Lol-Slippers.

I finished crocheting the Peter Pan slippers for my dad. I call them the lol-slippers, because, well - look at them!

They’re huge! They’re shapeless! They’re absolutely ridiculous!

I laughed out loud when I finished the first one. I can’t wait to see the expression on my dad’s face when he uncovers these. I bet he’ll need a minute or maybe ten to figure out what they are.

Good thing though, I used nearly three 150g skeins of Novita 7 veljestä on these slippers, yarn which I didn’t have any other use for. I think the mismatched colours go well with the general ridiculousness of these slippers.

If for some completely strange reason you now feel the urge to make a pair of your own, I used the pattern by Gabriela Ordenes, Peter Pan’s slippers. They were easy and fairly quick to make, one of those brainless-projects-for-watching-tv.

In other news, my yarns are even better organized now, thanks to Deniselle’s generous gift of these pretty canvas bags:

She got these by attending some religious happenings or events. The black one has a slogan which has the idea that people have even chances of finding happiness. (I’ll get a better translation as soon as Deniselle wakes up, she’s a better translator than I am.) And the white one on the right has a cool drawing of a church from Leppävirta, with the slogan “strength from the stream of mercy” (again, horrible translation).

Aren’t they really cool? Deniselle asked me if I wanted them on the spur of a moment and was surprised and amused that I jumped at the chance. I had been wanting some canvas bags for my yarn, and I got these for free, with pictures and text too!

I’m a very unreligious person, but I think for that reason it’s wonderfully random and funny to have religious yarn bags. Amen.

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Yeah, I totally didn’t expect you to want those bags. I really just wanted to get rid of them. It’s amusing to see a picture of them in your blog now, all washed and ironed and looking good. :D

Um… the slogan… All I could think of was “what you gonna tell your dad, it’s like a wheel of fortune / what you gonna tell your dad if this wheel lets you down”.

It basically means that um… some peopel are less lucky than others.. but the bag says everyone’s equally lucky.. eh.. :D :D :D That’s a terrible translation.

I’d translate the stream of mercy (or grace?) thing pretty much the same, though.

The slippers are really amusing :D! (L)!!! I’d love to get those for a present. If he hates them give them to me :D

The church bag was actually super-wrinkled, I couldn’t even get rid of all those microscopic wrinkles. But I’m sure my yarn won’t mind.

I’ve never heard of that saying. I trust you that it means what you say… :D

If you really like those slippers, I would love to make a new pair! Those are huge you know…

LOVE the bags! I have a bit of a bag fetish my self.

Kyllä se Pirkkalanka ihan hintansa arvosta on. Taitoshopissa on alakerrassa semmonen välivärierälaari jossa nuo langat on pikkusen edullisempia ;) Tein T:lle sormikkaat siitä ja ne kesti kyllä pari kolme vuotta ennenku sai ruveta sormenpäistä parsimaan…

Kiitos piponpitovinkistä, pitää kokeilla sitä käntämistä :)



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