Considering that this is a very busy time of year, I am still turning out knitted items rather doggedly. I made one of these on my morning train, one on the evening train, and added the buttons after dinner. It is a great pattern, available from the talented Saartje de Bruijn here. The perfect last minute gift for a baby I had no idea was arriving (!) My only alteration was to knit the straps 4 stitches longer and add a 2 st buttonhole at the end of the strap, rather than making a crocheted loop for the button fastening. Knitting with this yarn at such a tight gauge produces a good solid bootee that is still alpaca-soft.
Pattern: Saartje’s bootees
Yarn: Arteseno Alpaca Hummingbird (mmm, lovely)
Needles: 2.5 mm
I made the larger size and they are quite wee. “Almost too wee” (as Vic & Bob would say).
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