Guess what guys???

We have a super sleuth among us…

Three big cheers for VJESTICICA who managed to track down the pattern for these bootees!!!

You can find the pattern in this book here which is available for sale from Annie’s Attic.

Mind you, that’s not where I got the pattern from…

I used this book here:

Some of you Aussie folk might actually have this one at home. I probably bought it about 12 – 15 years ago, probably somewhere like Big W or Spotlight or a similar store. It’s a Patons booklet, and it’s one that was around for years and years. But no longer in publication.

Here’s what the bootee looks like in my pattern book:

And here’s my finished bootees…

Well, one is finished, anyway!

I thought I’d take a comparison photo for you – one with embroidery and one without…

My embroidery isn’t EXACTLY as directed in the pattern…

The blue on green at the top is supposed to be bullion stitch – which I haven’t mastered yet… so I just worked a straight stitch there.

The dark blue crosses on light blue are as written, but I added a little red dot in the centre of each.

And the light blue zig zag on dark blue, was supposed to be herringbone stitch, but I couldn’t get it working neatly into the space… and I went the simple zig zag instead!

Anyway, time for me to get on with embroidering the second bootee, before the baby outgrows them…

Ooooooh…. it’s a long, long time since I have sat down and made a pair of bootees. And I honestly don’t think that I have EVER crocheted a pair, so this project was quite a novelty!

This is the sole of the foot… can you just imagine the eency weency teeny weeny little footsie wootsie which is going to fit into these???? Too adorable…

But, as we all know… they GROW UP!!!

Anyway,

the pattern was a bit of a challenge for me – as it is written in UK terminology, and I generally only work in US terms. So there was a bit of translation going on in my head the whole time, but I got there in the end.

Now here’s the surprising part…

So far I have followed the pattern EXACTLY.

Well, I changed down a hook size, but that was only because I couldn’t find a 3.5mm hook (not that I don’t have one, just that I couldn’t FIND it)

And I didn’t use baby yarn in pastelly colours, because… well… I didn’t HAVE any… but I’ve stuck with a 5 ply yarn…

But those things don’t really count, do they???

Other than that, I have followed the pattern as written.

Even all those colour changes – they are exactly as written in the pattern.

But they’re not finished yet! There’s embellishing to come – it says so, right there in THE PATTERN!!!

I’m off to find a tapestry needle, will have the results for you soon…

pattern used -

• Kozie Toezies by Lisa Gentry
• found in Hooked For 30 Days e-book

hook size -

• 4.5mm bamboo

yarn used -

• recycled acrylic blend, 10 ply/worsted weight

comments -

• I added a round of sc as a trim in a contrast colour

• also a couple of felted hearts

pattern used -

• Kozie Janezies by Lisa Gentry
• found in Hooked For 30 Days e-book

hook size -

• 4.5mm bamboo hook

yarn used -

• I used two strands of 4ply/sports weight yarn, worked as one
• pattern actually calls for a 10ply/worsted weight to be used

comments -

• I really wanted to make these in the ruby red, because I am totally in love with the baby ones
• unfortunately they’re nowhere near as cute as the baby ones, but then again… I don’t have cute baby feet any more either!
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• I had to stop a round or two early, because they were coming up too high on the top of my foot
• take a close look at the photo below… see the shaping on the inside heel of the feet? I don’t know if it is my crocheting, or the yarn, or the pattern… but for some reason it seems to stick out like a bit of a growth
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• I should try blocking them to see if that helps… but next time I would fudge the pattern a bit, to avoid the stickie-outie-bitties (yes – that’s a technical term)
• despite the fact that this style is not very flattering for my feet (it makes them look shorter and fatter than they need to) they are actually quite comfortable to wear
• instead of buttons, I used a couple of beads from an old bracelet

pattern used -

• Oasis Painted Pedis by Lisa Gentry
• found in Hooked For 30 Days e-book

yarn used -

• wonderfully soft recycled cotton, 5ply/sports weight

hook used -

• 2.5mm steel

thoughts -

• this is a nice, clear, easy-to-follow pattern
• I had to stop about five rounds before the end… because they were getting too long for my feet
• this meant that I don’t have the shell edging near the toe end of the sock
• instead, I added a round of sc in a contrasting colour… which I worked on the wrong side of the sock
• then I embroidered a row of running stitch, using two strands of yarn