I don't recommend socks or other cloth foot covers for my students because they are TOO slippy. Dance paws and Foot Undeez and the like have some grip, but still have plenty of give. So no falling on your patootie!

I'll try to explain. I'm a beginner at crochet - I only know a few stiches and I don't know how to read a pattern - bear with me.

I used just cheap acrylic yarn - nothing special. I used a 5.00 mm hook.

chain 10, then join the ends with a slip stitch to make a loop. chain 20, then go back about 10 stitches & join with a slip stitch to make another loop, so now you have a length of chain with a loop at both ends. chain another 10 and join at the first loop. so now you basically have a 1 big loop with 2 smaller loops on it. The 2 smaller loops are for the 2nd toe - one on the top of the foot and the other on the sole. I made the loop on the sole a little bigger so that part of the ball of the foot ends up exposed. I made several of these and I found this way works best - that way you still have some gription. So then, you just crochet around until it is as wide as you want it. I crocheted 2 rows - I think it was a 'double crochet'.

Actually you'll crochet slightly less than 2 rows. I wanted to have the 'tie' start at the edge of the top of the foot. I crocheted a chain long enough to wrap around the ankle and then come back and loop through on the other side. So what you basically end up with is sock that just covers the ball of the foot, with 2 loops to go over the 2nd toe, that ties around the ankle. I had to make a few of these to get it right, but they work really good, take maybe 30 minutes to make a pair, and are cheap.

does that make any sense at all?