Since I’m in between knitting projects and low on yarn, I started making coffee cup cozies and baby booties using scraps.
First up: some baby Uggs; or as I like to call them, Buggs.
I started making them with size 1 needles but they seemed freakishly small. so I went up to a size 3 needle, and they still seem freakishly small but I was too lazy to try again. As long as they fit for like, a day or a minute I’m satisfied. They are even made with fake suede yarn. Proof that even Uggs can be adored when in miniature form.
I also made these “Saartje’s Bootees” using leftover sock yarn. I made one pair, and they seemed soooo tiny, so then I made another pair that are also really small. I think the teeny tiny ones will just go in the trash.
I don’t know have anyone to give these to yet. Perhaps they will go into my pile of extra knitted hats that my sister always makes fun of me for. (Sometimes I knit hats with leftover yarn, and I throw them in my cabinet just in case I want to drop them off at a charity collection or if someone comes to my house and needs a hat. Neither of those ever happen.)
I know a ton of people who are either pregnant or will be pregnant soon so there will be lot of baby knits coming up.
1 comment
April 7, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Jaclyn Bailey
If the teeny tiny ones are still availiable… dont throw them out! Donate them to a local Nicu… that way a parent of a premie can put them on their baby… and if… heaven forbid… their baby never comes home… at least they will have the booties as a menento! It will make you feel good! I swear it will! You can even attach a little card with a ribbon… telling them that you were happy to make them and providing your blog link….. you might get a picture of the booties in use!!!!!