June 12, 2007
Simple Blue Baby Shoes
Yesterday's distinct lack of posting was brought to you by Comcast. I don't know how many of you are bombarded by the rather inane Comcast commercials about their "Comcastic" service, but last night we lost that service at about 8 and didn't have it back until about 8 this morning. Comcastic, indeed. I think that the marketing people at Comcast and I have a very different definition of what it means to be Comcastic.
But that aside, I did actually finish something this weekend. While my lovely husband celebrated his birthday by brewing beer with a friend, I put the finishing touches on the second bootie project that I started in Toronto: Simple Shoes from Zoe Mellor's 50 Baby Booties to Knit
A few comments about this pattern and yarn. I liked working with the 4-Ply Cotton. It's nice stuff and makes a softer fabric than you might think just upon feeling it in the ball. It knit up evenly and created an even fabric in my hands. That said, while I know cotton is not elastic, one thing I forgot about a bit when working on the finishing for this project, is that cotton fabric does a lot of giving and very little returning to shape. So I think the little shoes may have "grown" a bit across the sole as I was putting them together. The pattern itself is pretty easy to understand and I did find the finishing process to be mostly easy, but I didn't really like how the toe went together. The "easing" process left a little bit to be desired and I had some little wings off the edges of the toe that I didn't like very much. You don't see these, of course, with the shaping I've added courtesy of a couple of pieces of paper towel, and I'm hoping that baby feet will have the same effect in the future.
Those booties are so cute! And I don't like Comcast very much either. We had them years ago and then switched to DirecTV when we bought this house. Our DSL is through Verizon. They sometimes bite too!
Those booties are so cute! And I don't like Comcast very much either. We had them years ago and then swithced to DirecTV when we bought this house. Our DSL is through Verizon. They sometimes bite too!
Those are adorable! My best friend is a comcast intern. Not that she likes it or anything, though.
Those baby shoes are so cute. I wondered how the finishing work on those would be.
I've been eyeing that book for a few days. Those booties are major cute, but then again, there isn't much for a baby girl that isn't cute. I have 2 boys and 1 girl and the girl is definitely the most fun to dress. You've got a lot of fun ahead of you.
Cute shoes!
I had a Comcastic moment or two last night as well. I could get everywhere on the internet -- except the server that hosts my blog (other people could get there, just not me!)
I think they just defined for you what it means to be "Comcastic".
ugh, yes comcastic my butt!
but those booties?!!! they are so cute! i love it when baby booties and baby socks imitate real shoes! adorable!
Too cute!
I will be adding that book to my "baby knits" library shortly. It's never to early to instill the love of footwear in Baby Z - especially some as adorable as those MJs.
You've convinced me that I totally need to get that bootees book! So many cute little booties.
I'm with you on Comcast - our cable line is above ground and so we're always having problems. We've thought about switching to DSL, but in our neighborhood it's even less reliable than Comcast!
They look really sweet and the photo is lovely!
very very cute.
Very cute booties. Glad to see you are knitting her things in blue!
Those are just so cute! I am thinking baby girl feet are likely to smaller than my boy's...he had outgrown the 6 month size well before 3 months (just a heads up, don't feel bad about making large sizes...she'll grow into them!)
Oh, dear, that's bad news... my local cable giant is going to be eaten by Comcast sometime this summer.
The booties are so cute! And if they stretch, does that mean she can wear them longer?