Albita de Plata works her magic again! This time, she surprises us with a beautiful baby set, including booties and a bib in the sweetest pastel color. Who can resist such cuteness?

YOU WILL NEED:

Caricia Primavera 019 (1 skein) 3 mm needle Yarn needle Sewing needle and thread Scissors Buttons (4 units)

STITCHES

CH - Chain SL ST - Slip Stitch SC - Single Crochet HDC - Half Double Crochet DC - Double Crochet DEC - Decrease J - whenever J accompanies the abbreviation, it indicates that those stitches are worked together.

HOW TO MAKE THE ALFONSO LOVE SET?

SIZE: Newborn (0-3 months) BOOTIES *Close all rounds with sl st and chain 1 to start a new round. The first stitch of the next round is worked into the same stitch where the previous round was closed. SOLE: 1. 10ch 2. 2hdc in one st (in 2nd ch from hook) - 7hdc - 6hdc in one st 7hdc - 2hdc 3. 2hdc in one st x2 - 7hdc - 2hdc in one st x6 - 7hdc - 2hdc in one st x2 4. (2hdc in one st - 1hdc) x2 - 7hdc - (2hdc in one st - 1hdc) x6 - 7hdc - (2hdc in one st - 1hdc) x2 BODY: 5. 44hdc 6. 44sc 7. 13sc - (1hdc dec - 2sc) x5 - 1hdc dec - 9sc 8. 16sc - 1hdc dec - 4dc dec - 1hdc dec - 10sc 9. 1sc - 2sc dec - 11sc - 3dc dec - 10sc 10. Edging round: sl st - ch all around the edge FLAP: 1. 14ch 2. 3dc together (in 3rd ch from hook) - 10dc - 6dc together - 10dc - 3dc together *Sew a button on the flap with needle and yarn. Attach the flap to the bootie. BIB TRIANGLE: Start: 2ch - 3sc in one st (in 2nd ch from hook). Ch 1 and turn. (3) 1. 2sc in one st - 3sc in one st - 2sc in one st. Ch 1 and turn. (7) 2. 2sc in one st - 2sc - 3sc in one st - 2sc - 2sc in one st. Ch 2 and turn. (11) 3. 2hdc in one st - 4hdc - 3hdc in one st - 4hdc - 2hdc in one st. Ch 2 and turn. (15) 4. 2hdc in one st - 6hdc - 3hdc in one st - 6hdc - 2hdc in one st. Ch 1 and turn. (19) 5. 2sc in one st - 8sc - 3sc in one st - 8sc - 2sc in one st. Ch 1 and turn (23) 6. 2sc in one st - 10sc - 3sc in one st - 10sc - 2sc in one st. Ch 2 and turn (27) 7. 2hdc in one st - 12hdc - 3hdc in one st - 12hdc - 2hdc in one st. Ch 2 and turn. (31) 8. 2hdc in one st - 14hdc - 3hdc in one st - 14hdc - 2hdc in one st. Ch 1 and turn. (35) 9. 2sc in one st - 16sc - 3sc in one st - 16sc - 2sc in one st. Ch 1 and turn. (39) 10. 2sc in one st - 18sc - 3sc in one st - 18sc - 2sc in one st. Ch 2 and turn. (43) 11. 2hdc in one st - 20hdc - 3hdc in one st - 20hdc - 2hdc in one st. Ch 2 and turn. (47) 12. 2hdc in one st - 22hdc - 3hdc in one st - 22hdc - 2hdc in one st. Ch 1 and turn. (51) 13. 2sc in one st - 24sc - 3sc in one st - 24sc - 2sc in one st. Ch 1 and turn. (55) 14. Work sl st - ch all around the edge of the triangle. TOP PART AND STRAPS: 15. 2sc in the last st of round 14 (now there should be 3sc in that st). Sc all along the top of the triangle (41) 16. 16ch (first strap). (16) 17. Hdc in 2nd ch from hook, then 1hdc in each st (56) (15 sts in the chain of the strap and 41 in the triangle) 18. Build the second strap by making 16ch. (16) 19. At the end of this row, we will form the buttonholes. 1sc in 2nd ch from hook, 14sc in the chain of row 18, 41sc in the triangle, 6sc (already on the strap), 1ch, skip one st, 3sc, 1ch, skip one st and 4sc. (15+41+6+1ch+3+1ch+4) 20. Sc in each st. (71) 21. 2sc in the same st as the last st of round 20. 14hdc in the bottom part of the chain of the strap (2+14). Join with sl st to the triangle piece. 22. Sl st - ch all around this strap, the top of the bib, and the other strap. FINISHING: Embroider the edge of each buttonhole with long stitches to differentiate them from the rest of the fabric and sew the buttons at the end of the other strap. *Part of this pattern is inspired by the "Wheya Dribble Bib" by Sharling Crochet. You can see her pattern here: https://www.sarling.com/wheya-bib/

FINAL RESULT