There are some who don’t think black’s an appropriate color for babies. I disagree.
Of course I’m kid free —
But black will always be the new black. Young hip mommies realize that.
I see a lil market for green LA girl’s handknits — My plan is to start a lil knitting biz — hand knit baby things made from yarn recycled from undesired sweaters. Sustainable, eco-friendly, and hand-knit in the USA — Think it’ll work?
This endeavor may have to wait till after the Starbucks Challenge thing. Tomorrow — A groundbreaking solution that Starbucks could use to fix its “break down in customer service” in 9 days, not 9 months. It may, in fact, change how companies do customer service forever.
Theoretically…
Seems to me that lots of coffee combined with knitting could lead to an emergency room visit.
Comment by Rodger Jacobs — December 17, 2005 @ 8:53 pm
Hmmmm. How about knitted coffee filters?
(G,D & R)
Comment by Roger, Gone Green — December 17, 2005 @ 9:39 pm
I’ll help you! I make a black with white polka dots bunting for babies a lot. It’s too cute for words! (It’s not my pattern, so I can say that!)
Comment by Andrea — December 18, 2005 @ 5:27 am
As a mom of a 3-month old girl, black booties sound terrific (as does Andrea’s bunting)! Last night we got our little bean dressed up in a jumper her uncle and aunt bought her in France for her first trip to a restaurtant (it involved breastfeeding behind the coat rack and changing her entire outfit - NOT a good sign - on the floor of the men’s room, but that’s another story…). Anyway, she had adorable purple tights on, but since no booties we had matched she had to go bootie-less. Black knit booties from recycled yarn would have been tres chic!
Comment by lauren — December 18, 2005 @ 6:49 am
If you’re going to do it, you better hurry! Milo’s litte feet are rapidly becoming Milo’s huge feet.
Comment by Dread Pirate Robert — December 18, 2005 @ 9:51 am
Black matches everything…
Comment by David N. Scott — December 18, 2005 @ 1:48 pm
What does (G,D & R) mean?
Andrea — Will you be putting up pics of the bunting?
More bootie pics tomorrow –
Comment by Siel — December 18, 2005 @ 5:29 pm
oh, sure… I can do that. I think I have one I haven’t given away.
Comment by Andrea — December 18, 2005 @ 6:34 pm
Since we can’t knit together, we could try coordinating our knitting activities — Colors and such –
Or is that just nerdy? ;)
Comment by Siel — December 18, 2005 @ 6:48 pm
For the record, there is nothing wrong with black booties for babies; tres chic. GD&R? “Grinning, Ducking & Running”. . .
Comment by Roger, Gone Green — December 18, 2005 @ 8:53 pm
Why not, Siel? Start a little business of knitted little things..or big things…I would think that it will be very rewarding to you :-) Hope you start soon, why wait..you have a few costumers already…Good job.
Comment by Maya — December 19, 2005 @ 11:53 pm
Hi just stumbled upon your site, think your idea is very interesting, if you make a go of it would love to sell them on my site. Don’t know if you would like it though as we currently sell booties made out of lambskin, with lambswool inners, including a very funky black pair. Can guarantee all lambs died naturally, so we are making use of an otherwise wasted resource.
Comment by Jonathan — April 24, 2006 @ 12:42 am