Baby booties?

My latest go-to baby gift has been baby booties - its a great way to use up leftover yarn and let's be honest, they are so stinking cute.  The ones i have been making have a i-cord tie, and I have heard from pleased recipients that the ties are the way to go so they can't wiggle out of them.  I've been using dream in color yarn, which is washable wool, so they are actually wearable.

Some of my favorites...

 

 

I love the bright colors, a nice change from the typical pastels that a lot of baby stuff is made out of.  These are about 6 to 9 mth size, using size 3 or 4s and worsted weight (DIC classy).  The orange were a HUGE hit.




I discovered they are also a good use of leftover sock yarn, you can make a nice little newborn size using fingering weight (I made the larger size and used smaller needles -2s I think).  My absolute favorite, I'm jealous of the little baby that got to rock these!

 






I was concerned on this combo that the colors in a striped sweater version wouldn't work, but I LOVE how this turned out - it makes me think of Charlie Brown.

 
Anya, the recipient of the green and blue booties.  She wears them well!!

First baby sweater ever made, and matching booties.  I think of this as my Dr. Seuss 'yipes, stripes' sweater