Crochet Baby Booties

I was on Facebook and saw postings of some photos from my cousin's wife of a baby shower for their new grandchild that is due in May.  So, I decided to crochet some booties for the new baby.  I made one on Wed. evening and then the 2nd one yesterday while volunteering at Multnomah Falls.  It was a rainy cold day there yesterday but still busy as it's Spring Vacation here.

I'm seeing other bloggers that cannot help but start bringing out their Easter decorations and I'm right there with them.  Above is my Easter "tree" I got years ago and have collected some new ornaments over the years.  I'd gotten a box of little wooden ones and let my granddaughters add them to the tree - I think they enjoyed that.

Above are the booties.. this is a design that I've developed over many MANY years of making booties for friends and family that are expecting babies.  The stitch around the top is called a "backward single crochet".. I think it makes a great edging for boys things as it's not too "girl-ie".  I will endeavor to write up this pattern to share but it will take some time.

See the little ceramic bunny?  WELL... I made that in art class in 7th grade at Tigard Jr. High!  We had a pretty great teacher and he let us do ceramics.  It's got a hole where the tail is and you stuff it with cotton and you can pull cotton out of the tail to use for makeup or whatever.  My daughter recently found it up in the attic and I'm so happy to have it back.  It's all cleaned up and happily sitting on the dining room table.  :-)

I'll be wrapping up these booties to send to my cousin in Annapolis MD over the weekend. :-)  Also, do you see the quilt below the booties?  It was made for me in 1971 by a very aged and talented quilter I met while I was acting as nanny for 4 children right after I had gotten married, her name was Granny Nell and I'll never forget her.  She made this for my first baby.  I remember being homesick and she wisely told me.. "bloom where you are planted".

Last but not least, I got a package from my friend blogger Shanti - I won a "give-away" on her blog and received these beautiful cherry jade earrings.. see the neat little fleur-de-lis in silver on the bottom?  She's currently visiting her family in Mexico City but lives in the USA and is working at a "local yarn shop" and doing projects there.  A very nice lady.

Well, time to go for a walk outside, hubby says there is a spring that has popped up by our mailbox and he wants to show me. :-)   ((hugs)) to you all who visit me here.  Teresa