Coachella Boots – Free Crochet Shoe Pattern with Flip Flop Soles

Whether you’re headed to Coachella or your local concert in the park, this crochet boots pattern for adults will complete your boho-inspired outfits all season long! The free pattern is below or you can purchase the ad-free PDF with printable hole-poking guide here.

This crochet boots with flip flop soles pattern is a collaboration with my friends at Lion Brand Yarn. This post contains affiliate links.

If a gladiator sandal and a Fry boot had a baby, I think it might look something like these Coachella Boots with flip flop soles. They’re airy and lacy like crochet sandals, but they offer the style impact of boots. Sounds like a win to me.

It’s about this time every year that my inner free spirit comes out and I can’t get enough bohemian everything. And there’s really no modern day event that encapsulates bohemian style better than Coachella, the music festival in California next month. (If you’re unfamiliar with Coachella style, this New Yorker article sums it up with a nice dose of realism.)

While I won’t be dragging a double stroller and 9,000 sippy cups to Coachella this year (you’re welcome, carefree 20-something festival goers), I can still channel the vibe my designing my own boho crochet patterns. This crochet boots pattern for adults is meant to nurture the free spirit in you, even if that free spirit is obligated to arrive at work at 8:00am tomorrow.

If you haven’t tried one of my crochet patterns using flip flops previously, you can get the answers to all your question in this Flip Flops FAQs post, including how they hold up over time.

In a nutshell though, crochet flip flop shoes are the most comfortable thing that will have ever graced your feet and they work really well as outdoor shoes or indoor slippers. (You can even wash them, which is quite a perk after attending a week long music festival.)

Find Your Next Crochet Pattern on Flip Flop Soles

Crocheting on flip flops can fast track your feet straight to comfort-ville. Flip flops offer functional, non-slip soles for your crochet slippers. They also allow you to crochet shoes customized for your particular feet.

See more free crochet flip flops patterns →

How to Ensure Your Boho Boots Fit

The trickiest part of following a crochet flip flop pattern is achieving the gauge, since it’s so dependent on how far apart you poke the holes in your flip flop sole. That’s why I’ve started including “rulers” in my printable patterns that take all the guesswork out of spacing your holes.

The printable pattern is also handy because it has all of the instructional photos separated from the written pattern so you can choose to print them or conserve ink. You can purchase the Coachella Boots ad-free, printable PDF here on LoveCrafts and here on Etsy.

This particular crochet boots pattern fits adult sizes 5-10, but you can make bigger sizes by just working a few additional rows at the end of the “boot foot base” section of the pattern. I’m always thrilled when you customize my patterns to fit your needs and body, so feel free to experiment!

Thanks to Lion Brand Yarn for sponsoring this post and enabling more free patterns on Make and Do Crew!

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Coachella Crochet Boots Pattern For Adults

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Adult Sizes (see Overall Pattern Notes):
Small – women’s shoe size 5-6 (flip flop length approx. 9.5)”
Medium – women’s shoe size 7-8 (flip flop length approx. 10)”
Large – women’s shoe size 9-10 (flip flop length approx. 10.5)”

Supplies:
So you can spend more time making boots and less time shopping, this pattern contains affiliate links at no extra cost to you.
• Lion Brand 24/7 Cotton – 4 skeins (744 yards total) – color: Ecru (MC)       (Size 9 sample made with approx. 625 yards)
• If Ecru color doesn’t match flip flops color, you’ll want about 20 yards of 24/7 Cotton that does• Tapestry needle
• Size B [2.25 mm] crochet hook or size needed to fit through flip flop holes
• Size H [5.0 mm] crochet hook
• 1-2 printed copies of the “ruler” at end of printable pattern + tape (optional)
• 1 pair of flip flops (One size smaller than you wear normally. See pattern notes.)                      
• Sharp tool to poke holes (I use this clay tool. You can also try a skewer, thin drill bit or awl.)
• Sharp scissors
• Strong glue such as E6000 (optional)
• Stitch markers (optional)

Gauge:
13 st = 4”, just under 9 rows = 4” worked in ankle shaft pattern

Abbreviations and Glossary:
sc – single crochet
dc – double crochet
sk – skip
sl st – slip stich
ch – chain
WS – wrong side
RS – right side
MC – main color
Sc2tog (single crochet 2 together)– [Insert hook into next st and pull up a loop] two times, yarn over and pull through all 3 loops on hook.

Overall Pattern Notes:

• Transforming flip flops into slippers isn’t an exact science! Unlike other crochet patterns, these slippers have some variables. Keep an open mind and don’t be afraid to customize the boots to your liking. Check out this Flip Flop FAQs post for answers to commonly asked questions.

• You’ll likely want to size down when buying your flip flops. Look for a flop flop that offers about .25″ of sole around your foot (more like the fit of a normal shoe). In the pattern sizing, the shoe sizes mentioned describe the shoe size you normally wear and not the sized-down size of your flip flops.

