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How to Crochet Adorable Baby Work Boots — Complete Pattern for Newborn to 12 Months

Crochet baby work boots are a charming, practical project that makes a great gift or a cute addition to a baby’s wardrobe. This pattern uses worsted weight yarn in brown, tan and yellow to create a little boot with a folded cuff and a shoestring. The pattern includes multiple sizes from Newborn through 9–12 months and is written in US terms.

Keep gauge in mind and choose the hook size suggested for the size you’re making. The pattern assumes an intermediate skill level and uses common abbreviations listed below.

Crochet baby work boots are a quick weekend project and a lovely way to practice shaping, working in the back loop only (BLO) and creating small details like a tongue and cuff.

Finished crochet baby work boots in brown, tan and yellow — front view.

Materials:

Brown, Tan and Yellow worsted weight yarn
A yarn needle

Hook Size by Bootie Size

Newborn (3 mm hook): 3” (8cm)
0–3 months (E / 3.5 mm hook): 3.5″ (9cm)
3–6 months (G / 4 mm hook): 4″ (10cm)
6-9 months (G / 4 mm hook): 4.5″ (11cm)
9-12 months (Size 7 / 4.5 mm hook): 4.75″ (12cm)

Abbreviations:

ch – chain
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
sc dec – single crochet decrease
dc – double crochet
BLO – back loop only

Recommended skill level: Intermediate

Please note: This pattern is written in US Terms

Pattern Instructions (Newborn, 0-3 Months, 3-6 Months)

Sole (Worked in Rounds):

Ch 11 with tan yarn

Round 1: in the 4th loop from hook, make 6 dc sts, dc in the next 6 sts. In the last st make 8 dc sts, turn, dc in the next 6 sts, dc in last st, join with a sl st to the first top ch st.

Round 2: ch 3, dc in same st, work a dc inc in each of the next 6 sts, dc in the next 6 sts, work dc inc in the next 8 sts, dc in the next 6 sts, dc inc in the last st. Join with a sl st.

Round 3: ch 1, working in the BLO, make a sc st in each st around. Join with a sl st.

How to Crochet Adorable Baby Work Boots — Complete Pattern for Newborn to 12 Months

Sole worked in rounds — tan yarn showing stitch detail.

How to Crochet Adorable Baby Work Boots — Complete Pattern for Newborn to 12 Months

Body rounds in yellow and tan yarn — back-loop only row visible.

How to Crochet Adorable Baby Work Boots — Complete Pattern for Newborn to 12 Months

Early body shaping rounds forming the boot shape.

Body (Worked in Rounds):

Round 4: change to yellow ch 2, working in the BLO, hdc in each st around. Join with a sl st.

Round 5: ch 2, hdc in each st around. Join with a sl st.

Round 6: ch 1, sc in each of the next 20 sts, work 8 dc2tog in the next sts, sc in the last 7 sts. Join with a sl st.

Round 7: ch 1, sc in each of the next 20 sts, work 4 dc2tog in the next sts, sc in the last 7 sts. Join with a sl st.

How to Crochet Adorable Baby Work Boots — Complete Pattern for Newborn to 12 Months

Boot tongue and cuff construction in yellow and brown.

Round 8: ch 1, sc in each of the next 20 sts, work 2 hdc2tog in the next sts, then sc in the remaining sts. Join with a sl st.

Round 9: turn, sl st in the BLO of the next 5 sts, ch 2, turn, hdc in the next 25 sts, work the first and last hdc sts in the FLO.

Round 10-14: ch 2, turn, hdc in each st around.

Finish off and weave in the ends.

Boot Tong (Worked in Rows):

Row 1: using yellow yarn join yarn in the back loop, behind the edge of the shoe, where you worked in the front loop only. ch 2, hdc in the same st and in the next 5 sts, and in the BLO of the last st. (7 sts)

Row 2-5: ch 2, hdc in each st across, turn.

Finish off the yarn and weave in the ends.

Cuff (Worked in Rows):

Row 1: using brown yarn join to one side of the boot, working in the FLO, ch 6 sts, hdc in the 3rd ch from the hook, and in the next 3 sts. Join to the boot with a sl st, sl st in the next st, turn.

Row 2: hdc working in the BLO in each st across, ch 2, turn.

Row 3: hdc in the BLO in each st across the row. Join to the boot with a sl st, sl st in the next st. Turn.

Repeat rows 2 and 3 until you have worked your way all the way around the top of the boot. Finish off and weave in the ends of the yarn.

Make the Shoe String (Make 2)

To make the shoestring, you will simply create a tight chain in your desired length. Then finish off the chain, and weave it through the front of the boot as desired.

Pattern Instructions (6-9 Months & 9-12 Months)