Guess what guys???
We have a super sleuth among us...
Three big cheers for VJESTICICA who managed to track down the pattern for these bootees!!!
You can find the pattern in this book here which is available for sale from Annie's Attic.
Mind you, that's not where I got the pattern from...
I used this book here:
Some of you Aussie folk might actually have this one at home. I probably bought it about 12 - 15 years ago, probably somewhere like Big W or Spotlight or a similar store. It's a Patons booklet, and it's one that was around for years and years. But no longer in publication.
Here's what the bootee looks like in my pattern book:
And here's my finished bootees...
Well, one is finished, anyway!
I thought I'd take a comparison photo for you - one with embroidery and one without...
My embroidery isn't EXACTLY as directed in the pattern...
The blue on green at the top is supposed to be bullion stitch - which I haven't mastered yet... so I just worked a straight stitch there.
The dark blue crosses on light blue are as written, but I added a little red dot in the centre of each.
And the light blue zig zag on dark blue, was supposed to be herringbone stitch, but I couldn't get it working neatly into the space... and I went the simple zig zag instead!
Anyway, time for me to get on with embroidering the second bootee, before the baby outgrows them...
7 comments:
I love these! I was hoping it was an online pattern though :/
They are gorgeous Sharon - I love the colours you have used. You always have a way with colours! Beautiful work!
hey kyliie... I searched everywhere for an online version, but couldn't find one... the book is available as a pdf if that is any help to you...
hey jacqui
thanks... the more I look at them, I realise that a lot of the colours are very similar (if not the same) as the ones I used in the 2009 block-a-month afghan
He, he, bravo for me! :-)
I have that AA booklet, and the bootie looked vaguely familiar, so I looked it up
I never made anything from it, MUST make one pair now
Although my instructions are in American terms, not British, but I suppose I'll manage ;-)
And I must start writing a blog, it seems so much fun
the embellishments make the bootie look very rustic and country. i love them!
They remind me of East European national costumes. It's so much better than the original!
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