I am SO excited to share this tutorial with you. My cousin just had twins last week so I made a boy and girl version! Of course I made them to fit my model so they won’t fit the twins for SOME time. But they are precious!
Yes, I made my sweet little boy wear the girls boots for this picture. Better than a skirt or something, right?
I love the scallops on the girl version, but the boy version is adorable too! I started with a size to fit my model, Baby Boy.
I ended up with boots that are around a size 4~ YES, 4 and they area already tight on him. According to a shoe website that’s like a 9-12 month shoe for the average babies feet!
I was going to share just that size, but a friend, Summer, asked me to make a pair for her baby, a size 1. So I figured it out, and added those numbers to the pattern at the last min! (on another post now)
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UPDATE: after some confusion I separated the pattern, the larger version is still right here, comparable to a size 4, and the smaller crochet wrap around button infant boot is on it’s own post.
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Baby wrap around boots:
materials:
caron simply soft yarn
large buttons
G6- 4 mm hook (To go up a size use a G-4.25mm, to go down a size use an f-3.75mm hook)
abbreviation:
ch (chain)
sl st (slip stitch)
sc (single crochet)
hdc (half double crochet)
dc (double crochet)
sc2tog (single crochet 2 together)
dc2tog (double crochet 2 together)
dc3tog (double crochet 3 together)
sole:
ch 13
row 1- sc in 2nd ch, sc 7 times, hdc 3 times, 7hdc in last ch, finish the rest of the round working along the back of the chain, hdc 3 times, sc 7 times, 4sc in the last/first ch, sl st to the first sc (32)
row 2- ch1, sc in same sc, sc 9 times, hdc, 2hdc 3 times, 3hdc, 2 hdc 3 times, hdc, sc 10 times, 2sc 3times, sl st to first sc (43)
row 3- ch2, hdc in same sc, hdc 11 times, *2hdc, 1hdc* 7 times, hdc 11 times, 2hdc, hdc, 2hdc twice, hdc, 2 hdc, sl st to first hdc (54)
shoe:
row 4- ch1, working in back stitches, sc around, sl st to first sc (54)
rows 5-6- ch1, sc around, sl st to first sc sc (54)
row 7ch1, sc in same sc, sc 12 times, sc2tog, dc2tog 7 times, sc2tog, sc around, sl st to first sc (45)
row 8- ch 1, sc in same sc, sc 10 times, sc2tog, dc2tog, dc, dc3tog, dc, dc2tog, sc2tog, sc around, sl st to first sc (39)
row 9- ch 1, sc in same sc, sc 8 times, sc2tog, dc2tog, dc3tog, dc2tog, sc2tog, sc around, sl st to first sc (33)
row 10- ch 1, sc in same sc, sc 6 times, sc2tog, dc, dc3tog, dc, sc2tog, sc around, sl st to first sc, cut yarn weave in ends. (29)
Boot cuff:
for the right boot sl st in the 8th stitch from the seam, for the left boot sl st in the 12th stitch from the seam
ch 15
row 1- dc in 4th ch from hook -first 3ch counts as first dc, dc in next 11 ch, dc in first sc (the one you sl st in), dc 24 times (there will be 4 spaces left), skip 3 spaces, sc in last space. (39) **note – some people had a problem with getting two right or two left feet. remember to not cross over the front, work down the inside, around the back and back up the outside, so you’ll work in opposite directions for each bootie, counterclock wise – looking top down, or “wrong” side out for the right booties and clockwise, or “right” side out for the left bootie**
row 2- ch3 (counts as dc), turn, dc in first dc and around 35 times, ch 1 skip one dc, dc in last 2 (38- with a ch1 space)
row 3- ch3 (counts as dc), turn, dc, dc in ch1 space, dc around (39)
row 4 scallops (girls)- turn, 5dc in second dc, *skip 1dc, sc in next dc, skip 1dc, 5dc in next dc*, 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 (13), sl st, cut yarn and weave in ends
row 4 simple (boys)- ch1, turn, sc across top (39), down the side (6) and across the bottom chain (13), sl st, cut yarn and weave in ends
Do you love them??? Considering the twins are HALF the size of Baby boy when he was born (let alone they don’t have his massive hobbit feet) I doubt they’ll even come close to fitting until they are at LEAST 9 months, maybe a year?? So next winter, perfect!
