I did purchase the Seahorse Barefoot Sandal Pattern and complete them. The stitches were hard and I chose to use a sparkly thread which was a disaster as it kept bunching up and twisting or the shiny part would break. I pulled apart and redid it a dozen times and it took me weeks, not hours. I can not be defeated by some damned seahorses.
In my search for a pattern I found DachuksB beautiful Ivory Sandals. Actually, I found them on AliExpress. If you've not heard of them, they steal your photos from your Etsy shop, they tell people the pattern belongs to them and they sell it and make the money. In this case, Dace is from Latvia and the AliExpress says they're made and sold by someone in China. Even if they do sell only what they make from the pattern they purchased, they still stole photos from the original owner. As a general rule, just don't buy from AliExpress. I messaged Dace and let her know and turns out most of her work is on their site. :(
Anyway, her Ivory Sandals gave me an idea for a pair of sandals. Dual small flowers with a larger flower in the back. I got to work and after a couple of days came up with this. You are welcome to sell whatever you make from this. I'd love for you to point folks back here but it's not necessary. I don't have to worry about anyone stealing the image, it sucks. I took it in my bathroom where there was poor lighting but this was the pair I made for my friend. I hope the pattern makes sense. If you have problems, comment and I'll get ya fixed up. :)
Color 1 was a white crochet thread
Color 2 was a teal crochet thread
Color 3 was a light minty green crochet thread
D hook
THINGS TO KNOW:
on each flower and the beginning toe
loop be sure you leave a long tail to tie together/weave in at the
end
picot - chain 3, slip stitch to first
chain
Small Flower (color1)
--ch3, loop
--chain 3, sc (5x)
--sl st in 3 ch loop, chain 2, dc, tr,
ch1, tr, dc, ch2, sl st in same st
do one for each 3 ch loop.
(two for each foot for a total of 4
small flowers)
sl st and tie off leaving a tail to
attach to other flower and chain.
Large Flower (color2)
--chain 3, ml
--chain 1, 10 sc in ring
--ch1, in first st (sc, ch5, sc, ch1),
skip next stitch and repeat () 5x
--ch 1, in first st (sc, hdc, 2dc, 2tr,
Picot, 2tr, 2dc, hdc, sc), sl st in the next st and repeat () in the
next ch 5 spaces
sl st and tie off leaving a tail to
attach to other flower and chain.
(you'll need two large flowers)
Using long string of the small flower
and your needle, pull the small and large flowers together and either
stitch a couple of times to tighten or pull string through and tie
flowers together. Put aside.
Toe Loop (color3)
Chain 26, sl st into a ring
Chain 2, sl st on the reverse side of
the flower (anywhere around the center will do, one on the top and
bottom of the circle, just to secure it to the chain)
Chain 14, as with the small flower, sl
st onto the bottom of the flower combo (do this between two petals so
that the top of the flower will be a point of on petal)...stitch from
bottom to top of the flower with sl st or cut a long tail and stitch
toward the top
Tie off, leave a long string.
Again starting with a long tail on one
of the two top side petals, sl st and then 2sc in 2nd or 3rd stitcch from the end Picot and chain
136 (the long tail you can weave back to the center for tying off
with the others and weaving/trimming)
Do the same on the other side
With the sides done you can knot them
and leave them alone or you can pull the last loop out, wrap string
around your finger and last loop 3+ times then sc around for a fancy ring similar to those on Dace's link above. Leave a tail long enough to weave all the way around the ring and trim off. Wrap once
around the ankle and tie in the back like a shoelace.
1Hr ½ or so to make the pair
