Knotty Knotty Crochet: bootie

Pretty & Plain little Mary Jane FREE crochet pattern!

Well, it has been a while since I have come up with a new pattern all my very own.  I wanted to make a really cute little Mary Jane slipper, and I just couldn't find what I was looking for. So.....looking at many different pictures of what I thought I wanted I came up with this pattern.

These will fit a 0-3 month infant. or measure approx 3 1/2"
I used worsted weight yarn and a 3.25 mm hook (mine says size D on it).
 You will need small amounts of two colors of yarn. about 50 gr of each.
Also you will need two small buttons, and a needle.

The stitches used are:

st(s) = stitches
ch= chain
sc = single crochet
hdc = half double crochet
sc2tog= single crochet two together
dc2tog = double crochet 2 together
sl st= slip stitch

SOLE of Mary Jane

Round 1: 
start with color A and ch 11. Hdc in 3rd ch from hook and hdc in next 7 sts. 6 hdc in last st. Working on the opposite side, hdc in next 7 sts.  5 hdc in last ch, join with sl st in first hdc.

Round 2:
ch 1. hdc in next 8 sts.  2 hdc in next 5 sts.  hdc in next 8 sts. 2 hdc in next 5 sts, join with sl st in 1st hdc.

Round 3:
ch1, hdc in next 8 sts, (2 hdc in 1 st, 1 hdc in next st) 5 times. hdc in next 8 sts, (2 hdc in 1 st, 1 hdc in next st) 5 times.  join with sl st.

Round 4:
ch 1. working in back loops only sc in each st around (46 sts) join with sl st in ch 1.

Upper shoe

Change to color B

Round 1:
working now in both loops, ch 1, sc in each st around (46 sts). Join with sl st.

Round 2:
ch 1. sc in next 5 sts.  (sc2tog, 1 sc) 6 times.  sc in next 15 sts. (this should bring you to the middle of the heel of the shoe) sc2 togehter one time. sc in remaining 6 sts. join with sl st.

Round 3:
ch 1. sc in next 4 sts. hdc in next st. (dc2together) 6 times. hdc in next st. sc in next 12 sts. sc2tog one time. sc in remaining 6 sts. join with sl st.

Round 4:
sc in next 5 sts. (sc2tog) 3 times. sc in next 19 sts around. Join with sl st.

FOR RIGHT SHOE ONLY:
Do not break yarn.

ch 15. sc in fourth ch from hook. sc in next 10 sts. attatch to bootie and fasten off using invisible knot. strap made. (the 4 chains on the end of the strap make the button hole. If your button is bigger then ch more than 15 to adjust button hole size.)

FOR LEFT SHOE ONLY:
break yarn.

count back along heel 16 sts. from outside of bootie attach yarn. ch 15. sc in fourth ch from hook. sc in next 10 sts. attach to bootie and fasten off using invisible knot. strap made.

Sew buttons on. Because these are for a baby PLEASE make sure they are fastened securely. We don't want any little ones choking. (I know these are shoes, but you never know)

*because you are using worsted weight yarn, these little booties are quite stiff. Be sure to crochet on the looser side. Also you may use an F hook and get a slightly bigger size, they will fit about a 6 month baby.

Knotty Knotty Crochet: Pretty

For a list of crochet stitches and how to make them go here.

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Happy Day!

my cup cozy

Yes, I love tea... A lot!

I also am a collector of beautiful simple teapots, sort of...

And dream of a nice cute tea-table...

 

 

Of course you are curious what I did with all those flowers from last post, remember?

I started with making a couple more!

 

Lots of pretty colours to make me happy,

a little sad about all the loose threads I had to sew away ,hide under the cozy here,

but absolutely worth all the effort! Really! :)

I'm so happy with my new tea cozy! :)

Of course this is  my own idea! I wish!

I will work on the pattern very soon and post here.

happy crocheting!

my daughter's b-day

 

On this day on 2^nd April in 1973 I gave birth to my first child. I was in my village fro preparatory holydays of my crass 12^th .I had just turned 19 a few days before and although I had managed pregnancy and birth quite well my first face-to-face with my beautiful daughter was daunting.

 

 

My mother accompanied the village midwife of our village named jhabbad ki bahu. The previous day in the evening mom called for a less experienced midwife to  check that delivery is fallowing our it’s just the false pain. She declared a welcome for the baby. And the next day at 8:PM my daughter came in this World. It was my grandma who sandwiched the new baby in her daaman(skirt) while sitting on piddhaa beside my bed.

 

After counting toes and fingers and conducting all the perfunctory checks new mothers feel compelled to perform since no one’s word will do until perfection has been established for oneself, I knew I had to fess up, and straightaway.

 

Just after birth holding her closely, I gazed into her lovely, aware eyes and declared: I have no idea how to be a mother will probably screw up miserably and often … but will do the very best I can.

 

I have frequently repeated a version of this that insists she has grown into the woman she is — successful, happy, secure, sensible, beautiful, smart, funny and so much more — not because of, but in spite of me.

 

She agrees with that in some fashion, deciding long ago not to follow in any of my staggering footsteps, but rather forge a determined path of her own, one that intentionally avoided the pits I toppled into, scrabbled over obstacles and built bridges rather than burned them.

Her efforts have been rewarded. She is amazing, and she is happy.

The gift I gave the world this day 37 years ago was a contribution significant enough to validate my existence, and is the gift that keeps on giving as her daughter carries it forward.

 

“Sing out loud in the car even, or especially, if it embarrasses your children.” ~ Marilyn Penland

“If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example.” ~ George Bernard Shaw

Happy birthday, dear.

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