Itsy bitsy booties....

Being newly married, I have to be careful when I tell people I'm knitting booties. I told my grandparents and they said "OH! really??" I had to qualify that by saying "for a friend..."

Just because I'm knitting booties, doesn't mean I'm pregnant!!!!!

So with that said, my friends Nathan and Carly just had a baby girl. I knit them the cutest little felted booties from a free pattern online. They're made with Patons Classic Merino. Great yarn to felt. It has a wonderful soft texture. Here's a photo:



Then I decide to make a hat as well. The pattern was from the book "Felted Knits". I made it from some leftover yarn from my sweater: lambs pride (by brown sheep co.) which is a wool/mohair blend. Just beautiful for felting. The hat fit me before felting but now it's very much baby sized :) I finished it in two days. Here are a couple of photos:



There are numerous ways to felt items. I don't have in suite laundry (or any friends who would let me use their washers!!) so I do small projects in the sink. I just fill it up with hot water and scrub until it felts (~20 minutes). I find you have a lot of control over the the felting process when you do it by hand. It's also therapeutic in a way.... kind of like making bread. :)

Until next time....
Alley