Alka and Arts

Friday, February 13, 2026

Ladies Booties, Shoes, Socks

Hello friends,

This is the third type of booties or socks I made for women. I made it in size 9" length but you can make it in any size, for that watch the video till end. It's look is elegant and weight is just 59 gm means it will be the best gift for any one.

Yarn used Vardhaman Millenium and hook 3.5 mm.

PATTERN: With blue in a a magic loop make,

R1: dc 13, cl, (13) First dc is ch3 always.

R2: (dc2) in each st, c; (26)

R3: dc1 in each st, cl. (26)

R4: [dc1 in 1 st, (dc2) in next] 13 times, cl (39)

R5: dc1 in each st, cl (39).

Bind off but don't cut the yarn in alternate rounds we have to use this color again. Join white yarn in a gap between 2 dcs and not in stitch.

R6: (White) ch1, sc1, [ch2, skip 3 dcs, sc1 in next gap] rep till end, cl, BO, don't cut the yarn. (We have 13 ch2-spaces)

R7: (Blue) dc3 in each ch2-space, cl, Make a knot but don't cut the yarn.

R8: same as R6, R9: same as R7

Repeat these two rounds till there are 6 white lines. The length of this part will be 5"-5.5". Then BO

Now place the joint part on back and mark 12 stitches on front side by placing markers (12 sts in between).

Skipping these 12 sts, 27 sts remain. So work on these 27 sts. Join blue yarn in the stitch next to marker in order to work on right side.

R1 to R9: dc1 in each st, turn (27 sts) First I worked 8 rows and saw that they didn't cover so I made one more row.

Then fold it to wrong side up and sew it, that will be exactly back side of our shoes. Laslty when hiding yarn end shape the heel side in round. It fits perfect.

Now join white yarn at the back joint.

R1: ch1, sc1 in same st, [ch2, skip the distance required for ch2, join by sc in next st] repeat till front marker's place. Till marker's place we have to join 7 times then further there are stitches so [ch2, skip 3 sts, sc1 in next] 3 times (front side), [ch2, skip the distance required for ch2, join by sc in next st] till end, cl. BO.

R2: Join blue yarn at first st, (dc3) in each ch2-sp, cl.

R3: ch1, sc1 in each st till front, 3sctog at first marker's place (actually it is 2sctog because YO get 1 st from first st, skip second st, YO get 1 st from third then YO pass through all 3 sts), sc1 in each st till second marker's place, 3sctog again, sc1 in remaining sts, cl, BO.

The following video with English subtitles may help you.

ETC: Enjoy the Creativity.

Monday, February 2, 2026

Beautiful Crochet Socks with Two Granny Squares

Hi every one,

How are you all? In USA every where temperature goes down so if you want to make another simple socks to wear at home too. You can make these. I made it with two granny squaress, one big and other small granny. As usual first take measurement, length of foot. Here it is 9". Weight 52 gm. Yarn used Ganga Olivia and hook 3.5 mm.

For little smaller size make the same with 3 mm hook, for little bigger just use 4 mm hook.

PATTERN: R1: In a magic loop make (dc3, ch1) 4 times, cl.

R2: [(dc3, ch2, dc3) in ch1-sp, ch1] 4 times, cl.

Here after we shall not work in stitches but we work in the space between 2 dcs.

R3: dc1 in between each space between two dcs of R2, (dc2, ch1, dc2) in ch1-sp of R2] rep till end, cl.

Note that in between two shells at two corners there are 5 dcs.

R4: same as R3.

Note that here there are 8 dcs in between two shells at two corners. (as 4 dcs increased in previous round so 3 more gaps between dcs are created, hence middle dcs increased by 3).

R5: same as R3.

Note that here there are 11 dcs in between two shells at two corners.

All rounds after this are same as R3 and each time 3 dcs increases in between 2 shells at two corners.

After R6, we have 14 dcs in between 2 shells.

After R7, we have 17 dcs in between 2 shells.

After R8, we have 20 dcs in between 2 shells.

Continue in this way till the length of the diagonal is nearly 9" (length of the foot) In my case after R8, the length of diagonal is nearly 9".

Make one more granny square with the same pattern but only 4 rounds.

Then join this small granny with big granny as shown in video. Place two grannies coinciding corner to corner. Then sew one side of small granny with half side of big granny and so on....

Join dark blue yarn at corner,

R1: ch1, [sc1 in corner, sc1 in each st of one side], skip corner st (don't make sc in ch1-sp here, so as to get curved shape),[sc1 in corner, sc1 in each st of one side]2 times, cl

Toe side part is made, now we will have to increase back side of foot or hill side part.

Now there are 24 sts in between two ch1-spaces, so skip 10 sts and join new yarn at next st.

R1: Sl st in same st, sc1 next, dc1 in each of the next 12 sts, dc1 in ch1-sp, again dc1 in next 12 sts, dc1 in ch1-sp, lastly sc1 in next st, sl st in last st. Here we work in stitches and not in gaps.