Wooly booties

Wooly booties
Originally uploaded by redmag

I accidentally "felted" my favourite grey jumper at the end of last winter ....and as the hoarder that I am decided to add it to my stash rather than get rid of it....and there it languished for nearly a year....

.....until this week when I dug it out in the hope of making something useful from it....these two wooly boots are from one sleeve......the buttons (again from here) are largely ornamental....

....I think they're cute and they stay on reasonably well....maybe next time I'll put some elastic on the inside of the boot at the back of the ankle to make them extra secure......if you'd like the pattern (for 3 month old feet) just leave a comment and I"ll email it to you....

The Ramones meet Dr Suess

The Ramones meet Dr Suess
Originally uploaded by redmag

....my husband packed up a bunch of clothing to send off the the op shops over the weekend and I spotted an old Ramones tshirt amoungst the pile......and given I'm trying to reduce reuse and recycle as much as possible i fished it out and refashioned it into a toddler tee during naptime this arvo.....when i tried to coax said toddler into trying it on later in the day...with promises that it was cool....he countered with a very firm - "not cool" he's probably right but until he gets a part-time job I get a bigger say in his wardrobe than he does....and I quite like it.....here's the "making of" picture.