Hi friends, since I laid my eyes on Element Cal pattern, I've fallen in love with this technique, and tried to use it in a number of projects I've designed after; baby booties, baby shoes, baby blanket, and doilies.
because baby booties are small, the granny square of course is very tiny one and not more than three rounds of the pattern are used, so it turned out to be flower granny square only, but it still looks nice.
Hope you like this pattern, make your own and share the photos with me, enjoy.
Level: intermediate
Notes:
- To make different sizes of these booties, work them using different hook sizes.
- Two yarn colors are used; one is the main (yarn A) and few meters (yards) from a another color yarn (yarn B).
- I always chain 2 to begin the dc round, because I think it makes the work look tighter, so feel free and begin with what you think suits you.
- When crocheting the trc, always insert the hook into two rounds below, skipping the previous round, (it is also mentioned in the granny square tutorial).
Materials:
- Yarn: Alize Diva Silk effect (for the red booties and the blue booties), Alize cotton club yarn (for the yellow booties).
- Hook size: 2.5 mm (for the red booties, which are suitable for six month old baby). 3 mm (for the blue booties, 6-9 months old), and 3.5 mm (for one year old).
- Stitch markers
- Yarn needle
- Two matching buttons
- ch: chain.
- ss: slip stitch.
- sc: single crochet.
- hdc: half double crochet.
- dc: double crochet.
- 2sctog: 2 single crochet together.
- 2dctog: 2 double crochet together.
- 3sctog: 3 single crochet together.
- 3dctog: 3 double crochet together.
- trc: treble crochet.
- bpdc: back post double crochet.
- 7dctog: 7 double crochet together.
Tutorial instructions
Granny square:
Round 1: with yarn B, make a magic ring, or ch 5 and ss to first ch.
Round 2: ch 2, dc, ch 2, *dc 2, ch 2, repeat from * 3 times, ss to second ch of first ch 2.
Round 3: ss to first ch 2 space, {ch 2, trc to round 1 (the magic ring or first ch 5 ring), skipping the ch 2 space, dc, ch 2, dc, trc to the firt ring, dc} in ch 2 space, *(dc, trc, dc, ch 2, dc, trc, dc) in the next ch 2 space, repeat from * 3 times, ss to second ch of first ch 2. cut yarn weave in loose end.
Round 4: with yarn A, in any ch 2 space,{make a knot and ch 2 trc to ch 2 space of round 2, dc, ch 2, dc, trc, dc} in the same ch 2 space, *(dc, trc in between the 2 dcs of round 2, dc) in between the next two dcs, (dc, trc to ch 2 space of round 2, dc, ch 2, dc, trc, dc) in next ch 2 space. repeat from * 3 times, (dc, trc in between the 2 dcs of round 2, dc), ss to first ch 2.
Round 5: ss to the first ch 2 space, ch 2, bpdc in each (dc, trc, dc) cluster 3 times, *sc 2 in ch 2 space, bpdc in each (dc, trc, dc) cluster 3 times, repeat from * twice, dc in ch 2 space, ch 31, ss to second ch of first ch 2.
Round 6: ch 2, dc in each st and each ch to the end of round, ss to the second ch of first ch 2.
Round 7 and 8: ch 2, dc in each st, ss to second ch of first ch 2.
Put a stitch marker in the st that extended from the middle trc stitch of the toe side of granny square, count 10 sts on each side and put stitch markers.
Round 9: this round is worked through back loops only, ch 2, dc in each st to first stitch marker, *2dctog, dc, repeat from * 3 times, 3dctog (center toe side), *dc, 2dctog, repeat from * 3 times.
Now put a stitch marker in the extended st from the 16th ch you made in round 5 (in the heel part of the booty), count 7 sts on each side of center and put stitch markers.
dc in each st to first stitch marker, *2dctog, dc, repeat twice, 3dctog (center heel side), *dc, 2dctog, repeat from * twice, dc in each st to end of round, ss to second ch of first ch 2.
Round 10: put stitch marker in each toe and heel center stitch, ch 2, dc in each st till 5 sts before toe center st, 2dctog twice, 3dctog, 2dctog twice, hdc, sc till 5 sts before heel center st, 2sctog twice, 3sctog, 2sctog twice, sc till last st, hdc, ss to 2nd st of first ch 2.
Round 11: keep the st marker on toe and heel center st. ch 2, dc till 3 sts before center toe st marker, 7dctog, dc till 3 sts before center heel st marker, 7dctog, dc to end of round, ss to 2nd ch of first ch 2, cut yarn leaving 20 cm (8 inches) to close the sole opening.
Making the back upper part (buckle belt) - wright booty:
Put a stitch marker in the 16th st of the 31 ch you made previously, this is the back heel center, and in each 11th st on each side (not counting the center heel st).
Facing inside of the booty, with yarn A, make a knot and start working:
Row 1: ch 1, sc in next st and each st from st marker on wright side to left side of the booty, ch 7, bpsc in the center (3 sts cluster) in the center free side of the granny square, ch 11, turn
Row 2: ch 1, sc in each st, sc in first ch 1, turn.
Row 3: ch 1, sc in each st to last st, ch 4, skip last st, ss to ch of first row (the button hole is made), turn.
Row 4: sc 7 in the ch 4 button hole, sc in each st to end of row, cut yarn A, weave in loose ends.
Row 5: with yarn B, and from the beginning of the wright side of the belt, work 1 row of reverse sc pattern to end of the button hole.
Make the other booty, working the left side buckle belt vice versa. Sew buttons in place.
