I have made baby booties in the past so, why not try another pair... right? During my search, I found these gems... Aren't they absolutely ADORABLE?????
They don't look too hard to make so, I searched in google for "crochet baby wrap around boots pattern" and lucky me, I found this pattern from I'm Topsy Turvy
I have made three pairs of the booties following the pattern on the blog, two for friends having babies and a work friend ordered a pair from me!
Then, I had a request from the same work friend. Her daughter received an American Girl Doll for Christmas this year (so exciting, I had one as young girl) and she was wondering if I could make one to fit the doll. So nice of her to want to surprise her daughter with something special!
First I had to find out the size of the doll's feet (2-5/8" x 1-3/8") and then I started experimenting with the pattern. Here is what I went off of:
Materials:
4.00mm crochet hook
Caron Simply Soft yarn in Grey Heather
2 pink buttons
Abbreviations:
ch: chain
sc: single crochet
hdc: half double crochet:
sc2tog: single crochet 2 together
dc2tog: double crochet 2 together
dc3tog: double crochet 3 together
sl st: slip stitch
Directions:
Solech 11
Rnd 1: sc in 2nd ch, sc 3 times, hdc 3 times, hdc 7 times in last ch, (other side of initial chain), hdc 3 times, sc 3 times, sc 4 times in last ch, sl st in first sc (24)
Rnd 2: ch 1, sc in same sc, sc 5 times, hdc, 2hdc 3 times, 3hdc, 2hdc 3 times, hdc, sc 6 times, 2sc 3 times, sl st in first sc (35)
Boot
Rnd 1: ch 1, (working in black loops for the entire round) sc around (35) --if you sc in the same sc at the beginning, your seam will be nicer looking
Rnd 2-3: ch 1, sc around (35) --if you sc in the same sc at the beginning, your seam will be nicer looking
Rnd 4: ch 1, sc in the same sc, sc 7 times, sc2tog, dc2tog, dc, dc3tog, dc, dc2tog, sc2tog, sc around, sl st (29)
Rnd 5: ch 1, sc in the same sc, sc 5 times, sc2tog, dc2tog, dc3tog, dc2tog, sc2tog, sc around, sl st (23)
Rnd 6: ch 1, sc in the same sc, sc 3 times, dc, dc3tog, dc, sc2tog, sc around, sl st (19)
F/O weave in ends.
Boot Cuff
for the right boot, sl st in the 4th st from the seam
for the left boot, sl st in the 8th st from the seam
(there will be 3 sts in the front of the boot--dc, dc3tog, dc)
ch 15
Rnd 1: hdc in 3rd ch from hook -first 2 ch counts as first hdc, hdc in next 11 ch, hdc in first sc (the one you sl st in), hdc 16 times (there will be 3 spaces left), skip 3 spaces, sc in last space.
Rnd 2: ch 2 (counts as hdc), turn, hdc in first hdc, hdc around, (when there are 4 sts left) ch 1 skip one hdc, hdc in last 3 sts
Rnd 3: ch 2 (counts as hdc), turn, hdc in the 3 hdc, hdc in ch1 space, hdc around
Rnd 4 scallops: turn, 5dc in second dc, [skip 1 hdc, sc in next hdc, skip 1 hdc, 5dc in next hdc], repeat around (10 shells), sc down the side (I do 2 for each row so a total of 6 down the side), continuing around sc across the bottom along the original chain, sl st, F/O and weave in ends
I hope someone else can get use out of this pattern modification for another doll! Pictures of the doll boots to come!
ENJOY!
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