Teeny tiny Fairy socks

For the past weeks I have been working on a pair of socks in a very, very, very intricate lace pattern. I've been doing some bulky yarn projects in between which made the socks look and feel even harder.

Teeny tiny thin needles and teeny thin yarn, even for a sock yarn. Klaziens kreatie Arwetta on 2,5 mm needles :)

Yarn was soooooo soft, and had a good stitch definition, which I love since there is no need in knitting intricate stuff if it doesn't show right?
(Never try to do japanse stitches in a fuzzy alpaca yarn, take it from me, there is nothing to see there... move along...)

Since the lace made the socks look like origami, that is what I named them: Origami socks.
The pattern is Susanna by Stephanie vd Linden: link to pattern.
The pattern has lace EVERY round. Usually when you do lace there is a round in between with only knit stitches (when going in the round). This is relaxing and gives your brain some time to chill... In this pattern, it, well...., kept on going and going and going. Not that I didn't like it; I actually did :)



Had to modify it of course! I had some lovely vintage ribbon that I bought of Etsy, the colors matched the yarn very good, in my opinion.
So...... After twelve rounds of knitting I put in a round of yo and k2tog, that way producing eyelets for the ribbon. After two more rounds of ribbing I started the lace pattern.




In the end they were to small for me, so they were donated to my mother, who has the most lovely tiny feet.

 The leg part is kinda loose and high so I figured they would look nice under some booties almost as one would use legwarmers, more like a accessory almost :)

Different yarn, same pattern, totally different slipper.

Just to show you guys what a difference yarn choice can make:

These were also made with the Amy march's slippers pattern by Tiny owl knits, but this time I made it with a thinner and more even yarn: Katia Nepal. It was once gifted to me by my mom.

Note to self: poke around in her stash basket in the attic; who might know what treasures lie within...

But... I couldn't help myself... I had to tinker around with the pattern..

My feet are always cold, so in my mind there was no need to make mary jane like slippers, only covering the toes. So I made the stockinette (plain and even knitted looking) bit longer as well as the ribbing bit (which is now mostly covered in bows).

The most fun part was making the ribbon bows! First I hit each and every bargain store in town and found some neat ribbons, as well as yarn and a jar of pickled jalepeno peppers.
But the best find were these shiny buckle like thingies, 20pcs: one euro! Megafind megahappy! See:

Oh, and I replaced the ribbon in the slippers themselves with elastic, much more practical. I know, I'm normally not that practical, so I was astounded with myself. And the sun was shining so all in all a VERY good day :)

Now for spot the difference:
(No, I don't know the how many, you tell me...)

PSSSST: Mariska and I have dreams about opening our own shop on the Haarlemmerdijk in Amsterdam. We will serve cake, tea, knitwear and other colourfull stuff.. It is a good dream, it inspires me. Will you come and visit us in our dream-shop?