Baby Booties are great fun to make and are very rewarding. Using a little yarn and a great deal of love, wonderful little booties can be made which will keep baby's feet snuggly warm and cozy. There are a mass of free crochet patterns available, and crochet really lends itself to booties - no messing around with double pointed needles, or complicated stitchery! Take a look at the patterns on the fabulous Crochet Pattern Central for some ideas.

However an even easier way to make a pair of booties is to make a simple square and cunningly fold it into a bootie!

This is very easy to do and can simply be made from a square crocheted in Single Crochet. For a bit of variation the square can be worked in different colored or textured yarns in stripes or other shapes. The bootie in the picture has been made using a mitered square. Mitered squares are often referred to withing knitting - however this technique also works well in crochet and by either increasing or decreasing in the center of each row.

INSTRUCTIONS
These booties are very easy to make in a variety of sizes. Simply measure the foot and add on half an inch. Use this as the size of the sides of your square. Make two identical squares.

To make up - fold the square in half from corner to corner to make a triangle. One of the sides will be the base of the foot, the other will partly form the back and then the rest left open for the foot hole. Take a look at the picture opposite to see how they are formed. Whilst the picture is of knitting - the principle is exactly the same for crochet.

Decorate the booties as you wish - perhaps with a little pompom on the toes, or a crochet bobble (take a look at the crochet bobble project here.

Other ways of using Crochet Squares,

There are many clever ways of using crocheted squares. A great idea for using a square to make a cute bunny is shown here. The pattern is for a knitted rabbit - however as it is cleverly made from a single square it works equally well with a square tightly crocheted using Single Crochet.

Do you have any other interesting and different ways to use crocheted squares? Do let us know as we always love to hear new things!