Baby Booties with Tapestry Crochet Design:

Hello friends,

This week I made this crochet baby booties with tapestry crochet. I agree that tapestry crochet on straight work is not as good as fair isle knitting. I tried tapestry crochet to and fro and then in round (circular crocheting) and found that in round it looks more perfect. See fig 2. Still in straight also it is not that bad, left in fig 2. So I decided to make baby booties for 1 to 1.5 year baby with tapestry crochet.

For this I select Red Heart yarn and 4.25 mm crochet hook. First measure the length and width of the foot. Here length is 4.5" and width is 5" including height as shown in fig 3, 4 and 5.
Now this yarn is also available in India and it's link is,
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Red+Heart+super+saver+yarn

Fig 2

The pattern is very simple and given below,
Pattern: If length is 4.5" make chains whose length will be double of this that is 9".
I have to make 40 chs.
R1: sc1 on each st from second (39 sts), ch 1 turn.
R2: sc 1 in each st (39 sts), ch 1 turn.
R3 and R4 as R2.
R5: Join white yarn, sc 1 with red in each of 7 sts, (sc 1 in next st with white, sc 1 in each of next 3 sts with red) 6 times, sc 1 with white, sc 1 in remaining 7 sts. (39 sts) ch 1 turn.

Fig 3

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Fig 5

R6: sc 1 with red in each of 6 sts, (sc 1 in next 3 st with white, sc 1 in next st with red) 6 times, sc 1 in each of the next 3 sts, sc 1 in remaining 6 sts. (39 sts) ch 1 turn
R7: As R5
R8, R9, R10: As R2
Measure the length, it should be half of the width 5", nearly it is 2.6", see fig 6.
R11: Slip st in each of the next 7 sts, ch 4, skip 1 st, dc 1 in next, (ch 1, skip 1 st, dc 1 in next) repeat till 7 sts remain, ch 1 turn,
R12: sc 1 on first st, sc 1 in ch1-gap, (sc 1 on last dc, sc 1 in gap) repeat till end, ch 1 turn
R13: sc 1 in each st. BO. See fig 7.

Fig 6

Fig 7

 Fold and sew neatly. See fig 8

Make a cord of chains with red color, pass it through the dc gaps formed.
Make one more shoe like this.
Make two white flowers and sew them on the top of the shoes.

Fig 8

Fig 9

Flower: Magic loop of ch 1 sc 5, sl st in first sc, close
Petal: ch 3, dc 3 in same sc, ch 3 join by sl st in the same loop, sl st in next sc, repeat for second petal.
Make magic loop with red yarn, ch 1 sc 6, join by sl st in first sc, close. Attach this at the centre of the white flower and sew the flower to the front part of the booties as in fig 9.
The following video may help you.

ETC: Enjoy the Creativity.