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BRIGID’S BOOTIES
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Delightfully rustic and scandalously cozy, this traditional house-bootie design is the ideal domestic companion for your cold feet.

Based on a vernacular Eastern European method of knitting footwear, the construction 
is very simple - yet so unexpected, it feels almost magical, inviting the knitter to suspend disbelief as their work transform from 2D to 3D in front of their very eyes.

Brigid’s Booties are knitted flat, in garter stitch, all in one piece. There is no sewing or grafting involved; only knitting. The process of making them is a lot of fun. In addition to the instructions, the pattern includes step by step illustrations. 



Fully customisable, Brigid’s Booties can be knitted to any leg height and almost any foot size.
 And once you try a pair, it is almost guaranteed that more will follow. They are exceptionally addictive!

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Please note there are two versions of this pattern included in the one pattern purchase:

1. Brigid’s Booties designed specifically for Honer och Eir Varv yarns

2. Brigid’s Booties designed for standard yarns, with instructions for chunky and DK-Aran weight

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MATERIALS & INFORMATION

SIZING 

EU 36 (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)

UK/IE 3 (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)

USA 5 (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)

(note: an Appendix also includes 4 Children’s sizes, suitable for the DK-Aran weight yarn only)

YARN

suitable for…
DK-Aran weiht yarns (160-200m/ 100g)
chunky-weight yarns (100-120m/ 100g)
Honer och Eir VARV, Lagom-weight
Honer och Eir VARV, Fin-weight

project requires up to 200g


GAUGE
DK-Aran Weight: 18 sts x 20 rows =10cm x 10cm
Chunky Weight: 15 sts x 16 rows = 10cm x 10cm

Varv Fin-weight: 11 sts x 12 rows = 10cm x 10cm



Varv Lagom-weight: 9 sts x 10 rows = 10cm x 10cm


NEEDLES
DK-Aran Weight: 3.5mm, or as needed to meet gauge
Chunky Weight: 4.5mm, or as needed to meet gauge 

Fin-weight: 4.5mm, or as needed to meet gauge



Lagom-weight: 5.5mm, or as needed to meet gauge 


NOTIONS: 

stitch markers, measuring tape, tapestry needle


SPECIAL TECHNIQUES

picking up stitches from selvage edge 



CONSTRUCTION

These booties are worked flat, using a seamless shaping technique. There is no grafting or sewing involved.

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SAMPLES INFO

tweed samples:
Donegal Tweed in Aran-weight from Studio Donegal and Folklore Yarns

’curly’ samples:
Honer och Eir Varv in Lagom-weight

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