Olivewood Baby Booties

After I finished making the Olivewood garter stitch cardigan last month I still had 1 skein of the yarn left over, so I decided to make a pair of matching baby booties. I used blue organza ribbon for the laces. This is one of the trusty patterns I keep falling back on - "Beginner Booties" a pattern by Cathy Payson in a book called "Knitting for Baby" by Melanie Falick & Kristin Nicholas.

I saw a cool free pattern available on the Purl Bee craft blog this week called "Hudson Bay inspired crib blanket" http://www.purlbee.com/hudson-bay-crib-blank/. It's a stripey pattern, and knitted all in one piece on circular needles, in contrast to other blankets I've made where you have to knit lots of squares or strips and then sew them all together at the end. I've decided to make one myself, however I've chosen much more vibrant colours than used in the original pattern. The yarn I bought today for this project was Moda Vera Pure Wool 8Ply in Bright Blue, Green, Pink, Grey Blue and Yellow.

Also, I have a friend who is expecting a baby next month and so I'm going to try to find time to knit another pair of the trusty booties for her as a present! Looks like I have quite a lot of knitting to get into this month :-)