Thursday, May 03, 2007

Sandals and Booties and Socks, Oh My!

Well, I've been having fun designing and making fashion footwear for little ones! Here are some samples I made up for you to look at. Please choose whatever styles you want and also tell me if you would like any alterations made to them.



These were designed be me when Scott was a baby.
All our kids had long narrow feet.
These can be modified to fit fat feet too!!



I modified a patten I found in an old magazine (circa 1960).
They look light and airy.


Two socks based on the same design.
I made up the pattern myself and showed it to a knitter who said it was a good idea.


A remake of a sandal pattern found in an old crochet magazine.
I love the open toe!

It may seem odd to you that I redo the patterns, but I wanted to make sure these were easy to make and that they would be able to be modified to fit all feet types. One basic thing I have done is to get rid of all ribbon ties. I find that ribbed tops or crotcheted ties work better. Ribbons always seemed to come untied too easily and they fray along the ends.

Leave me your comments.