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Grandma's Easy Baby Booties

The document provides instructions for making Grandma's Easy Ten-Step Baby Booties using half double crochet stitch. The pattern was passed down from the author's grandmother and is suitable for beginners. It produces a dense stitch that helps insulate baby's feet. The booties are worked from the bottom up in 10 easy steps and include options for different edgings.

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Grandma's Easy Baby Booties

The document provides instructions for making Grandma's Easy Ten-Step Baby Booties using half double crochet stitch. The pattern was passed down from the author's grandmother and is suitable for beginners. It produces a dense stitch that helps insulate baby's feet. The booties are worked from the bottom up in 10 easy steps and include options for different edgings.

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Grandma’s Easy Ten-Step Baby Booties

Heather Phillips

Suitable for beginners, this adorable, easy-to-make baby bootie is made in half
double crochet; a dense stitch that helps to insulate baby’s feet, making this bootie
perfect for winter babies or babies who live in chilly climates. The pattern is quick
and simple to make, and the finished product is both cute and practical.

Designer’s Note: Back when my grandmother was teaching me to crochet, this


was the first pattern she showed me how to make (and if a fumble-fingered 11 year
old can learn to make this pattern, anyone can!). Someone taught it to her when
she was first learning how to crochet. But in spite of how long it has been around,
nobody had written it down until now. I wanted to share the pattern, but do it in
a way that recognizes that I am just the most recent link in a long chain of women
who have been making and sharing this pattern. That is why I named it after my
grandmother.

Pattern available on:


Grandma’s Easy Ten-Step Baby Booties
Directions are given in American English.
Fits newborn - 8 mos. (Using I (6mm) hook will make slightly larger bootie)
Finished Length (sole of foot) = 3.5 - 3.75 inches
Finished Height (sole to top cuff) = about 4 -4.5 inches
Bootie is worked from the bottom up. See Figure 1 for steps 1 - 9
Supplies needed:
H (5.5mm) hook
less than 1 oz of 4 ply worsted weight yarn
large-eyed yarn needle (for weaving in ends)
length of 3/16 or 1/4 inch wide ribbon for tie
Bootie:
Chain 25.
1) Half double crochet in 2nd chain from hook and in each chain across. Chain 2 and turn.
2) Half double crochet in each stitch across row, chain 2, turn.
3) Repeat step 2.
4) Repeat step 2.
5) Repeat step 2, leaving off chain stitches at the end, slip stitch 5 times, chain 3 in 5th stitch (counts as 1 half double crochet and 1 chain).
6) Half double crochet in the next stitch and *chain 1, leaving the following stitch empty. Half double crochet in the following stitch and repeat 5 times from * , leaving the last 4 stitches
unworked. You should end with a half double crochet. Chain 2 and turn.
7) Half double crochet in each stitch across the top, chain 2 and turn.
8) Repeat step 7.
9) Repeat step 7. Fasten off or begin optional edging. If omitting edging, skip to step 10.
Optional Edgings:
Ruffle Edging
Single crochet into 1st stitch near hook. In same stitch, double crochet 2, single crochet 1. *Slip stitch into following stitch, then in next stitch, crochet
in this order: 1 Single crochet, 2 double crochet, 1 single crochet. Repeat from * across top until end. Fasten off.
Picot Edging
Single crochet into 1st stitch near hook, chain 3. Single crochet into next two stitches. Repeat across top.
Contrast Edging
With contrasting yarn color, single crochet in each stitch across the top of the bootie.
10) Fold in half and stitch on the wrong side as in figure 2 using needle and matching yarn.
Finishing:
Weave in ends, then turn right side out. Weave ribbon (or a length of chain stitches) in and out of the row above the heel for tie.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. You may not use this pattern for commercial purposes. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
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