not too long ago, i actually thought that booties were totally archaic. no more.
i'm not sure what spurned this sea change, but here we are and i have booties on the brain. and once i decided to become a knitter of booties, a classic pattern like this one seemed like the perfect place to start.
it took me a week to make these booties, but you could probably churn them out in a few hours, without interruptions. these were a gift for our neighbor friends who are having a baby in october.
pattern: christine's stay put baby booties (ravelry link). i'll have to report back on how well these actually do stay put, but my sense is that they should stay on wriggly little feet pretty well. i am making a pair for greta now, and she will put them to the test. she has become an exceptional puller-offer of all foot coverings.
yarn: my own handpainted sock (merino superwash)
needle: US 1
i followed the pattern with no modifications, except for the ties, which are i-cords instead of crochet or ribbon. this pattern was fun and easy but with just enough going on to keep me interested- my favorite kind of easy. i liked it so much that i cast on for greta's pair pretty much immediately after finishing these. i'm tossing around a few ideas for modifying her pair.
so hooray for booties! (although i kind of wish there was another word for booties. booties needs a synonym. "baby slippers" doesn't cut it and you can only say the word "booties" so many times before it starts to sound really silly.)
