Crochet baby booties

Greetings, dear needlewomen! There are never too many shoes, just like clothes. But what about little fashionistas who don’t know how to walk yet? Under no circumstances should you despair or become hysterical, because for these purposes booties were invented a long time ago, which differ from each other in both shape and material. It seems to me that every mother has encountered this type of children's shoes.
Today I suggest you make warm booties with laces for your baby or as a gift.
The size of the offered booties: 11 cm at the sole.

So, from the materials we will need:

Threads of two colors, I used 100% acrylic BAMBINO series (200 m. 50 g);
Hook 1.7 mm, other possible, but not too thick; Needle with a large eye;
Scissors.
1) First of all, we need to knit the sole. To do this, we cast on 6 air loops and knit with a half double crochet according to the pattern shown in the picture, not forgetting about the lifting loop at the end of each row.

After the sole is ready, we make the facing, for this we unfold and knit the last row - 9 sts.s/n, side rows - 23 pst. s/n, bottom - 6 pst. s/n. We break the thread and hide it between the rows using a hook or needle.

2) According to the principle described above and the pattern below, we knit the tongue of the booties.

The end result should look like in the picture.

3) We thread a thread into the middle of the heel and knit 3 rows with half double crochets. Please note that the first row is knitted in the top half loop, thus forming a dividing line between the sole and the wall of the booties.


On the fourth row from the middle of the booties, you need to decrease 10 loops through 1 loop.

4) On the fifth row, we connect the tongue; for this purpose, we conditionally select the center of the toe and secure it with a needle. We knit together the loops of the tongue and the loops of the wall (from the middle of the sole).




5) We proceed to the formation of the back wall; to do this, we continue the row remaining after connecting the tongue. Having reached the junction, we knit 1 loop, as shown in the picture.


Then we unfold and knit another 9 rows.

6) The booties are ready, all that remains is to tie the laces, for this case we cast on 90 air loops.

We knit a row using the back broaches.


7) We thread the laces into the booties using a hook and enjoy the result.

If you want to knit larger booties, you need to change the pattern of the sole by adding several rows. Recommendations for caring for the product:

• Hand wash in lukewarm water;
  
• Dry horizontally.