Fancy giving an old pair of sandals a new lease of life? With just a few clever tricks and some overlapping crochet chains you can transform some old footwear into some fab embellished crochet sandals - perfect for the festival season! This crochet sandals free pattern will give you some fun ideas on how to embellish your sandals with a bit of creative crochet, but if your sandals are of a different style or size you can still use this free pattern as inspiration to customise your crochet sandals in your own way! Once you've finished off your crochet sandals, you can also pair them with this matching Free festival earrings crochet pattern!
You will need
Knit Picks Mighty Stitch, (20% superwash wool, 80% acrylic, 190m/100g) or alternative Aran yarn, 1 ball of each:
- Yarn A Pomegranate (26834)
- Yarn B Pucker (26809)
- Yarn C Orange (26817)
- Yarn D Alfalfa (26814)
- Yarn E Canary (26810)
- Yarn F Gulfstream (26827)
A pair of sandals with plastic or leather upper foot straps of approx 4cm (1½in) in width across the foot - see below for links!
We'd much rather you reuse an old pair of sandals for this free crochet sandals pattern, but if you can't find any then here's a few pairs that would be suitable for this embellishment project.
Womens faux leather slip-on sandals
Womens platform cross-strap lether sandals
Abbreviations
You can find a full list of all abbreviations we use in our abbreviations and conversions guide. This crochet sandals free pattern is written in UK terminology but you can easily convert it to US terms using the guide.
Free Embellished Crochet Sandals Pattern
Sandals
When you have decided which upper straps on the sandals you wish to decorate, use a leather punch to make holes on one of the smaller settings at 1cm (½in) intervals on each edge of the strap approx 0.5cm (¼in) from the edge. Add 6 holes close tog into each side of the ankle straps at the front using the image as a guide.
First Colour
With Yarn B and using the 1.5mm hook (or the largest hook which fits through the punched hole), pull yarn through the first hole on one side of the upper strap, change to 3.5mm hook and secure with a ss. Ch5, skip the hole on the other edge of the strap that is directly opposite the one just worked and dc in the adjacent hole, swapping to the smaller hook to secure the yarn through the hole if required. Using the 3.5mm hook, ch5, skip one hole on the opposite side and dc in the adjacent hole, swapping to the smaller hook to secure the yarn through the hole if required. Cont until you have worked all alternate holes on both sides of the strap. Fasten off.
Second Colour
Attach Yarn F to the first unused hole on one edge of the strap, work as for first colour into all available alternate holes. Fasten off. If the upper straps on your sandals are not 4cm (1½in) you can adapt the pattern by increasing or decreasing the number of chains worked as required.
Front Ankle Strap
Secure the first of your colours into the lowest hole and work a chain that is long enough to cross the front of your ankle. Secure into the lowest hole on the opposite side.
Using each of the other 5 colours work dc rows across, securing every row into holes on each side of the ankle strap.
To Finish
Embellish your sandal straps by adding a trimming of your choice sewn in position to underside of the strap.
Looking for more summer crochet patterns?
More crochet sandals patterns
If you can't get enough of the idea of making your own crochet sandals, be it making them from scratch or upcycling some old flip flops, here's some extra crochet sandals patterns and kits you might enjoy!
Ipanema Espadrilles crochet sandals kit
If you fancy hooking up some crochet sandals that you can wear all summer long, then you've gotta try this Ipanema Espadrilles kit from Wool and the Gang. It comes with absolutely everything you need to make them (including the soles), and is made with their fabulous Mixtape yarn made from upcycled T-shirt waste!
Buy it now from Wool and the Gang
Upcycled flip flop crochet pattern
We've all got a pair of old flip-flops hiding in the back of a cupboard, so why not dig them out and give them a crochet makeover with this fabulous upcycled flip flop crochet pattern by WhistleAndIvy. The crochet is worked over the existing straps so there's no tricky piercing of the soles, all you need is your yarn and a hook to turn those old flip flops from average to amazing!
Free barefoot sandals crochet pattern
If you like to feel the sand beneath your toes, then you could always try hooking up our free barefoot sandals crochet pattern by Cara Medus. This simple project is made from an easy motif and some clever chains, so you could easily hook up a pair in an afternoon!
Find the free barefoot sandals crochet pattern here
We hope you’ve enjoyed this free sandals crochet pattern, don’t forget if you need any help with your crochet stitches you can always check out our crochet for beginners guide. And if you’re looking to treat yourself, check out our list of the best crochet hooks and the best crochet kits for beginners.
