Had a lovely few days visit with my parents. They were here in cold Wisconsin having arrived from sunny Arizona. Not so sure they will appreciate the snow we got today. 🙂 Enough snow to coat most of the ground a little but it pretty much disappeared by the time I headed home for work. It was pretty while it was falling tho.
After my parents picked me up, wWe headed to my Aunt’s house and spent a few days with her which was nice. While there, I worked on some of my christmas presents. Rather than all quilted items, some of gifts this year will be knit and/or crocheted this year.
Slippers, slippers and more slippers I’ve been making. Perfect for running around the house and keeping your tootsies warm at the same time. And hey – if you’ve got wood floors, they work as a dust mop at the same time. 🙂 Usually when I’m looking for a pattern, I find only one in a whole book of patterns that I really like. Not this time – I came across a book at the local craft store that has 10 different slipper patterns and there’s really only one that I probably don’t see myself ever making. The book is by Annie’s Attic and you can see it here on their website.
http://www.anniesattic.com/crochet/detail.html?prod_id=23420
I’m making several different styles of slippers and testing out the sizes, hoping they will fit someone when I get them done. So far so good on most of them.
The first photo below was the first pair I made and for some reason each slipper is a different size. I believe it is due to “operator error” 🙂 I made a pair of knit mittens in between making the first and second slipper and I think I grabbed a different size hook when I went to make the second one. Will probably keep this pair for myself and fix one of them later so they are the correct size. I love the little crocheted baubles on the ends of the ties.
The second and third photo are the same pattern except I added a lacy look edging to the top of the pair in the second photo – that last one is my favorite so far – love the finished look and the yarns and super easy to make.
I need to make a trip to the store for more yarn but that could be bad – it’s also located in my favorite local quilt store, Stitchers Crossing, which means the fabric stash, as well as the yarn stash could be enhanced!
Justquiltin with Denise Russart 