Baptism

My sister's son was baptized this weekend and we got to see our grandma and aunt and uncle and cousin from Fargo. My sister had halfway asked/suggested I make baby Erik a pair of baptismal booties and I didn't have time to knit a pair so I got out the old reliable Felt Book. I made the red pair of booties featured on the cover but I toned them down a little by making them gray with white lining. I blanket stitched the pieces together in their two layers and then and then assembled them by stitching and winding through the blanket stitches. The blue ribbon came from Ingebretsen's in Minneapolis and was just enough embellishment for them. I had attempted some bead embroidery of a shell or a dove or some such thing using freshwater pearls left over from the beaded bridal crown I'd made for Lisa years ago. In the end I was not happy with the beading and thought the simple gray felt with ribbon was enough. These have no seam allowance and they just fit a 10 week old little boy.