3/6 month
Crochet bootees materials:
1 ball of Spining LM Cotton Nature 3.5 beige
1 ball of Spining LM Cotton Nature 3.5 blue
A piece of cotton the same thickeness than the blue and beige one.
A piece of black cotton thinner as to be use with 2.5mm needles.
A 3.5 mm needle for the whole work, less for the black cotton where the 2mm.needle is used.
Stitches Used:
Chain stitch: ch.st.
Slip stitch: sl.st.
Single chrochet: sc
Half double crochet: hdc
Double crochet: dcTriple crochet: trc
CROCHET BOOTEES MAKING UP:
BOOTEES SOLE:
We start the baby´s sandals by the sole, are two basis for them to be more solid, try to knit loose so you can get the measures given in the pattern, which are 10 cm length and 5,5 cm wide. With a 3,5mm needle and the beige cotton, follow the graphic, you have to repeat 4 times, 2 for each sole.
We start the baby´s sandals by the sole, are two basis for them to be more solid, try to knit loose so you can get the measures given in the pattern, which are 10 cm length and 5,5 cm wide. With a 3,5mm needle and the beige cotton, follow the graphic, you have to repeat 4 times, 2 for each sole.They are joined by a slip stitch, you match back part with the other back part, and you crochet the stitches from one an another together, with a 3,5 mm needle.
With the beige color and the 3,5mm needle, join to the central stitch to one side of the sole, to find out this middle stitch, the easiest way is to fold the sole and put a mark in the middle of the sole.
In this stitch, you have to get the yarn to begin the first round; you have to work with slip stitches, the same we used to join the crochet sandals sole.
Note: to make sure that the counter of the sandals are centered, before beginning the round, count from that stitch on, including the stitch; 26 stitches, so you assure de stitch number 26, it´s just in front of the first stitch.. 1st round- to join the yarn with the stitch, do a chain stitch, and in the same place do a single crochet, make in the following 25 stitches, 25 single crochet stitches : 26 single crochet stitches, turn the work.
2nd round- 2 single crochet stitches together (decrease) 22 single crochet st., 2 single crochet st. together, turn the work: 24 stitches.
3rd round- 2 single crochet stitches together, 20 single crochet stitches, 2 single crochet st., turn the work: 22 stitches.
4th round- 2 single crochet stitches together, 18 single crochet stitches, 2 single crochet stitches together, turn the work: 20 stitches.
5th round- 2 single crochet stitches together, 16 single crochet stitches, 2 single crochet stitches together, turn the work 18 stitches.
6th round- 2 single crochet stitches together, 14 single crochet stitches, 2 single crochet stitches together, turn de work: 16 stitches
7th round- 2 single crochet stitches together, 12 single crochet stitches, 2 single crochet stitches together, turn the work: 14 stitches.
8th round- 2 single crochet stitches together, 10 single crochet stitches, 2 single crochet stitches together: 12 stitches. Cut the yarn and bind off the counter of the crochet sandals.
BORDER THE WHOLE COUNTER WITH A SINGLE CROCHET STITCHES ROUND, AS FOLLOWS:
On the right side of the work, join the yarn as we did at the beginning of the counter, and crochet the side with 8 single crochet stitches, to make the first dropped stitch, make 5 chain stitches and go on with 12 single crochet stitches, in the upper side of the counter, make another dropped stitch making 5 chain stitches and finish in the other side with 8 single crochet stitches.
Repeat the making off for the other sandal counter.
FISH TOE BOX FOR THE CROCHET SANDALS.
We have to do two crochet fishes with the blue cotton and the 3,5mm needle.
1st round- Magic ring, make to chain stitches to replace the first double crochet stitch, make 13 double crochet stitches: 14 stitches, join with a slip stitch in the second chain stitch.
2nd round: make 3 chain stitches (first stitch), in the base of the 3 chain stitches, make a double crochet stitch, for the first increase, in the following 13 stitches make increases in the double crochet stitches: 28 stitches. Join the round with a slip stitch. Increase: 2 double crochet stitches in the same stitch.
3rd round- 1 chain stitch, 5 single crochet stitches, now make the first fin as, follows: 3 chain stitches, and in the last one, 1 double crochet stitch, 1 half double crochet, 1 single crochet, go on in the following stitches 7 single crochet stitches, then make the mouth: 4 chain stitches, in the first chain stitch (the one that follows the last single crochet stitch) make a single crochet stitch, 1 single crochet stitch in the last single crochet stitch of the 7 stitches done before beginning with the mouth, 4 chain stitches, 1 single crochet stitch in the first chain stitch, and a single crochet stitch in the same place where we did the last 7 stitches, 6 single crochet stitches, in the following stitches of the round. For the second fin: on the last stitch do as follow:
1 single crochet stitch, 1 half double crochet st., 3 chain stitches and 1 single crochet, all of them in the same stitch, 7 single crochet in the following stitches.
The back fin:
*8 chain stitches, and beginning the 3rd chain do a single crochet, in the following chain: 1 double crochet, in the following chain: 1 double crochet, in the following chain: 1 triple crochet; in the following chain, a double crochet, in the following chain 1 half double crochet, in the following chain:1 single crochet* make a single crochet in the last stitch done for the base, do a single crochet in the following stitch and repeat from* to * once more to make the other part of the back fin, make a single crochet in the last base stitch, make a single crochet in the last round stitch and join with a slip stich to the first stitch done. Bind off.
FISH EYES: To create the fish eyes, make to pieces in White cotton with the 3,5 mm needles and another two with the black color with the 2 mm needle.. To create the fish eyes, make to pieces in White cotton with the 3,5 mm needles and another two with the black color with the 2 mm needle.
Now you can join the crochet fish to the baby´s sandal, with slip stitches, as we did with the sole, beginning in the 3rd slip stitch of the union from the sole beginning from the counter, begin from the middle of the mouth until you get the first fin stitch. Cut the yarn.
BUBBLES AND SHOE LACE FOR THE SANDALS.
With the beige color do 80 chain stitches with the 3,5mm needle for each shoe lace. The crochet bubbles are done with the blue color and the 3,5mm needle, do the same as the eyes were done. Sew the crochet bubbles to the end of the shoe laces.
