Crocheted Bootees Pattern #5010

Infant Size

Materials:
Chadwick's Red Heart Saxony, 1 ball (⅔ oz. ball).
Milward's steel crochet hook No. 6.
2 small buttons.

Starting at sole, ch 36 (to measure about 3½ inches). 1st row: S c in 2nd ch from hook, s c in each ch across. Ch 1, turn. 2nd row: S c in each s c across. Ch 1, turn. 3rd row: 2 s c in 1st s c (increase), s c in each s c across. Ch 1, turn. Repeat the last 2 rows alternately 2 more times. Work straight for 4 rows. Then, on next row, starting at toe edge (the edge with increases), dec. 1 s c (to dec. work off 2 s c as 1 s c), s c in each s c across. Hereafter dec. 1 s c at toe edge every other row 2 more times. Hereafter work is done in rnds instead of rows. Make s c in each s c all around. Repeat the last rnd for 1 inch. Mark center toe edge with a colored thread. Make s c in each s c across to ½ inch beyond colored thread, ch 1, turn. Next row: Work s c in each s c across to ½ inch beyond colored thread, ch 1, turn. Work back and forth over this last inch for 2 inches. Break off. Sew this piece in place along both edges. Attach yarn and work a row of sl st all around top edge. Break off.

Strap. Make a chain to measure about 6½ inches. 1st row: S c in 2nd ch from hook, s c in each ch across. Ch 1, turn. Work 2 more rows of s c. On next row make a buttonhole 4 sts in from one end (to make a buttonhole, on one row ch 4, skip 3 s c, s c in each s c across; then on next row make s c in s c and in each ch across). Work 2 more rows of s c. Break off. Place center of strap at center back of bootee and pin the remainder of strap along both sides of upper, leaving 1 inch on each side free. Sew on button to correspond with buttonhole. Make another same as this.