Don’t forget to add a button where ever you like and your done! I placed mine at the bottom of the 6th dc over from the front- I might go lower next time… or maybe two smaller buttons?
And one final picture, I thought you might want an inside shot so you can see how it wraps a bit… I’m still so very much in love with these boots. And when I finish Baby Boy’s I’ll post picture’s!!!
franciska
they’re super cute!
Ashlee
thank you so much!
Amber M
I can’t understand your pattern. I don’t know if when you say 7 sc and then 3 hdc if you mean in the same stitch or separate. There aren’t enough in the chain for separate but it doesn’t make sense to me for it all to be done in one chain. I’m confused and can’t find any other free patterns like this to make booties like these… I would appreciate some help with deciphering. I’d really love to make these!
Ashlee
if the number comes after the abbreviation you repeat it across that number of stitches (that why it says 7 times). if the number comes before the abbreviation you repeat it that many times in the current stitch. as you didn’t say which row your not understanding so I’ll assume row 1.
row 1- sc in 2nd ch,
sc 7 times, (sc in chains 3-9)
hdc 3 times, (hdc in chains 10-12)
7hdc in last ch (7hdc in ch 13), …
Judy
Once I crochet row 5 do I just crochet row 6 around the whole bootie? How do I form the top of the bootie that covers the toes and top of the foot?
Thank you
Ashlee
the decreases don’t start until row 7
Angie
Hi I’m so sorry for bothering you with another question, I can see you’ve had a million repetitive questions but I read through all of them but can’t seem to find an answer to mine… When you make them left or right I get that you start either at 8 or 12 stitches in, but what I don’t get is how remake the right foot strap curve the right way, becuse they both wrap around to the rigt side when finished… Advice please?? Again sorry for being a pain, and thank you for any help you can offer!
Ashlee
after you chain and start coming back down the chain when you reach where you sl st you need to make sure you keep working down the side and around the back, NOT across the front. so one foot this row will be right side out and one foot it will be wrong side out. does that help?
Angie
Yes thank you:) and as soon as I thought about it this morning it all made sense even before I read your reply, I guess I should stop trying to crochet at midnight and go to bed! Haha thank you though for the help and for the adorable pattern!
liz
Hi! I just wanted to say I love these! They are irresistable! I’ve made it to row 6, but everytime I try to move onto row 7 and 8 and I end up family it back out. Your stitches that say dc2tog and etc, I’m not recognizing that stitch. I’m familiar with patterns in books, decreasing, etc. And I see that you have described those as decreases, but Ik not sure what I’m supposed to be doing. I at first thought it was for example, dc2tog = 2 dc in same stitch, but in the end it didn’t work out. I’m at loss, could you help? I’ve left my email if that will work.
Thank you! These are for my nephew if I can accomplish them!
Ashlee
2 dc in a stitch would be an increase, you be stitching down, two dc’s into one. http://www.stitchdiva.com/tutorials/crochet/working-stitches-together here is a post on it, and here is a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpkr5OeQbRE do those help?
Heather
Do u have a similar pattern for an adult version? Love this pattern and I have tried to tweak it for adult sizes but it never comes out right. Thank you!
Ashlee
I do not. Sorry, I don’t like things on my feet, esp yarn, so I have no interest in making an adult size pattern. If you have a base shoe pattern I think it would be pretty easy to enlarge the cuff idea I did hear with a little playing around. Sorry!
Sara
Looks fabulous, love the “girl” pattern and am thinking that one could even do that for a boy with masculine colors!
Hope to make these as a gift for a baby who’s on the way as I type this……..and will hopefully post on my blog and link back to you, all the best!
Ashlee
that’s totally up to you, my husband would die if I added scallops to anything for our boy, but they sure are pretty!!! I can’t wait to see how it turns out!
Hattie
Could you create a video of you doing this pattern?
