Baby Booties - Mary Janes General Instructions for soles of booties foolowed by Mary Jane shoe design attach. Sizes: Birth to 3 months Sole measures 3 1/2" long Materials: 1 ball of bedspread cotton (white only) or Ciats 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: Mary James 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 MARY JANES You will need 2 pearl buttons for instep straps. Only one color is used. SOLE: see general instructions above. INSTEP AND HEEL: See General Instructions and work 1st RND. 2nd RND with wrong side facing you, attach the thread to marked dc, ch 3 (work through both lps of each st in from now on), working around heel, dc in next 27 dc, h dc in next 3 dc, sc in next dc, dc in next 5 dc, dec 1 dc (See General Instructions) 7 times (toe), dc in next 5 dc, h dc in next 3 dc, sc in next 2 dc, h dc in next 2 dc, h dc in next 3 dc, join, chain 1, turn. INSTEP - 1st ROW: Sc in first 8 sts, h dc in next st, dc in next 2 sts, dec 1 twice, dec 2 dc once (toe), dec 1 dc twice, dc in next 2 sts, h dc in next st. sc in next 8 sts. Mark last st made. Break off. INSTEP - 2nd ROW: With right side facing you, attach thread to first h dc made on last row, sc in same place, h dc in next 2 sts, dc in next 5 sts (front edge of instep), h dc in next 2 sts, sc in next sc. Break off. HEEL: With right side facing you, attach thread to dc after marked sc on first row of instep, ch 3 dc in next 27 dc around heel. FINISHING RND: Work completely around bootie as follows: Sc in next sc (side of bootie), (ch 3, sl st in 3rd ch from hook for p, skip next st) 7 times, sc in next 7 sc (side of bootie), sc in ch-3 of heel row, (work p, skip next st, sc in next st) 14 times. Do not break off but work strap as follows: STRAP: Ch 17, dc in 4th ch from hook and in next 4 ch, ch 1, skip next st on side of bootie. Break Off. Work other bootie in same manner, but break off at the end of finishing RND, attach thread on other side and make strap. Sew on Buttons.