Bootie catch up

I have a little bit of spare time finally and I'm having fun going through part finished projects and so many little tasks that I've been meaning to get around to. Today I went through my crochet business boxes (Pretty Crochet Things) that I had to leave while completing my recent training. I came across a number of booties part finished and have enjoyed making them up and adding buttons to finish them.

These speckled booties are so soft and pretty - love the Sirdar yarn I used for these.

These dark blue variegated yarn booties would be great for a boy or girl I think and are finished with a dark purple button.

This pair were made with a soft mystery yarn which worked up slightly larger than the DK yarn I would usually use so would probably fit a 6-9 month old.

Giveaway over on Pretty Crochet Things

I've just realised that I'm late again for the Sew Mama Sew giveaway - however as I'm determined to join in this year I've written up a quick giveaway post on my 'Pretty Crochet Things' blog.

I'll be giving away a pair of my lovely little baby booties over there so be sure to hop on over and enter if you want to be in with a chance of winning.

My giveaway post will be open until 25th May, good luck all!

Bootie pattern version 2

Some of you may know of my pattern for Simple booties - it's my most popular pattern on Ravelry with 147 projects made from it to date. The only problem is that it was also one of my first patterns and when I wrote it up there was an error that has confused and baffled crocheters around the world.

Sorry.

To help make it up to you all I've spent quite some time rewriting the pattern, adding lots of photos and hopefully removing all the pattern errors. I've made the pattern available as a free Ravelry download (if you have a ravelry account then the bootie pattern page is http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/simple-baby-booties-4)

I'm also posting the pattern up on this blog (http://www.loopyjess.co.uk/p/simple-bootie-pattern.html) so that even people without a Ravelry account can access it. However, I'll be taking it down from the CrochetMe website where I originally hosted it as it's pattern page there has been spammed to death.

Happy bootie making all!