I’ve gifted these
booties, so I can share the picture. I really like how they came out. The color
is perfect. I hope the size is right for the baby. I used size 40 Lizbeth
thread in color # 179 Herbal Garden. To recap the journey:
I found a pattern in
a vintage book. The way it was presented didn’t make complete sense. To add to
the confusion, there isn’t a clear picture of the booties. No diagram and only “long-hand”
word style written pattern.
I worked up a sample using some vintage size 30 thread. They worked up OK, but very, very small.
Have babies’ feet gotten bigger?
As I tatted away, I
made notes of some of the ideas I had to improve the pattern. After a trip to a
local baby shop, I started a test version in size 20 thread. That gave me a
stitch count for a larger size. All this fussing around took time. The baby shower
date was looming. So, I abandoned the size 20 prototype and started with size40 thread using the updated stitch count. I didn’t complete them for the
shower. With the Holidays, I just got them to the expectant parents last
weekend. Now the waiting happens.
In the meantime, I’ll
work on getting my version of a written out with diagram and a nice photo. Could
take a while. I’ve already started on this year’s Bach Festival piece. I find
it much more fun to tat lace and create art. But, just in case someone else
wants a pair of pretty booties……
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