Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Baby Converse Shoes

 I'm so excited about how cute these turned out! (Sorry for the random piece of paper. I needed a lighter background for the black part of the shoes and it was the first thing I found.) So I started with this adorable pattern for baby rain boot booties.

I made rounds 1-3 of the sole, and round 1 of the side as directed. Then I tweaked rounds 2-5 to add the white toe.


Round 2: With MC (main color) sc in same stitch; sc in the back loop only of next 14 st; attach CC (contrasting color), sc in back loop only of next 12 st; attach MC, sc in back loop only of next 5 st; sl st to join (32sc)
Round 3: ch 1, sc in same stitch; sc in next 14 st; attach CC, sc in next 12 st; attach MC, sc in next 5 st; sl st to join (32sc)
Round 4: ch 1, sc in same stitch; sc in next 14 st; attach CC, *hdc2tog, hdc*, repeat * to * three more times; attach MC, sc in next 5 st; sl st to join (28 st)
Round 5: ch 1, sc in same stitch; sc in next 14 st; attach CC, hdc2tog, hdc, hdc2tog, hdc, hdc2tog; attach MC, sc in next 5 st; sl st to join (25 st)


At this point I was done with the CC. I followed rounds 6-10 as directed, using the MC. Then I added the final edge, and the tongue of the shoe.

Round 11: sl st through next 12 st; sc, hdc, dc in next 3 st, hdc, sc; sl st to join; FO.

I used a G hook, and Caron Simply Soft yarn, and I'd say these shoes are 3-6M size (they're just a tad too small for Bekka, but she has long, skinny feet, so they could probably work for some babies past 6 months).

I'm thinking about making these to sell, so if you could leave me a comment telling me what range you would be willing to pay for something like this, that would be super helpful!

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