Booties on two needles

Size 8 cm. For small children, choose cotton or acrylic yarn. You will need: NAKO SIRIUS orange yarn, 100% acrylic (610 m per 100 g); "Children's novelty" Pekhorka white yarn, 100% acrylic (200 m per 50 g); 2.5 mm needles. Step-by-step knitting pattern: Cast on 27 + 2 edge stitches in orange color. Attention!!! The edge stitches are knitted as follows: do not knit the first one, just slip it, the last stitch is purl. We do not write them in the description. In each row, add four stitches from the yarn over and knit them as twisted knit. In the knitting description, it will be referred to as twisted knit stitch. Rows 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10: knit the stitches as knit; Row 2: twisted knit, 12 knit, twisted knit, 3 knit, twisted knit, 12 knit, twisted knit (33 st); Row 4: twisted knit, 13 knit, twisted knit, 5 knit, twisted knit, 13 knit, twisted knit (37 st); Row 6: twisted knit, 14 knit, twisted knit, 7 knit, twisted knit, 14 knit, twisted knit (41 st); Row 8: twisted knit, 15 knit, twisted knit, 9 knit, twisted knit, 15 knit, twisted knit (45 st); Change the yarn to white color. Rows 11, 13, 17, 19: knit the stitches as knit; Rows 12, 14, 16, 18: knit the stitches as purl; in row 14, you need to add 1 stitch (46 st). Row 15: knit the points - *2 together knit, yarn over*. Do not make the last yarn over (decrease 1 stitch) - 45 st. Then knit with orange yarn. Join the points. Row 20: pick up a stitch from row 11 (they are clearly visible on the orange color) and place it on the left needle, and knit two together as purl. Continue knitting this way until the stitches run out. Row 21: all stitches knit. The border of the booties. Knit the pattern "corn" or "hedgehogs". Start the pattern from the purl side. Row 1: *1 knit, 1 purl* 1 knit; Row 2: *purl slip with yarn over, 1 knit*; Row 3: slip the stitch with yarn over, adding another yarn over, 1 knit*; Row 4: *the stitch with two yarn overs is knitted as purl, 1 knit*. One repeat of the pattern is completed. Then knit 3 more. The toe of the booties. Knit the main pattern. Knit 25 pattern stitches, the 26th stitch is knitted together with the adjacent stitch as purl. Turn the work. Continue knitting in the main pattern. Then knit only the middle nine stitches. The last (9th stitch) is knitted together with the adjacent stitch, in the purl row as purl, and in the knit row as knit. On the toe, knit 3 repeats of the main pattern. When the toe is finished, knit all stitches to the end of the row. Knit one more repeat of the pattern. Hole for the ribbon (lace). Knit *two together as purl, yarn over*. Turn the work. And knit one row, alternating *purl, knit stitch*. Knit the top of the booties in the main pattern, repeating 4 repeats in height. Close the stitches. Sew together. And edge the booties with white yarn.