Queen of Hearts

“What should I blog about next?” I moaned to The Dude one freezing cold spring morning, ” This blogging is not as easy as it seems…” The Dude, with one eye on Bugs and the other focused on the telly ( hey its Grand final weekend after all…go Pies!) replied ” Just write about something that is close to your heart!”

And then it hit  me ….. something about knitting and family… my Queen of Hearts socks – perfect to share with the world!

Socks for the queen of our hearts!

I made these little babies for Bugs so that she would have something to remember her babyhood by ( of course the zillions of photos that The Dude and I have been taking of her on a almost daily basis would also serve as a good reminders but let us not go into that now).

 

The sock pattern, which was named “Queen of Hearts” was from the “Cute Knits for baby feet”  book which I refer to regularly ( seriously people, socks are real good for a quick baby project) and were fairly quick to knit up – check out the picot edging – what a nice detail to add to socks! 

Oooooo Fancy!!

Once the socks were knitted up, I stitched on the white hearts -6 in total- using duplicate stitch.

Sewed them on!

Since this was the first time I did duplicate stitching , it took me way longer to stitch on the hearts than to knit up the socks itself! No worries, at least I learnt something new and hopefully it will be quicker the next time round! Here’s a parting shot of Bugs modelling the socks – here you can see the hearts around the ankle portion of the socks a lot clearer, I hope this post made your day because knitting up these little cuties sure brought a smile to my face!!

Hearts on my ankle ... trendy!