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Tatted Barefoot Sandals

Tatted Barefoot Sandals
If you've mastered the tatted flower instructable and the Fluerette necklace, you have all the skills you need to make these barefoot sandals.

These sandals use the same pattern as The Queen's Feet Barefoot sandals available in my etsy shop.

You will need basic needle tatting experience easily learned in my other instructables including the double stitch(ds), picots(p), rings(r), chains(ch) and joining as well as Josephine chains and basic crochet.

This design uses size 10 crochet cotton,  a size 5 tatting needle and a size 7 or 8 crochet hook.

The laws of Copyright Protection permit this tutorial to be used for personal use only. Reselling for profit is prohibited.
 
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Step 1The Center Clover

The Center Clover
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Make two center rings, one for each sandal:

The pattern is 4 rings of 5ds, p, 3ds, 9p sep by 3ds, p, 5ds close join each ring together by the 1st and 11th picot.

To join the first and fourth rings together for the center motif, first I make the last ring up to the final join, then I pull those stitches off the needle being careful to not pull the thread all the way through. Then I use a crochet hook to make the join and work the last stitches. Pull those stitches through, finish and close the ring. See the photos for details.
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26 comments
Feb 1, 2012. 4:00 PMsplatterpunked says:
I'm very appreciative of you posting the pattern and instructions for these lovely sandals. I learned tatting just because I saw these and wanted them! lol Here is my first attempt at them .... =)
Jan 18, 2012. 1:45 PMbeckywlms says:
how in the world do you get the pdf to download.
Aug 14, 2011. 10:00 AMTanjaQ says:
Wow, can't wait to make these!
Jul 21, 2011. 8:06 PMhtonks says:
Love this- but no idea what tatting is :D
Jul 19, 2011. 6:29 PMsmccarty says:
PLEASE upload a tutorial on youtube??
Mar 13, 2011. 8:42 AMmdeblasi1 says:
What's that????
Oh.
The sound of a thousand foot fetishists suddenly, simultaneously, becoming apoplectic.
Apr 29, 2011. 8:54 AMkiete5 says:
Too true, too true. It helps that she has such beautiful, clean feet though. Makes this 'able alot more intriguing...
Mar 14, 2011. 10:42 PMchaitanyak says:
wow thats really beautiful!
i tried knitting and crochet a long time ago.. so i know this requires talent and patience :)

Mar 14, 2011. 1:23 PMdragonbtv says:
a woman with dexterous hands is more sexy
Mar 14, 2011. 1:07 PMcanida says:
Those are gorgeous!
Mar 13, 2011. 10:05 PMpaiwayne says:
Wau! So beautiful.
Mar 13, 2011. 3:28 PMamericangirlhood says:
Wow, I had seen tatting done at county fairs by Amish women, but never thought to take up the craft until I saw this!
Mar 13, 2011. 2:41 PMdzheleznyak says:
SeXy feet.
Mar 13, 2011. 1:24 PMretired2AZ says:
Oh, you really mean tatted. I was afraid they were tattooed when I saw the title! Nice work.
Mar 13, 2011. 9:47 AMmaxm2820 says:
Wow, you are beyond talented. I have to say that your stuff is probably the first time I have been able to point to something and say "I would love to give/receive that as a gift. there are only so many scarves and amigurumi people need after all! :) Thank you for helping me thing outside of the box!!! :) :)
Mar 13, 2011. 9:07 AMglaisin says:
Tres jolie! Nice LSTs(Long Second Toes), too!
Mar 13, 2011. 8:23 AMCrystalEyez says:
i love your work. Thanks to you I have been teaching myself how to needle tat and even bought some real tatting needles online and some pattern books.

One question I have though, is how do you come up with your patterns?
Mar 13, 2011. 3:58 AMcheesepuff04 says:
Wow, sexy.
Mar 11, 2011. 4:43 PMRossyta says:
Hey, first of all what a wonderful work you do! I have always liked this kind of things I can say that I'm good at knitting but I've never ever known how to make the needle tatting, it's very confusing for me to understand since I am not an English speaker and there's special vocabulary for knitting which I don't understand. So I'll still trying as hard as I can to get it.

Thank you so much for your instructable.
Mar 11, 2011. 2:28 PMTheRoaringNacho says:
I've been lookin for a good pattern for these, and this is just the ticket. Awesome!
Can't wait til the pattern tans onto the top of my feet... heheh
Mar 10, 2011. 7:27 PMLithium Rain says:
Wow, how pretty! Bookmarked as something to try when I get a chunk of free time. :)

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I'm a tattooed needle tatter, a stay at home mom and a homeschooler. I sell my work on etsy. I hope to offer a few patterns more here as I get the time. You can also follow me on twitter as TotusMel a...
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