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Rainbow Booties with Repeat Crafter Me

04/29/2015 /

I had the pleasure of trying out the Clover Amour crochet hooks this past week! This was a big deal for me because I’ve been using the same hook for 3 years. But when the Clover hooks arrived in their pretty packaging with 10 brightly colored hooks in a rainbow of colors, I couldn’t wait to get one in my hands and around some yarn!

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The colorful easy grip handles inspired me to make these rainbow baby booties! The first thing I noticed was how light the hooks are plus the shape of the grip fit PERFECTLY in my hand! My hand never cramped or felt tired. Even after crocheting 8 booties! You can easily adjust the size of the booties by using a different size Clover Amour crochet hook. As you see in the picture below, this is the variation in sizes between using the F, H, and J hooks. I was able to get the largest bootie on my daughter who is 18 months. The smaller F size bootie would probably fit a 3 month old. You may also notice that this pattern is an updated and much easier version of my cuffed baby booties pattern.

 

Materials:
– Clover Amour Crochet Hooks. I used sizes F, H, and J for the booties you see above.
– Worsted weight yarn. I used Vanna’s Choice in White, Scarlett, Terracotta, Mustard, Fern, and Dusty Purple. Blue is Loops & Threads Impeccable in Aqua.
– Tapestry Needle
Abbreviations:
Magic Ring Tutorial
SC = Single Crochet
HDC = Half Double Crochet
DC = Double Crochet
Rainbow Baby Booties Pattern:
Starting with white
Chain 10, SC in 2nd chain from hook, SC in next 7, make 5 SC in the last chain
Now working on opposite side, SC 9, join, ch 1
Round 2: HDC, 2 HDC, HDC in next 6, 2 HDC in next 2, HDC in next 2, 2 HDC in next 2, HDC in next 6, 2 HDC, HDC in last, join, ch 1.
Round 3: SC 10, 2 SC in next 2, 2 HDC in next 4, 2 SC in next 2, SC in next 10, join, ch 1.
Round 4:  In back loops only, SC around, join, ch 1. (36 SC)

Change to red
Round 5: Now working in both loops, SC around, join, ch 1. (36 SC)
Change to orange
Round 6: SC in each stitch around, join, ch 1 (36 sc)
Change to yellow
Round 7: SC in each stitch around, join, ch 1 (36 sc)
Change to green
Round 8: SC in first 12, [SC decrease, SC in next ] 4 times, SC in last 12, join, ch 1. (32 sc)
Change to blue
Round 9: SC in first 10, [SC decrease, SC in next] 4 times], SC in last 10, join, ch 1. (28 sc)
Change to purple
Round 10: SC in first 8, [SC decrease, SC in next] 4 times, Sc in last 8, join, ch 1. (24 sC)
Change to white
Round 11: SC in first 6, [SC decrease, SC in next] 4 times, SC in last 6, join, ch 1. (20 sc)
Round 12: SC in each stitch around, join (20 sc)
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Weave strand of white yarn between round 11 and 12. Tie in a bow in the front. This can be used to tighten booties onto little feet 🙂 
 

 

 
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