More Baby Booties :)

As I mentioned in my previous post I spent this weekend knitting more baby booties. For the blue ones I was knitting, I realized I was running out of yarn while knitting the second bootie and I knew I wasn't going to finish them off. So I ended up knitting the bottoms with some remaining cream-colour yarn I had left over from the first ever booties I'd ever knit. I was a little nervous about how they would turn out, but it looks pretty good :)

For these sets, I didn't want to use a ribbon to tie around the ankle because the ribbon has to be removed whenever the booties need to be washed. I thought it would be nice if the tie was also made of washable yarn so it could all be washed together. I tried looking for some thick bulky yarn but I couldn't find any that wouldn't irritate a baby's skin (most bulky yarn is made from natural fibers, not these nice cashmere/wool blends).

Lynn from Mary's Yarns recommended that I twist together two pieces of yarn. And this is how you do it:

Take a piece of yarn (make sure you have about 3x the length you require).

Twist it the opposite direction that the treads are twisted in until the strands start to twist the opposite way.

Then slowly bring the two ends together so that the yarn strands re-twist around each other to form a thicker yarn.

I did this process twice to get the thickness that I wanted.