Blue Baby Bootie - Free Crochet Pattern
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Blue Baby Bootie - Free Crochet Pattern
Easy skill level
MATERIALS:
Premier Yarn Cotton Fair in Turquoise and White; Size B-1 or C-2 crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge; Tapestry needle
FINISHED SIZES Instructions given fit infant's sizes 0-2
GAUGE
Size B hook (for sizes 0 & 1): 6 dc = 1 inch; 3 dc rows = l inch
Size C hook (for size 2):4 dc = 1 inch; 5 dc rows = 2 inches
PATTERN NOTES
Join rounds with a slip stitch unless otherwise stated.
Chain-3 at beginning of double crochet round counts as first double crochet unless otherwise stated.
SPECIAL STITCHES
Puff – (pf) (yo and insert hook in sp or st and pull up a loop) twice, yo and pull though all 5 loops.
Abbreviations
ch - chain
sc - single crochet
dc - double crochet
sk - skip
rem - remaining
rnd - round
st - stitch
sl st - slip stitch
BLUE BOOTIE
Make 2.
Foot
Rnd 1 (RS): With baby blue, ch 4, 11 dc in 4th ch from hook (beg 3 sk chs count as a dc), join in 3rd ch of beg 3 sk chs. (12 dc)
Rnd 2: Ch 3, dc in same st, 2 dc in each rem st around, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3. (24 dc)
Rnds 3-5: Ch 3, dc in each dc around, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3. At end of last rnd, fasten off.
Row 6: Now working in rows, sk first 12 dc, join baby blue in next dc, ch 3, dc in each dc and in each sk st, turn. (24 dc)
Rows 7-11: Ch 3, dc in each st across, turn. Finish off after row 11 and leave enough yarn for sewing seam.
For heel, fold row 11 of piece in half; matching sts and working through both thicknesses, sew seam.
Cuff
Rnd 1: Working around top opening of Foot, with baby blue, make slip knot on hook and join with sc in end of row by heel seam, work 35 additional sc evenly spaced around opening, join in first sc. (36 sc)
Rnd 2: Ch 4 (counts as first dc and ch-1 sp), sk next sc, *dc in next sc, ch 1, sk next sc, rep from * around, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-4. (18 ch-1 sps)
Rnd 3: Sl st in first ch-1 sp, work pf in same sp, ch 1,* pf in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, rep from * around, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3.
Rnd 4: With white, join with sc in ch-1 sp, 2 sc in each ch-1 sp around.
Rnd 5: With blue, join with sl st in 1st sc, work pf, ch1, skip next sc, * pf in next sc, ch 1 skip next sc, rep from * around, join to 3rd ch of beginning ch-3. Finish off.
Rnd 6 : With white rep rnd 4. Finish off.
Using a double strand of yarn, make a chain of approx. 18 inches long. Weave into the spaces created by Rnd 2 and tie a bow.
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