A quick knit because I needed them for a baby shower. This was my first time using very small needles, and my first time making booties at all. They turned out good, even though I accidentally modified the pattern slightly!
| Began | May 29, 2007 |
| Finished | April 1, 2007 |
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| Edited | May 29, 2007 |
| Pattern URL | Christine's Stay-On Baby Booties by 1379 |
| Made for | Desiree's baby Noah |
gauge is 6 st/in, between fingering and DK on needles in between those as well. Casting on the fingering size 12mo and it will just be slightly big so she can wear it longer probably doing short sleeves.
KAL with karen (ballke) with my FruJu, pick another coordinating color for top.
This pattern is one I came up with after reading a variety of baby mitten patterns and about 4 attempts at the first mitten to get the proportions correct for where the thumb goes. I’d like to write it up and make it available, but haven’t done that yet. It’s a slip stitch pattern rather…
swatched on several diff sized needles, and the larger swatch was so much more helpful to see this new technique. short rows are rockin’.
Used the idea from puckgirl in Yarnings thread: Yarn Ball Cozy from a CD canister. E found me a 100 CD spindle case. Started with round crochet base very dense to fit just under the size of the canister. Then started a loose pattern into the base and around. Switched colors as I went to…
