Does anybody have any idea how to seam these shoes? The only seaming lesson in the book - baby knits for beginners - is for the various ways to do mattress stitch (selvedge to selvedge, selvedge to cast off, etc). The pattern says nothing more enlightening than to seam the shoes easing in the toe, so you would assume that she means you to use the techniques taught in the book - ie mattress stitch. Apart from the bit where she says to turn the shoe right side out when you are done, which you would not need to do if it were mattress stitch. Also, mattress stitch on tiny little baby shoes seems kind of bulky. So suggestions anyone?

Update: thankyou all so much for your suggestions! Just to clarify I am only struggling with which seaming technique to use, I do know which bits to attach where, if that makes sense. I think Julia’s modified mattress stitch suggestion may be the way to go at the moment.

Has anyone else noticed that my almost finished WIPs are breeding?

So I finished the hat night before last, attached the pom pom and gave it a wash. The result was, well it wasn’t good. How do you attach a pom pom so that it stays snug to the hat?

I have been knitting a shoe while further considering the problem of the pom pom.