Crochet plush yarn booties

Shoes are light slippers that are put on the legs of newborns, and children under the age of one year. In the warm season, light openwork booties perform only a decorative function, while in winter and autumn, sewn from natural fur and leather, protect babies from the cold.

In most cases, future mothers knit booties for their children even while they are waiting for their birth. Particular attention is paid to the choice of yarn, because the skin of infants is very delicate, and if the yarn “bites”, the child will be nervous and capricious. A soft and soft plush yarn is best suited for these purposes.

Crocheted plush yarn booties: design features

Plush yarn, which is most correctly called chenille, has many positive qualities, for which most needlewomen appreciate it. Its main advantage is the softness and tenderness of knitted products that can be worn by newborn children and people who cannot tolerate the touch of a natural or synthetic pile on the body. In addition, plush:

  • very light;
  • well suited for knitting embossed patterns;
  • very warm;
  • universal that allows you to use it to create children's things, toys, outerwear and interior accessories;
  • It is presented in a wide variety of color shades.

Getting started on plush booties, you must consider the following features of their creation and recommendations:

  • Before starting work, you need to determine the purpose of the slippers: whether they will be used for home wear or for excursions. In addition, it is worth considering that in too tight booties it will be hot in the summer and, conversely, in thin booties it will be cold in winter.
  • Today there are many schemes for creating children's slippers of such a plan in the form of bags, shoes or sneakers. The main thing is that the child in them should be comfortable, warm and safe.
  • It is not worth decorating booties connected for children, which can already reach with their hands to their feet, with small decorative ornaments, as the baby can tear and swallow them.
  • It is better to refuse internal seams, as they can cause irritation on delicate skin.
  • Knitted slippers should not be too “on the foot”, the fingers of the crumbs should remain in free movement.

Advice! Knitting home or street slippers for newborns from plush yarn is most convenient for knitting. For the hook, these threads are too soft.

If the choice still fell on the hook, it is better to use large tools.

Crocheted booties for newborns from plush yarn: diagram and description

If you are going to knit booties from plush threads for a child, you must first stock up on the yarn itself. For things that children will wear, it is best to buy threads from the following well-known and trusted manufacturers:

  • Alize. The Alize company produces two lines of plush threads: Softi and Puffy. The first species has a delicate pile, the second - consists of lush columns.
  • YarnArt. Like Alize, it produces two plush lines - Dolce and Velor. Between themselves, they differ in the density of the thread.
  • "Vita Fanance." The yarn from Vita Fanse, although it bears the name “Plush, ” is still more reminiscent of mahra in structure.

After the yarn is bought, you can begin to work. For the first time, it is better to tie a simple model of booties in the form of boots with a drawstring hook.

Important! It is best to start knitting booties from the sole.

The process step by step:

  • On a hook gain 10 air loops (VP).
  • In the second loop from the hook, 8 single crochet columns (RLS) are knitted.
  • An increase of 4 sc is knocked into the extreme VP and knitting is continued on the reverse side of the resulting chain: 7 sc, an increase of 3 sc in the outer loop. As a result, 22 RLS should come out.
  • The finished sole is connected to the first column of the row.

Important! Knitting lead in rows, and not in a spiral.

  • You need to knit the main part according to the scheme below, in which each new row should begin with the VP and continue tying the sole along the oval. The rows should end with a connecting column (CC) in the first column of the row.

Scheme:

  • increase (PR) 7 PRS, 4 PR, 7 PRS, 3 PR - 30 PRS;
  • RLS, PR, 7SBN, RLS. PR x4, 7СБН, СБН. PR x3 - 38 sc;
  • the color of the thread changes to the main one;
  • 38 double crochets (PSSN) fixed to the back loop;
  • 8 PSSN, 9 decreases (UB), 12 PSSN - 29 PSSN;
  • 8 PSSN, 5 UB, 11 PSSN - 24 PSSN;
  • 9 PSSN, 2 UB, 11 PSSN - 22 PSSN;
  • alternating PSSN and VP, make holes for ties;
  • 22 PSSN;
  • a thread of a different color completes the process by tying the edge of the bootie with it.

Laces for ready-made and sewn booties are crocheted with a small hook by means of a set of 80 VP. So that the edges of the lace do not fray over time, they can be scorched with a match.

Options for decorating and complementing plush yarn booties

The choice of jewelry for baby booties primarily depends on the gender of the child for whom they were connected. Some useful ideas:

  • Slippers designed for girls can be decorated with ribbons, lace or beads. Booties look elegantly and festively as ties that use wide satin ribbons tied in lush bows. You can also decorate the baby’s first shoes with knitted elements - hearts, flowers or long bunny ears.
  • To decorate booties for boys, you can use buttons made in the form of boats or anchors. Muzzles of animals can be sewn onto the toes, which will later help in the development of attention and fine motor skills of the child.

A universal decoration option is considered to be ties with pompons. You can make them from yarn of the same color as the booties themselves or choose a different color from it.