• The flip flops in the sample are from Old Navy–they have a great selection of colors. Find $1 flip flops on Amazon or at Walmart. Dollar Tree’s $1 flip flops tend to be a bit too flimsy, but can work if you are careful.

• Pattern explains locations on the flip flop as if it’s a clock where the top of the toe is 12:00 and the heel is 6:00. See photo below.

• Pattern describes size small instructions with size medium and large in parentheses.

Left and right boots are identical.

Boot Foot Base

Notes:

• The foot of the boot is crocheted tightly, similar to amigurumi. Make a deliberate effort to keep your stitches tighter than normal. Check your gauge if you’re unsure.

• When working sc2tog stitches on the sole, keep yarn fairly tight so as to create a smooth edge around the sole of the boot. It may take a couple of attempts to get the sc2tog stitch to look how you’d like it to.

• Pattern is worked with two strands of yarn held together throughout, except for the foundation round which is worked with one strand.

• Be sure to poke the same number of holes in the second flip flop as in the first. (The printable ruler makes this pretty straightforward, but it’s still a good idea to count and double check.)

To begin:
Trim straps off flip flops. If you’d like to wear your boots outside, trim the mid-foot straps at an extreme angle so you can keep them in place without feeling them inside the boot. (See photo above.) Save the rubber plug from the strap between your toes.

Print “ruler” on page 15 of printable pattern (optional). Trim, tape pieces together and tape ruler around flip flop sole. With your sharp instrument, poke holes in each dot on the ruler. (If you’re not using the printable guide, poke holes slightly less than 1 cm apart.) 

You want the hole to go at an angle from about the middle of the way down the sole to about .25” into the top of the sole. Ensure your holes are far enough from the edge so that the yarn won’t rip through the rubber when you create your first row of crochet. Reference the Breckenridge Boots video tutorial for help.

Using one strand of MC, tie slip knot around smaller hook. Insert hook at back of heel (6:00 position) from the top of the flip flop toward the bottom of the sole, grabbing the yarn and pulling through to the top of the flip flop and through the slip knot to attach the yarn to the flip flop. See photos below.

All sizes (make 2):

Foundation Round: Continuing with size B hook and single strand of MC, ch1, sc in each hole around sole, join with a sl st to first sc. Fasten off. You will work over yarn tails in the heel section of the pattern.

Place stitch markers at 11:00 and 1:00 positions with 8 stitches in between. Using larger hook and two strands of MC, make a slip knot on hook. Insert hook at the 11:00 marked st of Foundation Round (1:00 marked st for left-handed crocheters), yarn over and pull loop through slip knot to join yarn at toe. Begin Row 1 in next st between markers and work over the tail of yarn you just attached. See photo below.

Row 1 (RS): Ch 1, sc in next 8 sc; turn. (10)

Row 2 (WS): Ch 1, sc in next 8 sc, sc 2 on sole; turn. (10)

Row 3 (RS): Ch 1, sc2tog, sc in next 8 sc, sc 2 on sole; turn. (11)

Row 13 (RS): Ch 1, sc2tog, sc in next 18 sc, sc 2 on sole; turn. (21)

Row 14 (WS): Ch 1, sc2tog, sc in next 19 sc, sc 2 on sole; turn. (22)

Note: The next round continues onto the sole and back around the heel, ending with a slight overlap of where it began. See photo above.(Yours will look slightly different because of the size you’re making.)

Round 15 (RS): Ch 1, sc2tog, dc in next sc [ch 1, sk 1 sc, dc in next sc] 9 times, sc in next sc, continue onto sole working 1 sc in each sc of the foundation round crocheting over tails at 6:00 position as you go; sc in first sc of this round, sc in next dc, sc in next ch-1 sp; turn. (stitch count will vary based on number of holes in flip flop sole)

Do not fasten off. Move on to heel section.

SIZE 9-10:

Row 13 (RS): Ch 1, sc2tog, sc in next 18 sc, sc 2 on sole; turn. (21)

Row 14 (WS): Ch 1, sc2tog, sc in next 19 sc, sc 2 on sole; turn. (22)

Row 15 (RS): Ch 1, sc2tog, dc in next sc [ch 1, sk 1 sc, dc in next sc] 9 times, sc in next sc, sc 2 on sole; turn. (23)

Row 16 (WS): Ch 1, sc2tog, sc in next 21 dc and ch-1 sps, sc 2 on sole; turn. (24)

Note: The next round continues onto the sole and back around the heel, ending with a slight overlap of where it began. See photo above.

Round 17 (RS): Ch 1, sc2tog, sc in next 22 sc; continue onto sole working 1 sc in each sc of the foundation round crocheting over tails at 6:00 position as you go; sc in first sc of this round, sc in next 2 sc; turn. (stitch count will vary based on number of holes in flip flop sole)

Do not fasten off. Move on to heel section.

Heel

Notes:

• The heel is worked back and forth in rows, beginning with a WS row. Left-handed crocheters, reverse mentions of “right” and “left.”
• If working a size Medium, each dc or ch-1 sp from Row 15 of the previous section counts as one stitch. (Relevant when working up the sides of the foot top at the end of each row.)

