Common Abbreviations
- st = stitch
- sl st= slip stitch
- ch = chain
- chs = chains
- sc = single crochet
- hdc = half double crochet
- dc = double crochet
- sl st = slip stitch
- trc = treble crochet
- dtrc = double treble crochet
- dec = decrease
- inc = increase
- cl = cluster
Materials Needed
Sandals take approximately ½ ounce (13 grams) of Size # 5 cotton crochet Green thread and scraps for Purple Flowers and inside Pink border. Size D/3 (3.25 mm) crochet hook used.
Hint: In place of #5 thread – you can use craft thread – which is used to make woven bracelets or embroidery floss. I find it is sometimes easier to find small amounts of these two items in the colors called for.
Special Stitches
Beginning Cluster- bcl: Ch 2, yo hook and insert in stich indicated. Yo and draw loop through. (3 loops on hook.)Yo hook and pull through 2 loops on hook. (2 loops left on hook.) Yo and insert hook where indicated. Yo again and pull up another loop. (4 loops on hook.) Yo and pull through 2 loops on hook. (3 loops left on hook. Yo and draw through all 3 loops on hookl
Cluster – cl: Yo hook and insert in st indicated, yo hook Pull loop up (3 loops on hook) yo and draw through 2 loops on hook. (2 loops left.) Yo hook and insert in same space. Pull up a loop. (4 loops on hook.) Yo and draw through 2 loops on hook. (3 loops on hook.) Yo hook and insert in same space. Pull up a loop. (5 loops on hook.) Yo and draw through 2 loops on hook. (4 loops on hook.) Yo and draw though all 4 loops on hook.
Large Flower – Make 2
With lavender thread and size B hook, ch 7, join tost sc to form a ring.
Rnd 1: (In ring make, ch 3, trc, ch 3 and sl st back into ring) 7 times. End off and weave in ends. Set aside.
Small Flower – Make 2
With lavender thread and size B hook, ch 5, join to first sc to form a ring.
Rnd 1: Ch 2, sc in 2nd ch from hook. Ch 2, Note: this is where you will join the small flower to the large flower. Draw loop through any trc on the large flower and sc in 2nd ch from hook. The 2nd ch from the hook is where you will do all your petal work.
(Ch 3, sc in 2nd ch from hook) 2 times. End with, ch 3, sl st into first sc made. End off and weave in ends. Begin working on top of foot piece
Rnd 1: Note: This round only is worked into the back loop only of the flower piece. Attach pink thread, with a sl st, to the first trc on large flower to the left of the small flower joining.
Ch 1, sc in same st. (ch 4, sc in next trc on large flower) 5 times. Ch 4, sc in 2nd ch of first free petal on small flower.
Ch 2, sc in 1st ch of next ch-3 petal on small flower. Ch 6, sc in 3rd ch of same petal. Ch 4 sc in the 2nd ch of the next petal. Ch 4, join to the first sc made with a sl st.
Rnd 2: Sl st into first loop, ch 1, (make 6 sc in next loop) 6 times. Make 3 sc in next loop. In end loop make, (3 sc, ch 7, 3 sc.) Make 3 sc in next loop. Make 6 sc in last loop. Join to first sc with sl st. End off and weave in end.
Attach Green thread in top of ch-7 loop with a sl st. Make a beginning cluster in loop. Ch 3, make another cl in same loop. (Ch 3, skip 1 sc on piece, make a cl in the next sc) 5 times. (Ch 4, skip 2 sc on piece, make a cl in the next sc) once. (Ch 7, skip 2 sc on piece, make a cl in the next sc. – Mark this ch-7 loop.) (Ch 3, skip 2 sc on piece, make a cl in the next sc) 4 times. (Ch 7, skip 2 sc on piece, make a cl in the next sc. – Mark this ch-7 loop.) (Ch 4, skip 2 sc on piece, make a cl in the next sc) once. (Ch 3, skip 2 sc on piece, make a cl in the next sc) 5 times. Ch 3, make a cluster in the first ch-7 loop. Ch 3, join to tip of first cluster made with a sl st.
Toe piece: Ch 21 sl st back into joining. End off and weave in end.
Ties
Attach thread in center of marked ch-7 loop with a sl st. Ch 63. Make 3 dc in 4th ch from hook. End off and weave in end.