Baby Booties - French Knots Sizes: Birth to 3 months Sole measures 3 1/2" long Materials: 1 ball of bedspread cotton (white only) or Coats and Clark Knit-Cro Sheen (white and colors) for bootie. 1 ball Coats and Clark pearl cotton #5 in contrasting color for trim. Steel crochet hook #5 or english hook # 2 1/2 (or size that will give you the correct guage. Gauge: 9 DC = 1 inch ** NOTE: French Knots Pattern follows General Directions *** GENERAL DIRECTIONS SOLE: Starting at center with main color ch 22 to measure 2 1/2". 1st RND (right side): Work 7 dc in 4th ch from hook, dc in next 17 ch, work 8 dc in last ch, working along opposite edge of starting chain, work dc in next 17 ch, join with sl st in 3rd ch of starting ch. 2cd RND: ch 3, dc in same place as sl st, work 2 dc in each of next 7 dc (heel), dc om mext 3 dc, h dc in next dc, sc in next 2 dc, h dc in next dc, dc in next 3 dc, tr in next 6 dc, 2 tr in each of next 10 dc (toe), tr in next 6 dc, dc in next 3 dc, h dc in next dc, sc in next 2 dc, h dc in next dc, dc in next 3 dc, join. Completed sole should measure 3 1/2 inches. HEEL and INSTEP: 1st RND: Ch 3, working around heel, dc in back loop of next 22 sts, with safety pin mark last dc made, dc in back lp of remaining sts around sole. Join (68 dc, counting starting ch 3 as 1 dc; ridge formed around sole. Break off. HEEL: 1st ROW: With wrong side facing you attach main color to marked dc, ch 3 (work thru both lps of each st from now on unless otherwise noted), working around heel, dc in next 27 dc, ch 4 turn. 2cd ROW: Skip 1st dc, dc in next dc (ch 1, skip next dc, dc in next dc) 13 times (14 spaces around heel). Break off. 3rd ROW: With right side facing you, attach thread in first space om last row, ch 3 sl st in 3rd ch from hook (picot made), sc in same sp, (make p, sc in next sp) 13 times; p, sc in same sp (15 p). Break off. To DEC 1 DC: * Yo hook, insert hook in next st and draw up lp, yo, draw through 2 lps on hook. Repeat from * once more, yo, draw through all 3 lps on hook. To DEC 2 DC: * Yo, insert hook in the next st and draw up lp, yo, draw through 2 lps on hook, repeat from * twice more; yo, draw through all 4 lops To DEC 1 SC: Work in the unworked lp of each of next 2 sts, yo, draw through all 3 lps on hook. SOLE TRIM: Work in the unworked lp of each st on 2nd rnd of sole as follows: With instep facing you, attach contrasting thread to a st and work sc in each st around, join. Break off. TIES: With contrasting thread, ch 120. Break off; tie a knot at each end of chain. Weave chain through spaces around heel. END OF GENERAL DIRECTIONS FRENCH KNOTS: Extra Materials: You will need 1 yard of embroidery floss for French Knots SOLE: See General Directions. HEEL AND INSTEP: See General Directions; then work heel and instep seperately. HEEL: See General Directions. INSTEP - 1st ROW: With right side facing you, attach main color to the st after marked st on heel and instep row, ch 1, sc in same place, sc in next st, dc in next 10 sts, dec 1 dc (See General Directions) 7 times (14 sts worked over around the toe), dc in next 10 sts, h dc in next st, sc in next 2 sts, turn. INSTEP - 2cd ROW: Sl st in first 2 sts, ch 1, sc in next st, h dc in next st, dc in next 5 sts, dec 1 dc 7 times, dc in next 5 sts, h dc in next st, sxc in next 2 sts, turn. INSTEP - 3rd ROW: Sl st in first 2 sts, ch 1, sc in next st, h dc in nect st, dc in next 2 sts, dec 1 dc 6 times, dc in next 2 sts, h dc in next 2 sts, h dc in next st, sc in next 2 sts, ch 3, turn. INSTEP - 4th ROW: Skip first st, dc in next 2 sts, dec 1 dc 6 times, dc in next 3 sts, ch 1, turn. INSTEP - 5th ROW: Dec 1 sc 5 times (10 sts worked over); turn, sl st in first st of row. Break Off INSTEP - 6th ROW: Withr ight side facing you, attach contrasting color at beg of instep and work 21 sc along edge. Break Off. INSTEP - 7th ROW: Attach main color in first sc of last row, * work p, skip next sc, sc in next sc. Repeat from * across. Break Off. SOLE TRIM: See General Directions. TIES: See General Directions EMBROIDERY: Following GIF fr placment, work french knots in 2 colors on instep.