The Perfect Bootie
Have you ever started something that you know beyond a reasonable doubt will not work out, yet you keep going regardless? That was me yesterday. I had this little sample of fat sock yarn from Hello Yarn that I thought would make the most perfect baby booties ever. I even have the cutest pink ribbon that says, "princess," to use as the tie. The yarn is soft and plump and has the absolute best twist - it's -pretty much the perfect sock yarn. I started knitting my standard baby bootie from Knitting for Baby. Somewhere right after the sole of the bootie I realized that I wasn't going to have enough yarn. But the skein had a tag attached that said 170 yds... that's enough for 2 pairs of booties. I must have enough yarn.
Nope, I had enough for exactly one bootie. One. The tag was for an entire skein, not a sample. I've written to Hello Yarn and am begging begging begging for another sample/skein. Otherwise I may have to come up with a line of unmatching booties and start telling people they are all the rage. Could I be a baby trendsetter?!
Nope, I had enough for exactly one bootie. One. The tag was for an entire skein, not a sample. I've written to Hello Yarn and am begging begging begging for another sample/skein. Otherwise I may have to come up with a line of unmatching booties and start telling people they are all the rage. Could I be a baby trendsetter?!
2 comments:
Yes, once I was knitting a pair of slippers and didn't have to go very far at all to realize that the pattern was terribly wrong and only BigFoot would be able to wear them. But I went right along to the end anyway. The end of the slipper, though, not the pair. I'm not that dim! They were hilarious, though!
Yes, you could truly be a trend setter! I can't wait to see the end to this one!
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