Crochet Baby Ballet Slippers

Some of our friends have had a

baby girl recently

{Congratulations, sweeties}

and I wanted to make

the gorgeous newborn

a beautiful present.

I used a pattern from the book I reviewed on Monday, Essential Crochet, and, oh, these are the cutest, sweetest, daintiest 

little ballet slippers for a baby girl.

They make me want to have another baby just to slip these on some teeny, tiny, dimpled feet.

{Woah there, Mrs Modern Country, calm your hormones...}

I chose palest pink yarn for the ballet slippers themselves.

Seriously, what other colour was it ever going to be?

The yarn feels soft and gentle and

warm and not the least bit scratchy.  

Perfect for keeping tinsy-insy feet

snuggled up safely.

And then I picked out

two lengths of raspberry

cotton-velvet ribbon

for a little bitta glamma.

The ribbon is threaded through specially-designed loops at the

back of each shoe to make the ballet straps.

A. Dor. A. Ble.

No?

This is what I meant when I said that I was searching out

Modern Country Crochet Patterns.

If I'd seen these in a little boutique down a quiet side street, then I would have wanted to get flirty with Mr Credit Card.

But, really, I was thrilled, yes thrilled, I tell you, to be able to make them myself.

And I totally have luscious Loo at Jumbles and Pompoms

to thank for hauling me kicking and screaming back into the happy world of hooky.

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