Monday, November 17, 2008

Rockin' robots!

After warming Lolo's toesies with his puppy bootees, the time had come for a little Julian warming so I got right to work last week concocting the 'perfect' slippers for this eccentric 3 year old of mine. 


And here they are.  The quintessential rocking robot slipper boots for the boot wearing, rock and roll obsessed, robot loving, red favouring Jubilee Bubilee of mine ;0)  And how I loved making these for him, the whole time anticipating how much he would love everything about them.  This is one project that brings together all his (current) favourite things and for all of those things they mean to him (and to me) they just might be my favourite thing I ever made for him.



You see, my little guy is totally obsessed with his bright orange winter boots (a steal from Land's End overstocks which I got in the middle of summer).  Completely and utterly obsessed.  So obsessed that despite the high temperatures of July and August, my little guy would sneak on those squall boots anytime I wasn't looking.  



When I  insisted he took them off, he would carefully placed them in his little blue cart and take them for walks around the neighbourhood, to the park, out with friends and of course to bed. So when I started thinking about the perfect indoor slippers for him, I knew they would have to be boots!   

They also had to be red, his new new favourite colour (it sure beats his previous favourite colours, brown and black!), but since all I scavenged from the stash by way of feltable wool was but 8 yards of red yarn I decided to go in a different direction and add some embroidery of his two other favouritest things: robots and guitars (a nod to his favourite thing to do with his dada: watch him play guitar hero with the tv robot character, the red guitar, on the truck stage preferably playing "I want to rock and roll all night" or "Slow Ride")!


I used Knitting at Knoon Design's Family of slippers pattern and modified it by working 1 row stripes in gray and cream Lopi (I used about 2/3 of each ball), working the cuff for 30 rows , adding an i-cord for stability, knitting an afterthought heel and adding some embriodery.  Oh and I painted on some morse code with puff paint on the soles to make them less slippery.

When he first saw his new slipper boots, the first words out of his mouth were:  "They're perfect!"

Indeed ;0)


23 comments:

  1. you are right,they are perfect

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  2. Anonymous6:22 a.m.

    Those orange boots are cute and the slipper boots...perfect!!!

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  3. Anonymous6:41 a.m.

    so adorable, specially with the embroidery!

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  4. Anonymous7:21 a.m.

    Those are SO cool. Exactly what every young rocker needs! Well done!

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  5. Love the "boots". Now I need to make some.

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  6. Anonymous11:49 a.m.

    undeniably adorable. =)

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  7. those may be the cutest slippers I've ever seen!

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  8. Oh my goodness they are such great boots. I agree with your son, they are perfect and isnt he adorable saying so too.

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  9. very cute booties. and I love that your son is taking his orange boots for a walk.

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  10. You are such a great mom incorporating ALL those favorite things. I love your creativity, it's inspiring. Such a cool project!
    Adina
    www.adinagreenwood.wordpress.com

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  11. Anny, there are no words. How awesome!
    Was it Alafoss Lopi or Lett?

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  12. I love how he would take his boots for a ride in the cart!! This is so funny. You're right, I can see how these might be your favorite thing you've ever made for him!

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  13. Awwwwww!!!! How cute is he?!?!?

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  14. They are great, are they easy on/easy off.......I love em!

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  15. Anonymous1:08 a.m.

    i absolutly adore your blog such cute things!!!! once i'm done with christmas presents i will be going to your site for idea ^_^

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  16. Anonymous11:26 a.m.

    Those are a gas. My children were always too hot to wear anything I knit, so now I don't knit for them. I love the photo of Julian in his rubber boots. If I had a pair of orange boots, I'd want to wear them around the house too.

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  18. Those slipper boots make me very happy!

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  19. Anonymous2:01 p.m.

    Absolutely adorable boots! What is it about little boys and red boots?! My son had the same love for his boots....would hear that clomp clomp clomp noise all the time : )

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  20. Beautiful boots! I think we can share a lot of ideas about this kind of designs but it'd be nice if you can add more illustration about this materials and fabrics to can find them at the market. 23jj

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  22. It does look good but the problem is when it get dirt. It is a mess to clean it up. It is for kids to wear at home.

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