A Bootie Story

At the baby shower (Baby Booties of Past):

Three months later (Baby Booties of Present):

And for this baby, Baby Booties (and more) of Future:

Virtual Silence

If I don't blog for a bit, it's for good reason.  Now that I'm officially terminated from my job, my occupation has become The Hunt.

On top of that, I've come down with a ghastly bug.  I've had to postpone all my interviews this week save one and take to my bed.

But one good thing about this is having discovered photos on the old laptop that I thought I'd lost.  The slippers above are called Slam Dunk Slippers.  I made them for a ginger-haired boy in Washington who has outgrown them by now and has probably passed them along to his baby brother.

I'll be back with good  news in a jiffy!

Take care!

Lessons in Crochet from the School of Hard Knocks

So all that newly acquired yarn in the pretty pictures I posted yesterday?

Not at all suitable for baby booties. Unless maybe I could start a business selling orthopedic baby booties. What a concept! Correct your baby's feet before it starts to walk.

I don't think so.

So I'm thinking what to do with all that yarn and this is what I've come up with so far.

1. coasters, placemats and dishcloths (of course)
2. market bags
3. purses (although the colors I have aren't all that suitable)

I'm wide open to suggestions because I don't have enough friends who need as many gifts as this is going to make. And I'm not willing to sell off the yarn yet.

Score! (Yarn this time)

I shouldn't browse eBay. I was looking for pink and blue cotton yarn for the hospital baby booties project and I found some.

And then some.

That blue spool reminded me that I've always wanted to try making those dishcloths to see how they work and give away to friends and whatnot. So why not buy in quantity?

So I bought this:

Plus, 4th of July is coming up and red-white-and-blue yarn could come in handy.

It all came today.

Good thing I brought my rolling backpack to work almost empty.

Finished Objects

I finished a ponytail holder for an exchange yesterday at lunchtime and my coworker loved it so much she wanted one for her teenaged daughter. I started hers right there at the table and finished it last night while listening to local election results and Obama's speech after winning the nomination.

It's made with an Egyptian cotton yarn that I picked up on eBay called "Baby Bomull." It's manufactured by AS Knappehuset in Norway. I hope I can get my hands on some more of it because I'm just having a great time finding new things to make with it.

It's a great yarn for the baby booties that I make for UCSF Children's Hospital.




I think of it as my Carnivale yarn.