Baby Booties - Pussycat Bows 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: Pussycat Bows 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 PUSSYCAT BOWS Pattern: SOLE: See General Directions. HEEL AND INSTEP: See General Directions; then work heel and instep seperately. HEEL: See General Directions. Work 3rd row with contrasting thread. INSTEP - 1st ROW: With right side facing you, skip 3 dc after marked dc on heel and instep row.work heel and instep separately. Attach main color to next dc, ch 1, sc in same place. h dc in next 2 sts. dc in next 5 sts. dec ' dc worked over around h dc in next 2 sts. sc in next st; ch 1. turn. INSTEP - 2nd ROW: Sc in first st, h dc in next 2 sts. dc in next 3 sts, dec 1 dc 3 times, dc in next st. dec~ dc 3 times. dc in next 3 sts. h dc in next ~ St5, SC in neXt St; Ch 1, turn. INSTEP - 3rd ROW: Sc in first 3 sts. h dc in next 2 sts. dc in next st. dec 7 dc. dec 2 dc, dec 1 dc. dc in next st. h dc in next ~ sts. sc in sow with contrasting color, ch 10. Join with sl st to form ring. 1st md Ch 1, work 72 sc in ring; sl st in first sc. lnd row Ch 1. sc in same place as sl st. sc in next 2 sc: ch 1. turn. ~'ur:'n r%-~'h ~"=g~v~ ~os,ck i~ secacrn" K:siesxc'. 'scs~ncn"e:i 4 sc, 2 sc in last sc; ch 1, turn. INSTEP - 5th ROW: Work 2 sc in first sc. sc in next 6 sc. 2 sc in last sc: ch 1, turn. 6th row Sc in each sc across. Break INSTEP - 6th ROW: ~%. cSh~i~, 3scs~noSna~ne9blaatd%~hSCt:meaRex:o2n~,xT ch 1, turn. Repeat 3rd through 6th rows of other side of bow; ch 1, sc evenly around bow, working 3 sc in each corner. Break off. Sew bow to instep along instep edge and tack other corners of bow in place. FINISHING: With contrasting color. work row of sc along each side edge of bootie from corner of heel to corner of bow. TIES: See General Directions.