a question of tension

Sunday, October 16, 2005

While waiting for my bloods and scan Friday morning I seamed the first shoe. I wasn’t sure I had seamed the toe of the second shoe that well so I tried distributing the toe ease differently with this one, which turned out to be a big mistake. So I ripped it out and re-did it the same way I did the second shoe and now they match. Sort of. Apart from the size difference that is.

Moss Stitch Shoes, not quite the same size

So apparently waiting for the dentist and waiting for bloods and ultrasound at the IVF clinic do not share the same stress level rating. Who would have thought? Can you guess which shoe I knit in which waiting room? I was actually a little surprised.

I choose to believe it will block out.

Moss Stitch Shoes, done, maybe

These shoes are really cute but way too open on top to ever stay on a baby’s foot. I am going to have to add some sort of strap or ribbon. I am also feeling more tempted by the minute to go back to the plan of decorating this set with flowers, or maybe even butterflies. The only thing stopping me is that I don’t have any scrap yarn in suitable colour/s. I feel a visit to the yarn store coming on.

5 Comments

Comment by Anna on 16/10/2005 @ 10:04 am

They look so cute. I see what you mean about the open top of the shoe - but to be honest I always found it very difficult to keep and sort of knitted bootie on those wriggly little feet.

Comment by Korin on 16/10/2005 @ 3:21 pm

Yes… a strap with a ribbon! :D
I worked on a sock at the Urologists office once… and actuallly wore them for my US scan this week. :) That was a happy accident.

Comment by Irma on 16/10/2005 @ 9:22 pm

I love them and I think ribbon would indeed look great, or a piece of elastic, for example: fold over elastic!
I came to visit your blog and I like it. I wish you the best of luck waiting until Friday

Comment by Lillian on 17/10/2005 @ 3:21 pm

I have made the same pair of booties for a friend’s imminent arrival and when I had completed the first I could not believe how long it actually was.

I decided to wash and block the one I had completed, but the problem compounded because it actually lengthed after washing. [Now it was almost as long as my hand.]

Although I have limited experience with babies I had never seen one with feet that big so decided to start over.

In the end I started over a few times !! and shortened the pattern by substantially cutting down the number of stiches in the length. This made the booties shorter and much more likely to fit.

I’ll let you know how we get on - the new little one is due any day.

Comment by Kris on 17/10/2005 @ 8:27 pm

Those are adorable!

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