Crochet Butterfly Booties

Crochet these easy Crochet Butterfly Booties with basic stitches and bulky yarn. This free crochet pattern works up in a flash!

I love making baby booties and have several free patterns for them you can find on the blog here.

These were a bit different for me because they use bulky yarn, when I usually use a DK weight. I wanted to make something a little faster than my normal booties and I really wanted to try the Lion Brand Color Made Easy yarn, so I decided these were just the thing!

If you’ve been around the blog for a while you know that I have four boys (and the youngest is 2 1/2 now!), but I still can’t help designing sweet little baby girl things. Right now I don’t have any friends expecting girls, so I’ll just save these sweet booties for the future!

This is a very easy pattern that will work up very quickly. If you’re looking for a relaxing afternoon crochet project, you’ve found it. If you haven’t made booties before, don’t worry – they are not hard at all!

Once you make the sole, you crochet in the back loop to begin working on the body of the shoe – no technical shaping required.

As I mentioned above, I really wanted to try out the Color Made Easy yarn. It has so many wonderful colors to choose from, it’s affordable, and it’s a bulky weight, which means it works up quickly.

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What You’ll Need

Yarn: Lion Brand Color Made Easy, Bulky (5) Weight (100% Acrylic; 247 yards [226 meters]/200 grams): #141 Pink Lemonade (MC, 1 ball), #158 Turmeric (CC1, 1 ball), #178 Malachite (CC2, 1 ball)

Hook: US size K/10.5 (6.5 mm)

Notions: Tapestry needle, stitch markers

Skill Level: Easy

Size: 0-6 (6-12) months, 3.5 (4)” sole length

Gauge: 14 sts and 16 rows = 4” [10 cm] in sc

Special Stitches

Bobble St: (Yo, insert hook into ring, yo, pull up lp, yo, pull through 2 lps) 3 times, yo, pull through 4 lps on hook.

Notes

To work an invisible join when joining sc: Cut yarn and pull through center of last st made. Do NOT fasten off the regular way. Insert hook from right to left in 2nd st to left and pull yarn through. Insert hook from right to left in the middle of the last st made (the one you pulled the yarn through initially) and pull yarn down through the middle of this st. Check out this video tutorial for help!

Rounds are not joined unless noted.

Place stitch marker in first st of each round to keep track.

If only one number is given that number applies to both sizes.

Pattern

Sole

With MC, ch 8 (10).
Rnd 1: Work 3 sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next 2 (3) ch, hdc in next 2 ch, dc in next 1 (2) ch, 5 dc in last ch. Working on opposite side of ch, dc in next 1 (2) ch, hdc in next 2 ch, sc in next 2 (3) ch. (18 (22) sts)

Rnd 2: Work 2 sc in each of next 3 sts, sc in next 5 (7) sts, 2 sc in each of next 5 sts, sc in next 5 (7) sts. (26 (30) sts)

Body

Rnd 1: With MC, sc in back loop only of each st around. (26 (30) sts)
Rnd 2: (Sc in next st, sc2tog) twice, sc in next 6 (7) sts, hdc2tog, (dc3tog) twice, hdc2tog, sc in next 4 (7) sts. (25 (29) sts)

Left Bootie Strap

Row 1: Turn, ch 1, sc in next 2 sts, turn. (2 sts)

Rows 2-10: Ch 1, sc in next 2 sts, turn.

Fasten off.

Right Bootie Strap

Make invisible join.

Join MC on opposite side.

Row 1: Ch 1, sc in same st and next. (2 sts)

Rows 2-10: Ch 1, sc in next 2 sts, turn.

Fasten off.

Butterfly

With CC1, ch 4.

Rnd 1: Join with slip st to first ch to form ring.

Rnd 2: (Ch 2, bobble st, ch 2, sl st) twice in ring, (ch 1, sc, sl st) twice in ring.

Fasten off.

Wrap CC3 tightly around as seen in photos and tie at top, leaving ends as antennae.

Finishing

Sew Straps in place with butterflies on top, using photos as a guide.

Weave in ends.

That’s it!! Told ya these were easy. 😉

View all of my Free Crochet Patterns here.

Happy Crocheting!
Amanda