A gift

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Now that the new slippers are done....

....i can retire my (felted) space boots (see here; while they were the warmest slippers i've ever worn, i still wore holes in the bottoms since they did not have leather soles.
So I've cut hearts out of them and Eily is having fun making garland.

feet up

Whew!






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Next size up

Working on the adult ones:



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Modified

I redid the slippers, shortening the foot area and lengthening the ankle. Crochet really allows you to modify however you wish as you stitch along.

This video helped:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m3JM-xyQXc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

It gave me an idea of how to start stitching the wool (which is unspun roving) to the soles. Then i double chained four rows around, then single chained just along the front of the slipper (a half moon shape). And continued back and forth in that area with single chain, skipping a few stitches every so often to decrease (did i mention i know very little about the rules of crochet?). Once the top area of the foot was done, i began to stitch around the ankle (double chaining now) until the height i desired.










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Padraig knock-offs

Gabe's a lucky little guy...he gets sheepskin to sink his toes into.






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Eily's new slippers

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still soapy, but a nice and tight little pair of warm slippers

a felting day

...which turned into more of a felting sejour. i used this pattern, but i am ready to tweak it the next time since the extra allowance for shrinkage was much to generous (or perhaps my feet size is much too generous) and i ended up with both feet too large and one foot even larger. the seams as well must be improved next time around. however, after much felting, then more felting, then a bit more, the slippers are warm and wearable. and adorned with one of jennifer's christmas gifts: a elk bone button.

New designs

Just in time for tomorrow's sale: cowl scarf, mixed merino top, and slippers. It's not even that late, but my head is foggy, the tripod's crooked, and the colours are all off. Time for a sewing break.

new slipper design

Sale Stock

Tonight is the Cranberry Market at Trillium Waldorf School in Guelph. No time for good photos but these are some of my favourites.

wrap cardigan

merino circular scarf
skirt

slippers

dress with pleats and cashmere banding

shawl

Slipper Workshop

This Sunday, 1-3 pm

at Little City Farm

Slippers

I picked up the slippers again that I started last summer (see http://tomakeaday.blogspot.com/2009_07_24_archive.html). I decided to modify the design a little by not sewing all the way up the sides. I might add a button and elastic closure there and keep these high-top. I also made a pair for Eily which he is delighted about because they're BLUE. I rolled the top of those ones down and added elastic bands.

I'm midway through these slippers, which I partly started just to see if they were possible (side note: i love my new machine!). I promise that this is the last new project I will start. It begins the necesary shift to wool clothing that I must make for the fall sale. I also think that it would be a good habit to get into, given the sentiments of my last post, to break up projects between days or weeks. I might learn a little more patience. Instead of madly finishing, I will now shuck peas in preparation for dinner guests and politely ask the little white worms to leave the free run cherries Rachel and I picked from a downtown tree the other day.

Eily and I had a little mini wetfelting session to get ready for my workshop in a couple weeks. He obviously had more fun with the water than the wool.

These lovely "walking in clouds" slippers were made by Maggie. I want them to last forever so I covered the bottoms in leather.

After a busy week - a paper to write, guests visiting, a short trip to the cottage - I was glad to finally get some crafting in again.

This is a felt lotus bowl. I actually made the brown piece a while ago but it wasn't thick enough to form properly. I really like the addition and think it works so well as a button holder.

on monday, i made new slippers for eily