Beach sandals

Here is my beach sandals’ pattern at last for those who asked me during my summer holiday. It is another version of the flip flop transformation.

I have added chain strings that can be tied around the ankle, because I found that some flip flops are looser around the foot bridge than others. This means that the triangle tends to bundle as you walk. The strings keep the triangles in position.

Hope you enjoy it.

Abbreviations (American crochet terminology): ch – chain stitch, cl – cluster, dc – doucle crochet, rnd – round, sc – single crochet, sp – space, ss – slip stitch

With 3 mm hook and Elle Premier Cotton DK, crochet 5 ch, ss in 1^st ch to form a ring.

Rnd 1: (1 sc, 5 ch) 6 times in ring, ss in 1^st sc.

Rnd 2: ss in 5 ch sp, (3 ch, 3 dc cl in 5 ch sp), 7 ch, [(4 dc cl in 5 ch sp), 7 ch] 5 times, ss in top of 1^st 4 dc cl.

Rnd 3: 3 ch, [(2 dc cl, 12 ch, 3 dc cl) in 7 ch sp, 3 ch, 5 dc in the next 7 ch sp, 3 ch], [(3 dc cl, 12 ch, 3 dc cl) in 7 ch sp, 3 ch, 5 dc in next 7 ch sp, 3 ch] twice, ss in top of 3 ch cl.

Rnd 4: 3 ch, (4 dc, 6 ch, 5 dc) in 12 ch sp, (1 dc, 1 ch, 1 dc) in the next 3 ch sp, skip 2 dc, (1 dc, 1 ch, 1 dc) in the next dc, (1 dc, 1 ch, 1 dc) in the next 3 ch sp, [(5 dc, 6 ch, 5 dc) in 12 ch sp, (1 dc, 1 ch, 1 dc) in the next 3 ch sp, skip 2 dc, (1 dc, 1 ch, 1 dc) in the next dc, (1 dc, 1 ch, 1 dc) in the next 3 ch sp] twice, ss in top of 3 ch.

Rnd 5 (crochet the sc in this round around flip flop straps, except for the bottom side): 3 ch, 1 sc in the next 4 dc, 3 sc around the right strap in the 6 ch sp, move to the other side, 3 sc around the strap in the same 6 ch sp, 1 sc in the next 5 dc, (1 sc in the next dc, 2 sc in the 1 ch sp, 1 sc in the next dc) 3 times, 1 sc in the next 5 dc, 3 sc in the 6 ch sp around the strap, crochet bottom side: 3 sc in same 6 ch sp, 1 sc in the next 5 dc, (1 sc in the next dc, 2 sc in the 1 ch sp, 1 sc in the next dc) 3 times, 1 sc in the next 5 dc, 3 sc in the next 6 ch sp, move to ther other side and around the strap: 3 sc in the same ch sp, 1 sc in the next 5 dc, (1 sc in the next dc, 2 sc in the 1 ch sp, 1 sc in the next dc) 3 times, ss in top of 3 ch. Fasten off.

Crochet two chain strings the length preferred and attach it to the two bottom corners of the triangle.