It's been quite a while since my last post. My folks were in town last week and we had a rather intensive but enjoyable tour of Hong Kong and I had little time and energy to do anything else.
This pair of booties has been crocheted before my family arrived but I just wove in the ends today. The pattern is from this Japanese book from which I also made JY's bolero and CY's hoodie vest.
If you peer inside the booties, you'll notice that one has a darker base then the other. That's because I had a feeling I'll run out of yarn so I used some leftover Rowanspun 4 ply (this yarn has incredible yardage, I've got quite a lot leftover from the Tumbling Blocks cushion). Now I like the one with the contrast base better. And the cream colour edgings are also crocheted in Rowanspun 4 ply since I ran out of the cream yarn after making the motif centres. The shocking pink yarn is wool from stash.
This pair of booties is quite large and fits CY's feet. She's coming to 4 years old soon, next week. But the booties are not for CY, they will join the Saartje Booties and hat set for the Kisiizi Appeal.
And I haven't forgotten the boys, here's the beginning of another pair of booties, once again using up resources in the leftover stash pool.
Cute! Are you using a pattern for the boy booties?
Posted by: joy | Sunday, July 08, 2007 at 11:02 PM
Those are TOOOOOOOO CUTE!!!!!!!
Posted by: Adrienne | Monday, July 09, 2007 at 12:32 AM
Wow, those are adorable!
Posted by: hege | Monday, July 09, 2007 at 12:51 AM
OMG ... these are sooooo cute!
Posted by: Agnes | Monday, July 09, 2007 at 02:04 AM
Oh how cute are those booties. I think it is always a great idea to use up stash yarn for charities as you know they will be well loved and worn too. The boy ones look great too.
Posted by: Sue | Monday, July 09, 2007 at 07:45 AM
Adorable! I now want some for me...hope you had some fun with your folks and happy birthday to Miss CY!
Posted by: Silvia | Monday, July 09, 2007 at 08:54 AM
Those are so cute!
Posted by: tiennie | Monday, July 09, 2007 at 09:29 AM
Those are super cute!
Posted by: Jennifer | Monday, July 09, 2007 at 10:47 AM
Those little booties are so sweet! You're going to lure me away to crochet soon, I can feel it. :)
Posted by: Marlena | Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at 01:20 AM
I don't even knit, but I love to check out your blog to see all the wonderfully cute things you make! Thanks!
Posted by: Tabitha Klucking | Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at 01:49 AM
I think the two-colored bottoms are great! That way, the lucky little recipient will always remember which goes on the right foot and which goes on the left!
Posted by: bernie | Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at 10:22 AM
You are so inspiring! Makes me want to make those for my little ones...
Posted by: Rebecca | Friday, July 13, 2007 at 02:05 PM
You seriously make the cutest things! I wished I was THAT diligent! I have so many half-way projects sitting in my closet!
Posted by: Wen | Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 11:11 AM