Knitwear every day is becoming more and more popular. Mothers and grandmothers knit a lot especially for their babies. Knitted clothes look unusual, the light plays very beautifully on it, and the texture of such a thing is very pleasant to the touch.
Crocheted baby booties
The product can be light and airy, or dense and warm - it all depends on what function the related thing will perform.
Special love and popularity are won today by such cute little things as booties and crocheted sandals. With love, crocheted booties, sandals for boys and girls, with various decorations, cars, flowers, in various shapes and colors - all this can be embodied by any needlewoman for her beloved child!
Necessary preparatory actions
So, a little later we will consider crocheting sandals according to the scheme with the description. In the meantime, you need to make measurements and small calculations. You should measure the length of the foot from the heel to the big toe. This is most conveniently done by placing the baby on the leaf with a leg and circling the foot. For newborn babies and toddlers up to 3 months, the standard length of the booties is about 10 cm. You don’t need to take less, because the booties are rarely worn on a bare leg, and in a tight product the baby will be uncomfortable.
The next step is to determine the height of the product. Crocheted sandals and booties look a little different. Sandals usually close the heel and reach the protruding bone, and booties capture part of the lower leg. Booties are more like low boots.
Crochet sandals: a diagram with a description. Knitting foot
The standard beginning is a set of air loops (circles in the center).
The columns in the diagram are double crochets. Not all columns are drawn, but this does not interfere with perception. For booties, whose foot length is 10 cm, you need to dial 10 air loops. Three more loops are dialed instead of the first column, and the first row is knitted with a crochet. In the first loop you need to knit 2 columns. Next, we knit one column in each loop, 5 columns in the last loop of the row, then again one column in each loop, and two more columns in the same loop where the first two columns were tied. Thus, we connected one row, which resembles an oval in shape. The second row is knitted in the same way, according to the scheme, additions are added.
So that crochet sandals according to the description with the scheme was successful, and the product does not puff, it is better to look not only at the pattern, but also at the product during the knitting process. With a foot length of sandals of 10 centimeters, it is enough to knit three rows of double crochet columns. Depending on the thickness of the yarn, the product may turn out a little less or a little more. In the sample - standard baby yarn for hand knitting Baby brand. For larger booties, you need to determine the length by looking at the circled foot of the baby. The bootie should protrude on all sides beyond the borders of the circled foot by no more than 0.5 cm.You can knit an unlimited number of rows, but for larger sizes it is better to combine double crochet, simple columns and half-columns to create an ergonomic sole.
Knitting side
Crocheting the side of the booties or sandal is a continuation of the knitting of the foot, and the number of columns is the same as in the last row of the foot, but when grabbing the thread, the hook should be inserted not for the upper stitches of the columns, but for their “body”. Thus, perpendicular rows are obtained and the sandal “rises up”.
Starting from the second row, we make 2 decreases in each row on the heel. For open sandals, it is better to do 1 decrease in each row.
The product turns out to be open, and you can leave it in this form, but add a jumper so that the sandal does not fly off the leg.
You can tie a jumper to decorate such booties, sandals, crochet, or make a slightly more closed nose and decorate it with flowers, cars, voluminous patterns. The jumper can be connected with simple columns or choose an openwork pattern, then no more jewelry will be needed.
Another option is flowers, as in the example. They can be connected according to this description: we collect 50 air loops, of which we knit three double crochets in each loop the entire first row. The second row is a column with two or three crochets, which can be alternated for greater bulk.
You can also add green petals or a few roses, and the booties will take on a finished look.
The remaining threads can be cut off or with their help fasten the leaves.
With more voluminous roses, using booties can be uncomfortable, while smaller ones look ugly.
An interesting option for crocheting closed sandals according to the scheme with the description that is attached to the photos.
As you can see, everything is quite simple, and the scope for imagination is not limited!