Row 1 (WS): Ch 1, sc2tog, sc in each sc around heel to right side of foot top; sc in next 3 st of Round 13 (15, 17); turn. (stitch count will vary based on number of holes in flip flop sole)

Row 2 (RS): Ch 1, sc2tog, sc in each sc around heel to left side of foot top; sc in next 3 st of Round 13 (15, 17); turn.

Row 3 (WS): Repeat Row 1.

Row 4 (RS): Repeat Row 2.

Note: The next row is worked in a round, single crocheting in any remaining stitches from round 13 (15, 17) on the foot top . See photo below.

Round 5 (WS): Ch 1, sc2tog, sc in each sc around heel to right side of foot top; sc in any remaining sc of Round 13 (15, 17); sl st into first st of this round to join. Fasten off.

Ankle Shaft

Notes:

• This section is worked in rounds with RS always facing out. Sl st into first st of round to join each round. (Do not count sl st at end of each round as a stitch.)

• Place a marker in the first st of round if you find it helpful.

• Count your stitches around the ankle now. You’ll need 36 (40, 40) stitches at the end of Round 1. In Round 1, plan to work as many sc decreases (sc2tog) or sc increases (2 sc in one st) as necessary to meet the stitch count. Attempt to space them fairly evenly around Round 1.

• If you’re making a size S, but tend to have more muscular calves, you can work the size M/L ankle shaft by increasing until you have 40 st at the end of Round 1.

• Stitch count should remain consistent throughout.

• If you’re making a size M or L, but tend to have very thin calves, you can work the size S ankle shaft decreasing until you have 36 st at the end of Round 1.

Using larger hook and two strands of MC, make a slip knot on hook. Insert hook at 6:00 position of Round 5, yarn over and pull loop through slip knot to join yarn at back of heel. Crochet over these yarn tails as you work Round 1.

Round 1: Ch 1, sc in each sc increasing or decreasing as necessary to achieve 36 (40, 40) stitches, sl st to join. (36, 40, 40)

Continue with the shaft according to the shoe size you’re making.

SMALL:

Round 2: Ch 4 (counts as 1 dc and 1 ch), *sk 1 sc, dc in next sc, ch 1; repeat from * to end of round leaving last st of round unworked; sl st into third ch from beginning of round. (36)

Round 3: Ch 1, sc 2 in first ch-1 sp, 1 sc in each dc and ch-1 sp around; sl st to join.

Round 4: Ch 1, sc in each sc, sl st to join.

Round 5: Ch 3, sk 2 sc, [(2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in next sc, sk 4 sc] 7 times; sk 2 sc, dc in last sc, sl st to join.

Round 6: Ch 3, [(2dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in next ch-1 sp] 7 times, sk 2 sc, dc in last dc, sl st to join.

Round 7: Ch 1, sc in first dc, sc in each dc and ch-1 sp around, sl st to join.

Round 8: Ch 1, sc in each sc around, sl st to join.

Rounds 9-22: Repeat Rounds 2-8 twice more.

Rounds 23-27: Repeat rounds 2-6.

Fasten off and weave in ends.

MEDIUM/LARGE:

Round 2: Ch 4 (counts as 1 dc and 1 ch), *sk 1 sc, dc in next sc, ch 1; repeat from * to end of round leaving last st of round unworked; sl st into third ch from beginning of round. (40)

Round 3: Ch 1, sc 2 in first ch-1 sp, 1 sc in each dc and ch-1 sp around; sl st to join.

Round 4: Ch 1, sc in each sc, sl st to join.

Round 5: Ch 3, sk 2 sc, [(2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in next sc, sk 4 sc] 8 times; sk 2 sc, sl st to join.

Round 6: Ch 3, [(2dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in next ch-1 sp] 8 times, sl st to join.

Round 7: Ch 1, sc in first dc, sc in each dc and ch-1 sp, sl st to join.

Round 8: Ch 1, sc in each sc around, sl st to join.

Rounds 9-22: Repeat Rounds 2-8 twice more.

Rounds 23-27: Repeat rounds 2-6.

Fasten off and weave in ends.

Finishing

Plugging Flip Flop Holes: If you plan to wear your boots outside, replace the small rubber circle that connected your flip flop straps to the sole between your toes. Glue it in place. In my experience, the other two mid-foot strap plugs stay in place without glue as long as they’re cut at an angle like in the photo at the top of the pattern.

Fancy Feet: Grab your favorite cutoffs and flower crown—you are going to be the belle of the bohemian ball!

More Free Crochet Patterns Using Flip Flop Soles

• FAQS: How to Crochet on Flip Flops – and will they fall apart?
• Crochet Boots With Flip Flops Soles
• Lightweight Crochet Slippers with Flip Flop Soles
• Free Crochet Ugg Boot Pattern
• Crochet Slip On Shoes Pattern
• Crochet Mukluk Slipper Pattern
• Crochet Slipper Boots Pattern
• Lacy Crochet Sandals Pattern

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