I am so excited to share this with you!
A few months ago, I received an email from Brianna Thomas asking me if I would be interested in designing a pattern with her; exclusively for Furls. I of course, jumped at the chance!
Bri emailed me her design idea – a beautifully hand-drawn image of a pair of strawberry baby booties.
Bri’s vision for these booties was so unique – she wanted one to showcase the strawberry flower bloom and the second to be the sweet strawberry. She wanted the baby booties to have a wrap-around white satin ribbon tie to hold them in place when worn.
It was my job to create the crochet pattern to match Bri’s vision of the baby booties as closely as possible.
I always love a challenge and this was no exception!
I created the crochet pattern using a Bloodwood (4.5 mm) Alpha Series Crochet Hook from Furls and multiple colours of Berroco Weekend Yarn (Reddy, Daisy, Lemon, Forest). The yarn is spectacular to crochet with (so soft and smooth!) and the Berroco Colours are so vibrant and bright.
It was an absolute pleasure to crochet with the Berroco Yarn and Furls Bloodwood Crochet Hook.
The booties are worked in continuous rounds and I provided a number of tutorial photos for the bits you might need a visual to understand – like where to attach the ribbon to the slipper base.
The Sweet as Strawberry Baby Booties Pattern is available in one size: 6-12 month and you can get your free pdf copy of this pattern from Furls here: Free Furls Patterns
I am very pleased with how the booties turned out and I love seeing the adorable model wearing them – she looks so happy in her photo shoot photos!
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the pattern after you download it from Furls. I would be happy to help!
Rhondda says
Hi Ashley – an invisible join does not add any extra stitches – it simply replaces the top loops of a stitch and mimics an existing stitch. So you would only have 41 stitches. Here’s a tutorial: https://oombawkadesigncrochet.com/2014/09/invisible-join-technique.html All the best, Rhondda
Help says
I’m really confused….End of row three gives a stitch count of 41 but it says to finish with an invisible join, which adds a stitch. And then the rest of the pattern relies on having 41 stitches, not 42…
Rhondda says
Hi Christy, Yes you are correct. The instructions are correct but the total at the end of R1 should indicate 23 stitches. I double checked R2 and the written instructions do follow 23 stitches as well, which provides you with the correct stitch count of 33 at the end of R2. I apologize the total number of stitches was indicated incorrectly at the end of R1. Thank you for letting me know! Rhondda
Christy Wilson says
Rhondda,
Hi again! I keep getting 23 stitches at the end of row 1, but the pattern shows I should have 21. What could I be doing wrong?
Rhondda says
Hi Christy, The seeds are just hand-stitched with white yarn and a yarn needle. You are right, I do not think that was included in the crochet instructions. I apologize for this! I hope this helps and have fun making the booties! All the best, Rhondda
Christy says
Hello! These are precious! How does one do the “seeds”? I don’t see that on the instructions. Maybe it’s self-evident? I’m a new crocheter so I might’ve missed it. Can you help, please? 🙂
Rhondda says
Hi Ranee, The link is working but since I designed this pattern so long ago, you need to scroll to the very bottom of the page to find it. I cannot link to it directly because it is a file that is hosted on their site so you will need to scroll to the bottom of the linked page to get the full pattern. The link to all the patterns where you will find mine is here: https://furlscrochet.com/pages/free-crochet-patterns#oid=1013 Thanks, Rhondda
Ranee Leblanc says
I was not able to find this pattern when I clicked on the link. Can you help me figure out why I couldn’t find it? Thanks!
Nickeycole says
These are perfect to go with the strawberry beanies my day care kiddos love so much. Thank you for sharing this adorable pattern.
Joan says
These are just to adorable! My daughter is having twins and these will be perfect for the girl!
Rhondda says
Hi Sylvia,
You are very welcome 🙂
The booties actually are designed with a crochet loop at the heel to allow you to thread the ribbon through at the back of the ankle and you can cut and tie just enough to tie around the ankle once – you don’t need a large length to wrap around the leg. You can choose the length and even the thickness of the ribbon to work for you…or alternately you could crochet a tie with yarn instead 🙂 You could add a strap across the top of the foot instead too if you prefer – with a button on the ankle on either (or even both sides). I think you could weave a ribbon between the stitches directly beneath the leaves around the foot too if you wanted and use it to cinch at the back of the slipper to hold the booties in place.
Hope this helps 🙂 Rhondda
Sylvia says
Thanks Rhondda for this lovely pattern, is there a link to Furls re the actual yarn, please?
Also, is there any other way of attaching the ribbon, so it doesn’t actually go up Baby’s leg, as I find these types of ties tend to end up around Baby’s ankles…lol…great for the pics, but not very practical for Mum….
I think I would like a little more bootee length & maybe some tiny holes where the ribbon could be slotted through….maybe not to the designers brief exactly, but eminently more practical, methinks!
I am very grateful for the pattern, though, and beautifully interpreted from the design! You are so talented.
Peace and Love dear Rhondda…
Sylvia from Sydney Australia! xx
Misty says
I can’t see where to comment on the other page so I’ll leave my comment here. I’ve followed for a long time now and enjoy all your posts but have found a couple that I must have missed. Like these adorable strawberry booties and the picket fence stitch. Now all I need is a baby to make them for! Thank you!
Rhondda says
Thank you Melissa 🙂 I’m happy you like them!
Melissa says
Rhondda, these are so adorable!! Thank you for sharing!!