Quick Baby Sandals

©1999 By Ambar de Rivera

Materials:
Baby sport yarn or baby fingering(I used Jamie Pompadour)
12 inches of 3/16 wide ribbon for strap
2 ribbon roses of your color choice (optional)
Size B or C hook for fingering, Size D or E for Baby Sport weight yarn.*
Size: Newborn

ROUND 1 (right side) Chain 10. Single crochet in the second chain from hook, single crochet in next 6 chains. In the last chain work (2 single crochet, 1 half double crochet and 2 more single crochet). Working on the opposite side of the chain, half double crochet in the next chain, single crochet in the next 6 chains, and end doing 2 single crochet in the last chain. Join with a slip stitch into the first single crochet made. [You should now have 22 stitches]

ROUND 2 Chain 2 (counts as the first half double crochet, now and throughout), half double crochet in the same stitch. Half double crochet in next 7 stitches, 2 half doulbe crochet in each of the next 5 stitches, half double crochet in the next 7 stitches, and 2 half double crochet in EACH of the last 2 stitches. Slip stitch in top of the chain 2. [you now have 30 half double crochet].

ROUND 3 Chain 2, half double crochet in the same stitch, half double crochet in each of the next 12 stitches, 2 half double crochet in the next stitch, double crochet in next, and half double crochet in the next stitch, half double crochet in the next 12 stitches, 2 half double crochet in each of the last 2 stitches. Join with a slip stitch in the top of the chain-2. [you now have 36 stitches and have finished the sole] DO NOT FINISH OFF.

ROW 1- Chain 1, TURN, single crochet in the next 3 stitches.
ROW 2-6: Chain 1, turn. Single crochet in same stitch and in next 2 stitches.
ROW 6: Finish off, leaving a long end for sewing. Whip stitch Row 6 to Row 2. Weave in ends.

With wrong side facing and ankle strap on your left, ROW 1, Skip joining, join with a slip stitch on the 11th stitch of Round 3, chain 2 (counts as the first double crochet, now and throughout), double crochet in next 3 stitches.
[you now have 4 double crochets] ROWS 2-6: Chain 3, turn, double crochet in each double crochet.
END OF ROW 6: Finish off, leaving a long end for sewing. Whip stitch to the other end of the right side, starting on stitch # 23 of sole.
Weave in all the ends. Use the ribbon on the ankle strap to tie. Use different colors in order to match your baby's clothes.
Sew ribbon roses to middle of sandle.
NOTE: You can make the strap wider by one stitch. The back strap, too.

*A newborn's foot is about 3-3 1/2 inches long. Baby sport weight yarn, like Jamie, by Lion Brand, should give you this measurement. If you use baby fingering, it's great for a small or premature baby.

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