Roller Skate Booties

I thought I would take this opportunity to discuss the roller skate booties I offer in my shop, specifically what makes them unique and why you want to buy them. You can go to etsy or any other crafty shopping site and type in "roller skate booties" and get a ton of results. Maybe too many. And they all look the same. So, what makes mine different?

Knitting
My booties are knit while all other roller skate booties I have found are crochet. I find knitting gives me a more pliable fabric, making the booties more like socks than shoes. I find this advantageous for a few reasons: more stretch makes the booties easier to get on, more stretch also gives you some room for growth, pliability gives baby wiggle room, the thinner fabric makes cinching with ties easier and less bulky, the thinner fabric works well in warmer climates.

However, I am more than willing to accommodate your request. If you desire a sturdier bootie or thicker fabric, let me know and I can use a thicker yarn or crochet them instead of knitting n_n

Wheel Placement
You will notice most roller skate booties have the wheels attached to the bottom. While this is more accurate visually, it does make walking tricky, especially if your little one is just learning. My wheels are placed on the sides with the "axis" set at the bottom of the bootie where I start knitting the sole.

I took a bit of time researching before I came to this decision. As the original idea was to make derby skates, I looked them up and found that the wheels were set wider than on traditional skates, and in some cases this allowed them to come up a little above the the bottom of the skate boot. While my placement isn't completely accurate, it was close enough to allow for walkability.

My wheels are lightly stuffed to give them a full appearance, but they are quite pliable and will bend out of the way as your little one walks. Because of this, you can order roller skate booties (or slippers) for any age. This even includes older kids and adults! (although prices will have to change once we get past toddlers >.<)

Stoppers
I haven't seen other roller skate booties with stoppers (so far, anyway). Due to my booties having a slightly more sneaker appearance (although, this is rather accurate with derby skates), I wanted to enforce the image with stoppers. These are only slightly raised, in order to prevent extra weight or obstruction for learning walkers, and placed where the sole starts at the toes.

Customizability
Is that even a word? Because spell check is telling me no...we're going to go with it anyway ~_n

I love to work with you and make the perfect item you will love. I have made booties in 2 local derby teams colors, as well as other requests based solely on color preference. If you have a team you want skates for, let me know! We can go simple where I use the team colors for the boot and accents, or we can go advanced where I add a logo or duplicate official team skates.

Don't support a team, but still want something unique? That's fine too! Just let me know what you are looking for. I typically do a white or black boot and offer 1 accent color for wheels, stopper, and laces (and soon, now that I have discovered etsy's listing options, I will be putting up a customizable roller skate booties listing), but don't let that limit you. Want blue skates? How about each wheel in a different color? Or maybe you need the boot to look like a frog? Just let me know and I will work it out.


Have more questions about the roller skate booties? Post or send them and I will reply to you as well as update the information in this post n_n