How to Make Beaded-Crochet Flip-Flops
You can add a little pizazz to your flip-flops by crocheting with beads around the bands that hold the sandals on your feet. A colorful novelty yarn with pretty fly-aways or ribbon mixed in will also add a dash of color to complement the beads. Plastic beads will work best for beaded-crochet flip-flops, not only because they come with holes big enough to thread yarn through, but because they can sustain the abuse a pair of flip-flops takes during wear.
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Things You'll Need
- Colorful novelty yarn
- Yarn needle
- Large-hole plastic or acrylic beads, or pony beads, in different colors
- Crochet hook size K
- Craft foam or rubber flip-flops
- Scissors
Instructions
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String the beads on the yarn in any order you like. A yarn needle on the end of the yarn will make this task easier.
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Make a slipknot at the end of the yarn, and place the knot on your crochet hook to begin crocheting.
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Hold the yarn over the top of the flip-flop band, starting at the right-hand edge. Slide the crochet hook under the band and catch the yarn in the hook to pull up a loop, towards yourself, in front of the band.
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Wrap the yarn around the hook once for a yarn over, and pull the yarn through both loops on the hook to complete a single crochet stitch around the flip-flop band.
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Repeat step 3 to begin a new stitch to the left of the previous one, but this time push a bead on the yarn up against the hook after you catch the yarn to pull up a loop.
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Hold the the bead against the hook as you repeat step 4 to complete the single crochet stitch.
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Repeat steps 3 through 6 randomly across the flip-flop band until it is covered with single crochet stitches and beads. You do not need to add a bead to every stitch, but you can if you like.
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Fasten off when you reach the end of the band on the left side of the flip-flop. Repeat all steps for the second flip-flop.
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Tips & Warnings
A novelty yarn such as Fun Fur or a confetti yarn will add additional color and texture to your beaded-crochet flip-flop design.
