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Saturday, August 04, 2012

Cowboy Boot(ies)

While my dad was in the hospital before Christmas, I did lots of knitting and crocheting (one of those things you hope you never have to find out--what art can you do in a hospital room--)

A couple of the nurses bought some baby hats. One of them called me the other day and asked if I could crochet some cowboy boot-booties like ones she had seen online. That's a challenge, so of course I had to try. I found some patterns (which of course I then changed because that's how I am ;) and then made three before I figured out how I wanted to do them. These are the final booties, ready to be dropped off today.

I have a couple more changes I'd like to make, and actually started crocheting a SIXTH bootie, when I thought, "It's late. You're done. What are you going to do with one more bootie? Make some notes and go to bed." So I did. When the voice of wisdom speaks, I listen.

7 comments:

PiaRom said...

Oh Karen how cute is that!!! I could never do such tiny bitsy booties ;)

Carolyn Dube said...

Your boots are fabulous! I am sure she will love these! My daughter loves to alter patterns and she makes tons of baby shoes. She gives them to a charity for newborns- she has done 30+ so far and no sign of stopping.

Anonymous said...

Those are adorable! And they will stay on better than regular booties, too. I also knit and crochet. It's relaxing and who doesn't need that?

Lynn Cohen said...

Adorable and comes at a time when I am thinking of drawing my husbands big cowboy boots! ;-)

Nora MacPhail said...

Those are frickin' adorable. Great idea. Very imaginative.

Becca said...

So cute!

Jill said...

Oh, my goodness those are adorable! They would go over huge here in Idaho!