Crochet Booties with Ridges

You'll need:

80g of blue yarn, 20g of white yarn Nako (100% wool, 220m/100g);

Crochet hook 3;

Needle;

4 buttons;

Thread.

Instructions

Start making the booties from chain sts. Make 8 chain sts + 2 chain sts increase,make sole in rows. It'll consist of 8 rows with double crochets.

When your sole is finished, make single crochets around, you should get 48 single crochets (8 crochets from up and bottom parts, 16 crochets from each side, if you make 2 single crochets through one back of double crochet). At this stage, your sole is ready, but don't cut the yarn, as you need to make 2 rows with sinlge crochets through inner half-loop, your sole will start to form the bootie.

Relief ledge gives form to the bootie and decorate it. The length of ready-made sile is 8 cm, width - 4,5 cm.

Upper Part

Up to this moment you used white yarn, now you can fasten it and cut. Attach blue yarn from heel side. Make a row with single crochets. Start decreasing sts from 2nd to 5th rows and then start decrease sts on toe of bootie.

In the 2nd row, count 16 central sts on the toe and crochet due to the following scheme: 2 half crochets, 2 double crochets, 8 double crochets, 2 double crochets, 2 half crochets. There are 12 sts left on the toe.

In the 3rd row, make 2 half crochets, 8 doublr crochets, 2 half crochets.

In the 4th row, 1 half crochet, 1 double crochet, 6 double crochets, 1 double crochet, 1 half crochet.

In the 5th row: 1 half crochet, 6 double crochets, 1 half crochet.

Crochet heel without changes with single crochets in these rows.

Make the last 6 th row with single crochets.

Scheme of decreasing sts on the toe:

Make the next row with single crochets, coming to the centre of front part, make 2 more single crochets and make 12 chain sts.

Leave 3 sts for increase and start crochet with double crochets, starting with the 4th chain st. This will be the 1st row of bootie top, make 42 double crochets, to make 3 unused sts in the previous row.

Return, making the second row of double crochets. Don't crochet 3 sts to end of row, make st for the button, make 1 chain st and skip 1 st. Finish row with 2 double crochets.

Third and fourth rows will be made in analogy to the first and second. Also make a loop in the 4th row.

Make single crochets in the 5th row, if you want, you can change them to double crochets, then your bootie will be higher. Pay attention to odd number of rows in the top of bootie.

Scheme of making ridges:

Crocheting is simple and pattern repeat is 4 sts: 1 single crochet, skip 1 st, 5 double crochets in 1 st, skip 1 st, 1 single crochet, continue to end of row.

As a result, you should get 11 ridges.

Sew 2 buttons.

Make the second bootie.