Red & White Baby Bootie - Free Crochet Pattern

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RED AND WHITE BOOTIES FREE CROCHET PATTERN

SKILL LEVEL Easy

MATERIALS

• Premier Yarn Afternoon Cotton in Red and White

• Size B-1 and C-2 crochet hooks or sizes 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.

ABBREVIATIONS

ch - chain

sc - single crochet

dc - double crochet

sk - skip

rem - remaining

rnd - round

st - stitch

sl st - slip stitch

RED AND WHITE BOOTIES

Make 2.

Foot

Rnd 1 (RS): With red, 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 red 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 7 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 red, 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: With White, join with a single crochet above the sl st in the previous rnd. *sc in next ch-1 sp, sc in next dc * around, sc in the last ch-1 sp, join with a sl st to the first sc of the round.

Rnd 4: Ch 1, * sc in each sc* around.

Rnd 5-6: With Red rep Rnd 4.

Rnd 7-8: With White rep Rnd 4.

Rnd 9-16: Rep rnds 5-8. Finish off and weave in ends.

Using a double strand of White, make a chain of approx. 18 inches long. Weave into the spaces created by Rnd 2 and tie a bow.

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