Baby Booties

My coworker is having a baby boy in a few weeks and I needed a quick-knit gift. My aim was to do Angora Baby Booties from Joelle Hoverson's Last-Minute Knitted Gifts. Unfortunately my LYS only had pink or gray angora, so I started using Luisa Harding Grace Silk & Wool instead The color is #18, a pale baby blue. It's a DK weight, so a little thick. It's soft, slightly fuzzy and really delightful to knit.

These are knit inside out using a double-knitting technique, which is a little tricky with the thicker yarn, but easy once you pick it up. Still I would not recommend this project to a first-time DPN or first-time sock knitter. As promised, bootie #1 took about 1.5 hours. I had trouble following the cuff instructions and reviews say they're a little big in the cuff, so I decreased by 2 stitches and kind of improvised. I started bootie #2 and if all goes as planned should be done in no-time.

You can see #1 is right-side out, and like magic, I'm knitting #2 double thickness on only 2 needles -- Take that kitchener stitch, I don't need you and your kind in here.
The lighting in my living room doesn't do this yarn justice.