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Free Baby Booties Pattern

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Well the good news is that it’s not broken! See I hurt my arm. And it really really hurt. Alot. Dr thought it was a stress fracture. Had all the obligatory tests and all it is is tendonitis. But just guess at what’s on the top 5 list of what NOT to do with tendonitis! Yeah, that’s right. No Knitting! Almost be better if it WAS broken. I already know I can knit with a cast!!

Anyway, as hot as it has been up here, I’m not sure this is the best pattern, but what the heck. It’s free. Baby booties made out of angora! Click here to get the directions!

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Comments

  3. I’ve been there, tendonitis, and it’s a pain!! And knitting was really hard.
    Hope you’re feelling better really soon!

  5. I’ve just started physio for rotator cuff/shoulder tendinitis. Also triggered by…knitting.

    Any idea how long you have to avoid knitting?

  6. Hi,
    I really don’t know how long to avoid it. I avoided it until it quit hurting (which was actually never, cause in my real time life I’m a farmer who lifts and throws too many heavy things). As soon as I started knitting again it started hurting again. I’m experimenting with a way to knit without moving the fingers and wrist of that hand, basically just as if I had a rubber band around my wrist, holding the needle, and I do all of the motions with my other hand. This is working. It’s frustratingly slow, but it’s working, and it’s much better than not knitting!
    Good luck!

Have you read?

Book Review: Circular Knitting for Beginners and Beyond

When I discovered Kate Atherley’s book Circular Knitting for Beginners and Beyond, I wasn’t sure there was enough to say about circular knitting to fill a book. It’s a pretty short book (144 pages) and includes 10 patterns to practice working in the round on small projects, and it provides a decent introduction to the various ways of working in the round. 

The book covers using double pointed knitting needles, flexible double points and circular knitting needles with cables. It talks about working using the full circumference of a circular needle and various ways to work smaller circumference projects, such as using DPNs, magic loop and knitting with two circular knitting needles. 

In addition there’s a discussion of preventing problems like twists and ladders, swatching in the round without actually swatching in the round, grafting, blocking and weaving in ends. 

More specialized techniques likes knitting from the center out, stranded colorwork, helical knitting and jogless stripes are also explored, as well as working pieces like socks or mitts two at a time. 

There’s also some information about seamless sweaters, including the different sweater designs that can be worked seamlessly (and why you might want seams in your sweaters) and how they are worked from the top down or the bottom up. 

There are 10 patterns in the book, including a basic stockinette stitch cowl and one with a deliberate twist, wrist warmers, mitts and a pair of colorwork mittens, a hat worked in a solid color or in helical stripes, toe up and top down socks and a beret. It would have been nice to have a basic sweater pattern, too, since the book does talk about working larger garments with circular needles, but it’s still a nice collection of basic patterns worked in the round. 

If you’re already comfortable working in the round in different ways, I’m not sure there’s much for you to learn in this book, but it is a good reference for people learning circular knitting or who maybe haven’t tried all the techniques yet or need skill building projects to try. 

About the book: 144 pages, paperback, 10 patterns. Published 2026 by David & Charles. Suggested retail price $24.99.