Vans

so today I finished the mini Vans for one of my little friends, and they turned out pretty cute!  The only trouble is, I can see they will fall off so easy peasy, so I am sewing some soft wide(ish) elastic to go around the ankle.  Otherwise they will get lost so quickly on a pram walk!  Also, because he is nearly walking I didn’t want to crochet the sole out of yarn or he will slip slide away everywhere all over the floor and bang his cute little head, so I cut the sole out of soft suede.  That way they can be first walker shoes- I sure hope they fit!  We did measure his little foot…

I got the low down on how to do a suede sole from this website and it was very helpful.

and in other news, my camelia “early pearly” has it’s first flower already!