 |
| Photo by: Elsie Cruywagen (20140 Model: Heinrich Cruywagen |
A colleague requested that I try and make barefoot baby
shoes for her and send me a few links as a reference. I made three designs for
her and she was thrilled. All designs were very girly with flowers, hearts and
bows. I searched for other ideas and found a blog showing an alternative design
for the barefoot baby shoes.
This design inspired me to try and make a unisex barefoot baby shoe and decided
on a tweetie bird to match the musical notes printed elastic I intended to use
for the shoes. I share my pattern below.
Materials
- Premier natural cotton yearn 4 ply (Elle) in two colours
- Matching colour felt remnant and two small buttons
- 1m soft elastic – 2 cm wide
- General sewing equipment
Patterns:
Abbreviations (US terms are shown in brackets)
ch = chain
sl st = slip stitch
dc = double crochet (US - sc = single crochet)
tr = treble crochet (US - dc= double crochet)
Bird facing left to right
Begin with a slipknot, ch 5, insert crochet needle into
first chain and close with a sl st to form a ring.
Row1: ch 3, crochet 10 tr (dc) into the ring to form a half
circle.
 |
| BushcraftZ 2014 |
Row2: ch 3, crochet 2 tr (dc) into first stitch and 1 tr
(dc) into second stitch, repeat 5 times to end of half circle.
 |
| BushcraftZ 2014 |
Row 3: ch 3, crochet 2 tr (dc) into first stitch and 1 tr
(dc) into second stitch, repeat 7 times to end of half circle. *Crochet 10 tr
(dc) into last stitch, secure the circle with a dc (sc) to shape the head.
Crochet 5 dc (sc) among the flat side of the half circle to get to the other
end. Crochet 5 tr (dc) in the last stitch to make a tail. End off.
 |
| BushcraftZ 2014 |
 |
| BushcraftZ 2014 |
Bird facing right to left
Follow pattern above until * continue as follows: Shape tail
first - crochet 5 tr (dc) in the last stitch to make a tail. Crochet 5 dc (sc)
among the flat side of the half circle to get to the second last stitch of the
other end. Crochet 10 tr (dc) into last stitch, secure the circle with a dc
(sc) to shape the head. End off.
Wings (make 2 in a contrasting colour)
Begin with a slipknot, ch 5, insert crochet needle into
first chain and close with a sl st to form a ring.
Row1: ch 3, crochet 5 tr (dc), 4 dc (sc), 1 tr (dc), 4 dc
(sc), 1 tr (dc) and close the round with a sl st.
 |
| BushcraftZ 2014 |
Assembly
 |
| BushcraftZ 2014 |
Cut two identical egg shaped pieces from felt and secure to
the head with a button. Sew the wings in place and highlight the tail with 5
stitches in contracting colour.
 |
| BushcraftZ 2014 |
- Measure the circumference of the baby’s ankle and foot at the instep. Add the two measurements and deduct 2 cm. Use this measurement to determine the length of elastic needed for one shoe.
- Cut two pieces of elastic according to measurement. (I used 25 cm – this is for a very small child - up to 6 months)
- Fold the elastic into
a figure 8 with the ends overlapping at the junction of the figure 8. Sew
together at the juncture.
BushcraftZ 2014 - Sew one bird on to each elastic to complete the barefoot
baby shoes. The birds should face in opposite directions.
BushcraftZ 2014
No comments:
Post a Comment