Anna's Ugg Boots

Use 4mm needles and DK/8ply yarn.

To begin, create a slip-knot on one side of a set of 4.5mm circular needles. Holding each end of the needle parallel, wrap ten times around the needle from the bottom, around the front, and over the top.

Holding the wraps carefully in place, pull the bottom needle through to use as the working needle. Carefully knit ten stitches on the top needle, slipping the knot off and holding it tightly so things don’t loosen as you rotate the needles. Knit the ten stitches from the new top needle: at this point you may let go and it won’t unravel. You have 20 stitches in total, ten on each side of the magic loop.

This is called a “Turkish Cast On” and you may watch a video of it here. 

Row 2 - *k1 yo k1 yo k6 yo k1 yo k1* twice: there are now 28 stitches
Row 3 - knit to end of row
Row 4 - *k1 yo k2 yo k8 yo k2 yo k1* twice: there are now 36 stitches
Row 5 - knit to end of row
Row 6 - *k1 yo k2 yo k12 yo k2 yo k1* twice: there are now 44 stitches
Rows 7-8 - knit to end of row
Row 9 - purl to end of row
Rows 10-12 - *k1 p1* to end of row
Rows 13-16 - knit to end of row
Row 16 - k19 k2tog k2 ssk k19: there are now 42 stitches
Row 17 - k18 k2tog k2 ssk k18: there are now 40 stitches
Row 18 - k17 k2tog k2 ssk k17: there are now 38 stitches
Row 19 - k16 k2tog k2 ssk k16: there are now 36 stitches
Row 20 - k15 k2tog k2 ssk k15: there are now 34 stitches
Row 21 - k14 k2tog k2 ssk k14: there are now 32 stitches
Row 22 - k13 k2tog k2 ssk k13: there are now 30 stitches
Row 23 - k12 k2tog k2 ssk k12: there are now 28 stitches
Row 24 - k11 k2tog k2 ssk k11: there are now 26 stitches
Row 25 - k10 k2tog k2 ssk k10: there are now 24 stitches
Rows 26-40 - *k1 p1* to end of row

It takes approximately 3 hours and approximately 45-50g of 4 Seasons 8-ply Pure Wool to make a pair of booties.