CROCHET CORNER: BABY SNEAKERS

AGE: 6 Months

GENDER:Unisex

YOU WILL NEED

Yarn: Colour A, Colour B
Hook: 3.50MM, 3.75MM
Scissors
Yarn needle
Stitch Markers

STITCHES AND ABBREVIATION

CH: chain
SC: single crochet
DC: double crochet
FPDC: front post double crochet
DC2TOG: double crochet decrease
SC2TOG: single crochet decrease

PATTERN:

Ch14 with 3.5mm

ROW 1: HDC IN THE THIRD CH FROM HOOK, 2HDC IN THE SAME CH, 10HDC IN NEXT 10CH, 3HDC IN THE LAST CH, TAKE A UTURN AND TAKE 1HDC IN THE NEXT 10CH, SLIP STITCH TO JOIN WITH FIRST HDC.

ROW 2: CH2, 2DC 3TIMES OVER THE FIRST 3DC, DC OVER THE NEXT 10 DC, 2DC 3 TIMES OVER THE NEXT 3DC, DC OVER NEXT 10 STITCHES, JOIN.

ROW3: CH2, 2DC IN FIRST STITCH, DC OVER NEXT STITCH, 2DC OVER NEXT STITCH, DC OVER NEXT DC, 2DC OVER NEXT STITCH, DC OVER NEXT STITCHES TILL REACH 2DC OF PREVIOUS ROW, TAKE 2DC IN FIRST DC, DC OVER NEXT DC, 2DC IN THE NEXT STITCH, DC OVER NEXT DC, 2DC IN THE NEXT STITCH, DC OVER NEXT DC TILL END, JOIN .

SIDES

CHANGE HOOK TO 3.75MM

ROW 4: CH2: WORK IN THE BACK LOOP AND TAKE 1HDC OVER EACH HDC IN THE PREVIOUS ROW, JOIN.

ROW 5: CH2, HDC OVER ALL THE HDC OF PREVIOUS ROW, JOIN, CUT THE YARN.

FRONT PORTION:

NOW PLACE A STITCH MARKER IN THE CENTER OF THE FRONT PORTION AS SHOWN IN THE PIC, PLACE TWO MORE STITCH MARKERS ON THE BOTH SIDES 5 STITCHES AWAY. THIS AREA WILL COVER 11 STITCHES .

NOW FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING ROW

ROW6: JOIN YARN AT ONE OF THE STITCH MARKER ON THE SIDES AND TAKE 2CH,( DC2TOG, DC2TOG,DC3TOG, DC2TOG, DC2 TOG, 1DC) FOLLOW THE PATTERN IN BRACKETS. REMOVE STITCH MARKERS .

ROW7: TAKE 2 CH, DC6TOG IN THE STITCHES OF PREVIOUS ROW, CUT THE YARN AND SECURE IT .

FLAP:

ROW 8: TAKE COLOR B AND JOIN YARN , TAKE 11SC, TURN. (11SC)

RELATED: BABY BOOTIES

ROW9: CH1 , SC OVER ALL SC OF PREVIOUS ROW, TURN. (11SC)

ROW10: CH1 2SC IN THE FIRST SC, SC OVER ALL REMAINING SC, TURN. (12SC)

ROW11: CH1, 2SC IN THE FIRST SC , SC OVER ALL REMAINING SC, TURN. (13SC)

ROW12: CH1, 2SC IN THE FIRST SC , SC OVER ALL REMAINING SC, TURN. (4SC)

ROW 13: CH1, SC IN THE 4 STITCHES, 1HDC IN THE NEXT STITCH , 1DC IN THE NEXT 4STITCHES, 1HDC IN THE NEXT STITCH, 1SC IN THE NEXT 4 STITCHES.

SIDE FLAPS:

WITH COLOUR B JOIN YARN IN THE 1^ST DC OF THE FRONT PORTION, CH1, SC IN THE SAME STITCH , SC IN ALL STITCHES TILL BACK, NOW TAKE A SC2TOG, SC IN EVERY STITCH TO THE FRONT, TURN.

ROW 2-7: CH 1 , SC2TOG ,SC IN ALL STITCHES, SC2 TOG IN LAST TWO STITCHES, TURN.