Baby Boots

Finish Size: 5 inches width, 3.5 inches depth

Materials:

• Elegant Yarns, Inc. Heavenly – DK weight washable Merino
• one ball(50 grams);

• Size F/5/3.75mm crochet hook

or size needed to obtain gauge

• Stitch markers

Colorway: #325 Sky Blue (or #336 Sea Blue)

Gauge: 4.5 sts = 1 inch; 2.5 rows = 1 inch

Pattern Notes:

• Baby Boots has 1.5-2 inches stretch ability
• Mark first stitch of round

Chain-3 at beginning of row counts as first double crochet

Body of boots:

Row 1: Ch 14, working in back loops, chain-3 count as first double crochet, put the mark, 2 dc in 4^th ch from hook, dc to each following 12 sts, 6dc in the last stitch; then turn back dc to each following 12 sts , 3 dc in the beg st, join in last st of chain-3. (36 sts)

Row 2: chain-3, dc in the beg st, 2 dc to each next 2 sts, dc to each following 12 sts, 2 dc to each following 7 sts, then dc to each following 12 sts, 2 dc each to last two sts, join in last st of chain-3. (48 sts, increase 12 stitches from row1)

Row 3: chain-3, dc to each following sts keep the stitch number same as row 2, then join in last st of chain-3. (48 sts)

Row 4: chain-3, dc to each following 17 sts, dc dec 6 times to following 12 sts, dc to each following 18 sts, then join in last st of chain-3.(42 sts, decrease 6 stitches from row 3)

Row 5: Chain-3, dc to each following 14 sts, dc dec 6 times to following 12 sts, dc to each following 15 sts, then join in last st of chain-3.(36 sts, decrease 6 stsitches from row 4)

Row 6: chain-3, dc to each following sts keep the stitch number same as row 5, then join in last st of chain-3.(36 sts)

Row 7: Chain-4, dc in third stitch, ch 1, sk I st, dc in next st, repeat to the end, make the sqare to be even number, this row is made for the chain go through.

Row8:”Ch 1, dc 1, ch 1, 5 times in third st, skip 3 sps, then sc”, repeat 5 time, crochet 6 shell for the edge of this baby boots.

 

Crochet two of18 inches braid to be the lace of boots.