Ashlee
I haven’t planned on it, that would be a crazy long video! maybe you tube? I know someone made a video of my sandals…
jennifer
I just love these! i have my mother making me some for my daughter. Do you have a pattern for like a size 2 (3-6 mths)? the only patterens that i see are infant 0-3 or size 4 which is 9-12. let me know because these are AMAZING!!
Ashlee
the patterns are actually just 2 stitches different, so try just simply changing the hook size up and down to create different sizes, it’s amazing how big of a difference you can get with just a hook switch.
Michelle
How can I make these for a 9-12 month old? Thank you so much! ^_^
Ashlee
it all depends on your babies foot size, are you looking to go up a size or down a size? These fit my baby when he was 5 months old, but they fit the twins I made them for at 10 months… If your looking to go bigger just go up a needle size. Make the soles and test it against the babies foot before going on.
Hattie
I checked YouTube…..nothing 🙁
Ashlee
sorry… i can add it to my list, but it will be a while before I get to it
Hattie
Can you give me an estimate at how long it will take? Just so I know about when to check back again.
Ashlee
honestly? prob a few years, it’s not my priority right now. I would rather write new patterns, and don’t have the tech needed to make good videos.
crystal
hello there, im a begginner here. i have a few questions hope u can asnwer me.
—row 2- ch1, sc in same sc, sc 9 times, hdc, 2hdc 3 times, 3hdc, 2 hdc 3 times, hdc, sc 10 times, 2sc 3times, sl st to first sc (43)—
where it says ,hdc, < does that mean just one hdc in the next sc?
and the next question i have is where it says 2 hdc 3 times. Does that mean make 2hdc in the next sc 3 times? or 2hdc in the next 3 sc? hope u understand me. :./
Ashlee
yes, hdc just means once
if the number is before the stitch it’s the number of times you repeat that stitch in one stitch
if the number is after the stitch it’s the number of stitches you do repeat across
as for your questions aren’t they the same question? 2hdc in the next 3 sc is the same as 2hdc in the next sc three times.
Ashlee
I added a diagram of the sole, hopefully that will help
Kristen T
I have been looking for a pattern for similar boots to these. They have two buttons instead of one. Could i just make the cuff taller and add on a second button right above the one? Also, how can I go up a size, like say a size 6…? My daughter is almost two, and I would love to make her a pair… These are so adorable! Thank you!
Ashlee
yes of course you can just add a row or two.
I only made these two sizes, but try using a larger hook, it’s amazing how much bigger something that simple can make a pattern. make just the sole and compare it to a size 6 shoe if still isn’t big enough go up another hook (and prob larger yarn)
Krisilyn McCauley
PLEASE HELP… I seem to be doing something wrong. I have the shoe part complete but now I am at the boot cuff. I have followed your directions exactly, beginning with the right side. Some how I end up dc around the front of the shoe, around the side and back and ended up at the seam…. I do not know what I am doing wrong…
Ashlee
after you sl st and ch and start working down the ch and back into the shoe make sure you work around the side, back and other side, never cross the front. one shoe the first row will be right side out, one shoe the first row will be wrong side out.
Ashley
These booties are sooo cute!! I didn’t realize until I started making them how big they would turn out!! I’m wondering if you could send me a pattern for a newborn 0-3 months!!! Thanks!
Ashlee
try my other pattern that I link to at the beginning of the post
http://ashleemarie.com/crochet-wrap-button-infant-boots-girls-boys/
tanya
can you make a video tutorial?
Ashlee
not at this time, I don’t have the set up it would take to do a video
Ashlee
I added a diagram of the sole, will that help?
tanya
2hdc 3 times wouldn’t it be 6 stiches? since you would have 2 hdc in the next 3. its like 2 multiplied by 3 or am i wrong?
Ashlee
yes, it’s an increase. creating 6 stitches out of 3.
Ashlee
I added a diagram of the sole, hopefully that will make it more clear
Hattie
I will probably try to make them again then. Thanks though! I might have a few questions though! 🙂
Ashlee
no problem! Let me know how your doing.