Needless to say she has outgrown the booties, slippers, socks etc that I had made for her. Poor girl is forced to go out with just her little sockies on! How awful! I had a few minutes today so I went online looking for a pattern for a cute little shoe that I could make for her. Unfortunately, there are few out there and none I really wanted to make for her. Then I came across a pattern that I had used for some of her first shoes and thought, "I can adapt that!" So I did. The original pattern can be found at http://www.geocities.com/gossgirl2/fakemjs.htm and I have to say they work up really cute. I did Baby A's in brown and put a pink flower on the toe. They were adorable.
So here are my adjustments for 6-9 mo.
Baby A's
Mary Janes
You will need:
1 oz WW yarn
size J hook
tapestry needle
SOLE
Ch 10
R1 - 2 Hdc in 3rd ch from hook, hdc in next 6 chs, 6 hdc in last ch. Working on other side of chain, in free loops, HDC in next 6 chs. (3 HDC) in last ch. Join w/ sl st to beg ch. (24 sts)
R2 - CH 1, 2 hdc in same st. hdc in next 9 sts, (2 hdc in next st)3 times. Hdc in next 8 sts. (2 hdc in next st) 2 times. Join with sl st to first sc. (30 sts)
SIDES
R3 - (Working in back loops this rnd)Ch 2, Hdc in each st around. Join (30 sts)
R4 - Ch 2, hdc in same stitch and next 11 sts, (dc next 2 sts tog)3 times. Hdc in next 10 sts. Hdc next 2 sts tog. Join to first hdc. (26 stitches)
R5 - CH 1, sc in same st. sc in next 10 sts. DC 5 sts together as one--->[(YO, insert hook in next st, yo, pull up a loop, pull through 2 loops on hook)5 times. YO and pull through all loops on hook]. sc in next 10 sts. Join to first sc.
FOR STRAP
R6 - Ch 1, sc in same st. sc in next 6 sts. Ch *4*, sk next 10 sts. sc in last 5 sts. Join to first sc (16)
R7 - Ch 1, sc in same st. sc in all stitches around. Join (16) Fasten off.
There are some adorable embellishments for this shoe and the instructions are posted on the site of the original pattern. They include a lacey trim, a rose embellishment and a bow embellishment.