Thursday, 15 January 2015

all about the feet, 'bout the feet, no fingers

This post is brought to you by the letter F. No, not that F word. Feet. And also finish-along. But more on that later. And please excuse the grainy photos, if I waited for some decent daylight I wouldn't blog til about March!

After the great wardrobe renovation of last weekend my thoughts have turned to my own closet. I've had a bit of a clear out and unwittingly caused some horrified exclamations on Instagram when I announced I was chucking these shoes in the direction of the charity shop. You see, they are my wedding sandals. Dun dun duuuuuuuun!
I haven't worn them in the 15 years since my wedding, they cost £15 in a local cheap shoe shop (I'd been thwarted at every turn getting fancy ones) and they are hopelessly dated. Not to mention the soles are starting to lift and the glue is showing. They are taking up valuable real estate in my wardrobe and need to go. So they have. It's not like it ruins the outfit since I hired my dress!

However, these chaps found down the bottom of my chest of drawers? They are very much staying within my sentimental clutches - they are, of course, Chookie's first shoes. I have her first boots, too! I think I'll buy one of those deep shadow frames and hang them on the wall!

And these chaps? They are my first finish-along tick! Gifted this evening to a birthday-having friend. Yaay!

In the interests of easy finish-along checking my original proposal is here and now I need to find something else to occupy my pins! Oh yeah, there's another sock-lover birthday on Sunday. Day-um...

Yarny deets:

 Yarn - 2 50g balls of Superwash merino dyed with Dylon dyes
Needles - 3.5mm dpns
Pattern - the KnitFreedom Beginner Sock for magic loop adapted to give a 4 and 2 rib.
Stitches - 48 cast on with a Fleegle heel
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10 comments:

  1. Benta AtSLIKstitches15 January 2015 at 21:12

    Love Chook's shoes! Shadow box sounds a great idea

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  2. dolores15 January 2015 at 21:23

    Toss them!!:) I got rid of mine about 6 months after the wedding since they weren't comfortable...I did keep the lacy anklet socks I wore with them since I refuse to wear stockings!:) Hubby still has his black shoes....they will be 30 in Oct!!!

    Congrats on your first finish for 2015!! xo

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  3. Isisjem15 January 2015 at 21:35

    You'd best get knitting if you've only got until Sunday! you did the right thing with the shoes. Can't even pull all my shoes out. But when I do I'll show you how bad it is :-)

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  4. Sarah15 January 2015 at 22:34

    awwww i'll just be getting moo her first shoes soon! fab socks. wheres mine?!

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  5. pennydog16 January 2015 at 08:55

    I got rid of my dress already, no regrets!
    Still have the shoes though, I can probably wear for a posh do in the future and of course they're Irregular Choice....

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  6. Archie The Wonder Dog16 January 2015 at 20:05

    I love those socks! Chook's first shoes are really sweet and you definitely need a box frame for them!

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  7. Cindy18 January 2015 at 14:31

    I would have chucked the wedding shoes and kept the awesome mary janes myself. Wouldn't doubt you for one second there, miss.

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  8. moira19 January 2015 at 13:24

    yeah, don't feel bad about the shoes BUT you should get a pair of irregular choice shoes to replace them. It's only fair

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  9. Claire E Poppins19 January 2015 at 13:29

    You definitely need to frame those cute wee shoes!

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  10. Adrianne @ On the Windy Side14 April 2015 at 06:23

    Those socks are too cute! What a great finish :-)

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