So, when I went to the Jefferson Sheep and wool festival, I picked up an ounce of lovely grey angora (that's bunny fuzz) an ounce of angora is pretty much an entire fleece of bunny fuzz! Angora has no crimp, which makes it very slippery to work with, and it has no "memory"- the ability to stretch and return to shape that wool has.
what it does have going for it is that it is incredibly soft, and it produces a halo- the ends of the angora come unspun and stick out, making the finished object fuzzy.
So after plying it with some soy silk for strength, a tiny amount of it has become baby booties. (about 20-30 yards)
The plied yarn worked up to 17 wraps per inch on the cute sheep diz I got at Sheep and Wool.
the bootie pattern:on US size 3 double pointed needles
CO 24 (8 stitches on each of 3 needles)
k
3 roundsround 4-9: k2 p2 rib
divide for heel 12 & 12- put 12 stitches on each of two needles.
in stockingette, slipping the first stitch of every row, knit 12 rows on 1 needle
turn heel:on a right side row, k6, k2tog, k1, turn (3 stitches left on needle)
slip 1, p1, p2tog,p1 turn (3 stitches left on needle)
slip 1, k2, k2tog,k1 turn (1 stitch left on needle)
slip 1, p3, p2tog,p1 turn (1 stitch left on needle)
slip 1, k4, k2tog, turn
slip 1, p5, p2tog, turn
k across row (six stitches total) pick up seven stitches along the edge of the heel flap, knit across the remaining stitches on the instep needle, pick up seven stitches on the other side of the heel flap, and knit three stitches from the original needle onto your third needle. Your stitches should be distributed 10,12,10 at this point.
The break between your needles with ten stitches on them is the new beginning of the round.
Gussetround 1k3, k7 trough the back loop of the stitch, twisting them, *k1,p1* 6 times (across the instep needle) k7 trough the back loop of the stitch, twisting them, k3
round 2k4, ssk, k4 (9 stitches on needle) *p1,k1* 6 times (across the instep needle) k4,k2tog,k4 (30 stitches in round)
round 3k4, ssk, k3 (8 stitches on needle) *k1,p1* 6 times (across the instep needle) k4,k2tog,k4 (28 stitches in round)
round 4k4, ssk, k2 (7 stitches on needle) *p1,k1* 6 times (across the instep needle) k2,k2tog,k4 (26 stitches in round)
round 5k4, ssk, k1 (6 stitches on needle) *k1,p1* 6 times (across the instep needle) k1,k2tog,k4 (24 stitches in round)
round 6 (from this point on the stitches on the sole should be knit, so the first and last 6 stitches of each round are k stitches, and the instep stitches are being knit in a decreasing moss stitch pattern)
k6, k2,p1,k1.p1,k1,p1,k1,p1,k2,k6
round 7k6, k3,p1,k1.p1,k1,p1,k1,k3,k6
round 8k6, k4,p1,k1.p1,k1,k4, k6
round 9k6, k5,p1,k1.k5, k6
round 10k all stitches
Shape Toeround 1k3,ssk,k2.k2tog,k6,ssk,k2,k2tog,k3 (20 stitches)
round 2-3
k
round 4
k2,ssk,k2.k2tog,k4,ssk,k2,k2tog,k2 (16 stitches)
round 5-6
k
round 7
k1,ssk,k2.k2tog,k2,ssk,k2,k2tog,k1 (12 stitches)
round 8
ssk,k2.k2tog,ssk,k2,k2tog,(8 stitches)
round 9
ssk,k2tog,ssk,k2tog,(4 stitches)
round 10
k4tog, bind off
weave in loose ends. create ankle ties from left over soy silk, woven through the bottom of the k2p2 ankle ribbing.