Wednesday 1 February 2012

Wee Wednesday: Booties

yellow booties
blue booties 2
I know, I know- murky indoor nighttime shots are the worst! I was too impatient to wait until the weekend. 

Pattern: Lavish Baby Booties

Yarn: Elann Peruvian Baby Cashmere (the blue ones) and Koigu painter's Palette Premium merino (yellow)

Mods: The blue ones are exactly as the pattern, but the yellow are just the stockinette version of the same pattern.

Notes: I feel like this would be much better knit in a DK weight yarn, as the 4mm needles seemed a little large for the fingering weight, but then again, I bet that gives the booties some extra stretch for when those little feet start growing quickly.

blue booties
yellow booties 2


I knit the blue booties first,but wasn't sure how I felt about the garter stitch. So I experimented with the stockinette, and I think I really like both of them- for different reasons. I am planning on embroidering the yellow ones, but I was thinking of putting her name on them. So... I won't be doing that until after she's born. ;)


17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh My Goodness! These are absolutely precious! I love both pairs. And obviously you are having a sweet baby girl. When is she due? By the way ~ the pictures look good to me. All mine are indoor murky ones! Ha!

The Sweatshop of Love said...

SO CUTE SO CUTE! I just had to gush on this post. Something about baby booties! Can't wait to see them in tiny baby feet!

Unknown said...

Aww! Both pairs are adorable now, but imagine how much more adorable they're going to be with little itty-bitty feets in them!!!

Jolene said...

Oh my... so much cuteness! And love the sweet embroidery. I'm with everyone here and looking forward to seeing them on Baby Knitted Bliss!

Nat at Made in Home said...

You know it is a little girl? I may have missed a couple of posts... Sorry. They are absolutely gorgeous! I actually love the flower as embroidery.

Kitty Couture said...

These are so cute! :)

I feel the exact same about embroidering the baby's name. We've decided on her name for a long time now, but I just can't put it on before she's born.

vashkita said...

adorbs!

Evelyn said...

I'm a pushover for knitted booties and yours are so sweet. The embroidered flowers add such a nice touch, and I love that you knit these in untraditional colors for your baby.

Jacey said...

They are darling! I think adding her name to the yellow ones will be perfect!

Bonnie Hubbard said...

Congratulations on expecting a little girl!

Michele Saunders said...

Very sweet little booties! I love the embroidery.

Nat said...

Those booties are so cute! I love them both, especially the little stitched flowers :)

Alexandra said...

Ooh they're adorable! So cute! I can't imagine how excited you must be feeling now! So happy for you :D

Teresa said...

Murky indoor shot or not, those booties are so cute!
ps: I think it's impossible for your blog to have poor photography. It's always good, even when *you* think it's murky :)

Kara said...

Little darlings! I love them.

polkaknits said...

They're so cute! I don't know why I didn't knit such little booties, hmm. It must have been fun!

Unknown said...

These are adorable. I love the colors and your photos look quite nice.