Pattern Review: Bubba Booties

Recently when someone asked me,

“Have you made anything for the baby yet?”

They were shocked, horrified, appalled, puzzled by my “No” response.

It’s not surprising, I do enjoy making handmade things, and at every single baby shower I’ve ever been to, I have included something handmade. I have wanted to make something for the baby, in fact I’ve been dying to make something, but I’ve just been:

a) distracted by all the other bills purchases for the baby

b) getting bored with gender neutral colours (white, beige, brown)

c) too excited on what to make first

d) all of the above

So since it’s a long weekend, I decided to make some booties from my good ol’ Patons Quick & Easy Baby Knits #6000

And here is the end result:

This was my first time making booties, and I love them! I especially loved making the twisted cord for the ties, they look difficult, but were so simple, I really like how the grey and aqua mesh well together. The booties are imperfect, and mr. gasket says one bootie looks bigger than the other, but even if they are flawed, I still think they are precious.

The grey wool is the Spotlight brand 8 ply pure wool, and the aqua wool is some scrap 8 ply wool I had lying around (possibly Patons?)

I’m so amazed at my awesomeness that I have signed up to ravelry, an online social network of knitters, crocheters, weavers, and spinners who share their projects, review patterns and give wool help to the needy (yes please!). If you’re already on ravelry, come and be my friend, I’m gasketsforgirlies.

Anyway, here is another picture of the booties.

(This picture does make one look bigger than the other)

xoxo Bronwyn

P.S. on a silly side note, my theme song while knitting this project was Flo Rida “Turn Around (5 4 3 2 1)”. Leave me a comment if you can guess why!