50 Baby Bootees to Knit

When I want to make booties, I seem to go straight to this book, 50 Baby Bootees to Knit. While I haven't made anywhere near fifty pairs, I do find the patterns in this book very quick and simple, and easy to adapt.

So, in addition to the booties I made for my niece(s) offspring, and the two pairs for baby Penelope, this book has now been the source for two more pairs!

These green and brown slip-on style booties are for Helen, a friend who is due late February, early March. She's having a boy, so I figured I used up some of the green wool I ordered from Bendigo Woollen Mills last year for no apparent reason (or at least a reason that I can recall). Of course, two little slippers don't make much of a dent in a 200 gram ball of yarn, so I might have to make some adult-sized slippers for me! The undyed brown yarn is an NZ merino, from Naturally Yarns.

If you want more nerdy knitter details (and are one of the almost 76,000 registered members), you can check out the Starry Slippers and Harmonly Slip-Ons in my Ravelry projects!

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So, I found out not long ago that I'm a great-aunt for the third time this year. It was a bit of a suprise (well, a complete surprise, really), but I quickly realised it'd be more bootie knitting on the horizon. I just as quickly flagged that idea, and decided that I'd make something impractical out of felt instead.

mobile-stars

I initially had visions of little animals, but searching through my felt supplies (yes, I have so much I need to search), I came across some stars I'd actually cut out and sewn last year as Christmas decorations, but discarded (going with ever so slightly more traditional colours). Perfect! They're blue, the baby is a boy; it was meant to be.

mobile-hang

One Saturday, and some painted iceblock sticks from the emporium, a few buttons, and some embroidery cotton (and a lot of thinking), I had a mobile!

Now, I'm not expecting any more births in the near future, but should any be announced, I'll totally consider making another mobile as an alternative (or perhaps in addition to) a quick bootie pattern. I gotta use up that felt somehow!

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