Too Sweet Baby Booties Pattern to Match the Petal and Picots Crochet Bonnet
Size 5 crochet cotton, 1 all
Size 7 Steel Crochet Hook
Work this pattern as tightly for best results.
Ch 16, turn, sk 1 ch and make 1 sl st in ea ch and turn.
Row 2: 1 ch, 15 sl st, taking the sts on the back threads only; turn.
Row 3: Ch 1, 7 sl st, 1 Berry (make Berry: yarn over hook and through 2 lps, keep the other lops on hook, yarn over and pick up a lp in same st and make dc, a lp in same st and make dc, make 3 more dc in same st so there are 5 in all, then pull so you have 5 in all, and then pull through the one you kept on the hook. The right side must be the left--make 7 more sl st.
Row 4: Ch 1 and work 15 sl sts.
Row 5: 5 sl st, 1 Berry, 3 sl st, 1 Berry and 5 sl sts.
Row 6: 15 sl sts.
Row 7: 7sl sts, 1 Berry and 7 sl sts.
Rows 8-9: 15 sl sts, ch 34 and join to the other end of the instep tab and work 40 sl stls around the instep tab and then 1 in each of the chains. Make 4 more rows without out joining the sl sts and then make 4 rows; dec 1 in center of the back and 1 in center of the front. Turn the work on the wrong side and join the sole by taking up the single inside loop of the opposite sts and working them off together with single crochet.
Go back to the foundation chain in center front and work sc all around.
Next Row: Ch 4, sk 1 and work 1 dc. Ch 1, sk 1, 1 dc. Repeat all around. Join with sl st.
Third Row Off Top: Ch r, 2 dc in second space, ch 1, 2 dc in same st, 1 dc in next space of second row. Repeat all around.
Rows 4-6: Work the same, not joining front. Two front edges of top are finished with small picots, 1 in each space.
Toe 7: 1 dc in center of scallop, 1 picot ( Ch 3, 1 sc in first of 3 ch) 1 dc, 1 picot, 1 dc, 1 picot, 1 dc, 1 sc in next dc. Repeat all around to to top of bootie.
