My Darling Clementine
They’re orange-ish, they’re small, they’re sweet…what else would I call them?
Not so long ago…baby drought. Now…babies everywhere. Family, friends, children of friends all having babies. So I gratefully set aside the never-ending-jumper and not-yet-cast-on second stocking and knit some baby accessories.
Pattern: Fat Baby Booties, by Beverly Galeskas, published in Interweave Special Edition Felt Magazine, Summer 2007
Time to Knit: A couple of unhurried afternoons
Yarn: Hmm…
The yarn comes from soft Blue Faced Leister roving or ‘top,’ as it’s called here. Bits and pieces were dyed with Kool-Aid at the kids’ primary school Art Day last spring. Not being a proper feltmaker, what was I going to do with all those remnants of brightly coloured roving? My eyes came to rest on the usually-unused-and-gathering-dust spinning wheel sitting in the corner. Ahem, think I ought to spin up some yarn…
Warning: Quick Explanatory Narrative Ahead
Now, I’m a dyed-in-the-wool hack when it comes to spinning. Whether overspun or underspun, I can’t quite get the knack of a consistently proper twist. And you want to know the truth? I don’t exactly have the desire or the mental capacity to learn another skill. Think the few rapidly aging brain cells are quite busy enough at the moment. So, my spun yarn is really only good for a knit-and-felt project, meaning this mini diversion into felted baby booties is perfect!
While these little gems are cute, I’m undecided whether I’ll make another pair…admittedly, the buttons and elastic are a bit fiddly and there are certainly many lovely baby patterns yet to be tried…
Extremely cute!
04 Feb 2008 at 1:30 pm
These booties are adorable! But I’m like you–once I’ve knit a pattern, I really want to try something new. I can’t keep up with what’s out there, and I’ll fall even further behind if I knit something twice!
04 Feb 2008 at 2:36 pm
they are SO CUTE! oh my word. . . . kissably cute. I think I’d have to have a pair in every colour imaginable, with or without a baby to model them on. I’d just put them up on a shelf and grin every time I looked at them.
04 Feb 2008 at 3:31 pm
So sweet and adorable.
04 Feb 2008 at 4:15 pm
They’re darling! Excellent use of leftover odds and ends of yarn.
04 Feb 2008 at 4:31 pm
Adorable. A lucky babe to wear these lovely booties on its feet! I love the colors so fresh and tropical! I personally love felted knitwear. It’s so nice and warm.
04 Feb 2008 at 7:37 pm
No baby sitings around here, but when there is, these are too cute!
04 Feb 2008 at 8:17 pm
i love the color design of them. I have been hunting for the perfect bootie pattern but have yet to find one i like yet, Hmmm.. Yes, it seems that everyone you know gets preggers at the same time!
04 Feb 2008 at 8:42 pm
Warning: Quick Explanatory Narrative Ahead
Now, I’m a dyed-in-the-wool hack when it comes to spinning. Whether overspun or underspun, I can’t quite get the knack of a consistently proper twist. And you want to know the truth? I don’t exactly have the desire or the mental capacity to learn another skill. Think the few rapidly aging brain cells are quite busy enough at the moment. So, my spun yarn is really only good for a knit-and-felt project, meaning this mini diversion into felted baby booties is perfect!
I LOVE THAT!! I am at the same point in life, like to spin, but can’t get a consistent twist and have too many other things to think about and do than to worry about perfecting it.
05 Feb 2008 at 12:05 am
They are unreasonably ADORABLE!!!! I love to felt, and I have a baby shower coming up to knit for….I need to find that magazine!
05 Feb 2008 at 4:07 am
Adorable, none the less.
05 Feb 2008 at 6:56 am
very nice little booties…really ! I don’t know if I understood well your post. Do you actually spin or would you like to ? because that’s my next step : learn how to spin. Actually, I need first to buy a spin wheel…any advice or suggestion ? for the moment I’m trying to get familiar with the vocabulary and the “atmosphere of spinning” by reading the comments on the French forum for spinning on Ravelry.
05 Feb 2008 at 4:10 pm
To echo everyone else - those are so cute! A lucky baby indeed.
05 Feb 2008 at 5:20 pm
I just knit some little booties for a baby shower I’m going to next week. I thought they were cute and cozy, but felted ones look even cuter. I need to re-introduce myself to felting!
06 Feb 2008 at 3:47 pm
…a collective “awww” heard round the world
07 Feb 2008 at 2:42 pm
very sweet!
08 Feb 2008 at 5:23 am