit 8, skp, knit 42, k2tog, knit9
Row 47: Turn, slip 1, purl remaining 61 stitches
Row 48: Turn, slip 1, knit 8, skp, knit 40, k2tog, knit9
Row 49: Turn, slip 1, purl remaining 59 stitches
Row 50: Turn, slip 1, knit 8, skp, knit 38, k2tog, knit9
Row 51: Turn, slip 1, purl remaining 57 stitches
Row 52: Turn, slip 1, knit 8, skp, knit 36, k2tog, knit9
Row 53: Turn, slip 1, purl remaining 55 stitches
Row 54: Turn, slip 1, knit 8, skp, knit 34, k2tog, knit9
Row 55: Turn, slip 1, purl remaining 53 stitches
Row 56: Turn, slip 1, knit 8, skp, knit 32, k2tog, knit9
Row 57: Turn, slip 1, purl remaining 51 stitches
Row 58: Turn, slip 1, knit 8, skp, knit 30, k2tog, knit9
Row 59: Turn, slip 1, purl remaining 49 stitches
Row 60: Turn, slip 1, knit 8, skp, knit 28, k2tog, knit9
Row 61: Turn, slip 1, purl remaining 47 stitches

Ok. Time for another fitting.

An adventure in Bear Booties - Part 2

I think this is going to work. As far as I've gotten, I've gotten over the claw.

It was a little surprising to find that our stuffed bear has really long claws, since they're completely obscured by his fur.

This is obviously not a teddy bear!

So, continuing on from where we left off, we are now technically about to start Round 16. For this foot, this will be the last round we knit.

Round 16: Knit 14, cast of 20, knit to end of row (which will be the remaining 14 from this round, plus the 14 we just knit in this round.

Always slip the stitch as if to purl.

Row 17: Turn, slip first stitch and purl to end. (Total number of stitches = 28)
Row 18: Turn, slip first stitch and knit to end.
Row 19: Turn, slip first stitch and purl to end.
Row 20: Turn, slip first stitch and knit to end.
Row 21: Turn, slip first stitch and purl to end.
Row 22: Turn, slip first stitch and knit to end.
Row 23: Turn, slip first stitch and purl to end.
Row 24: Turn, slip first stitch and knit to end.
Row 25: Turn, slip first stitch and purl to end.
Row 26: Turn, slip first stitch and knit to end.
Row 27: Turn, slip first stitch and purl to end.

In the next section I use an increase called a make one. If you're unfamiliar with make one left and make one right, this video shows how to make it and what it's good for.

Row 28: Turn, slip first stitch, knit1 make1(left) knit 24 make1(right) knit2.
Row 29: Turn, slip first stitch, purl to end (30 stitches).
Row 30: Turn, slip first stitch, knit2 make1(left) knit 24 make1(right) knit3.
Row 31: Turn, slip first stitch, purl to end (32 stitches).
Row 32: Turn, slip first stitch, knit3 make1(left) knit 24 make1(right) knit4.
Row 33: Turn, slip first stitch, purl to end (34 stitches).
Row 34: Turn, slip first stitch, knit4 make1(left) knit 24 make1(right) knit5.
Row 35: Turn, slip first stitch, purl to end (36 stitches).
Row 36: Turn, slip first stitch, knit5 make1(left) knit 24 make1(right) knit6.
Row 37: Turn, slip first stitch, purl to end (38 stitches).
Row 38: Turn, slip first stitch, knit6 make1(left) knit 24 make1(right) knit7.
Row 39: Turn, slip first stitch, purl to end (40 stitches).
Row 40: Turn, slip first stitch, knit7 make1(left) knit 24 make1(right) knit8.
Row 41: Turn, slip first stitch, purl to end (42 stitches).
Row 42: Turn, slip first stitch, knit8 make1(left) knit 24 make1(right) knit9.
Row 43: Turn, slip first stitch, purl to end (44 stitches).

Tomorrow, Bear gets another fitting.

An adventure in Bear Booties.

I haven't said anything here in ages. I'm inventing a pair of booties for a stuffed bear who has one foot firmly glued to a stand.

I figure I might as well blog my attempt.

Foot circumference: 13 1/2" (converts to a diameter or approx 4 1/3")
Foot length: 9"
Heel height: 4"
Cuff height: 3"

measurements forgotten - length of foot before leg, circumference of leg.

Materials: Red Heart Worsted, size 10 circular knitting needles.

kfb = knit in the front and the back of the loop.

I use the magic loop method for this. (If you're a visual learner, like I am, turn the sound down and start at the 45 second mark.)

Starting at the toe:
Cast on 4 stitches - 2 on each needle. This is a good way to do it, even though that's a painfully slow video.

Round 1: kfb in each stitch (4x total. 8 stitches total. 4 per needle)
Round 2: kfb, k1 four times (12 stitches total, 6 per needle)
Round 3: kfb, k2 four times (16 sts total, 8 per needle)
Round 4: kfb, k3 four times (20 sts total, 10 per needle)
Round 5: kfb, k4 four times (24 sts total, 12 per needle)
Round 6: kfb, k5 four times (28 sts total, 14 per needle)
Round 7: kfb, k6 four times (32 sts total, 16 per needle)
Round 8: kfb, k7 four times (26 sts total, 18 per needle)
Round 9: kfb, k8 four times (40 sts total, 20 per needle)
Round 10: kfb, k9 four times (44 sts total, 22 per needle)
Round 11: kfb, k10 four times (48 sts total, 24 per needle)

At this point, my toe measures something less than 4" across all scrunched up, and I can stretch it out a lot.

Knit 4 rows around. Stop until I can try this on the glued-down foot.

Happy Knitting!