How to knit the shoes

Here's how to knit the matching shoes.

Soles (make 2)
Using 2 strands of yarn tog and 3¼mm needles, cast on 5 sts for back edge.

Mst row: K1, [p1, k1] to end. Working extra sts into mst as they occur, inc 1 st at each of next row and following alternate row - 9 sts. Mst 3 rows. Inc 1 st at each end of next row and following 11th row - 13 sts. Mst 15 (23) rows. Dec 1 st at each end of next row. Mst 1 row. Dec 1 st at each end of next 3 rows - 5 sts. Cast off.

Uppers (make 2)
Using a single strand of yarn and 2¾mm needles, cast on 64 (71) sts.

Beginning with a k row, ss 8 rows. Dec 1 st at each end of next 2 rows and 2 following alternate rows, then on following row - 54 (61) sts. Work 1 row. Mark 6th (7th) st from each end on last row. Cast off.

Top edging: With right side facing, a single strand of yarn and 2.00 hook, rejoin yarn to cast-on edge of upper and work 1 row of dc along cast-on edge. Do not turn. Work 1 row of backwards dc (dc worked from left to right). Fasten off.

To make up
Press as given on ball band. Overlap ends of uppers, having shaped ends together and 8 straight row-ends either side across to markers and oversew these edges together. Sew soles to uppers. With crochet hook, make 2 button loops along top layer of each shoe. Sew on buttons.

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