Baby booties are a fantastic knitting project. They are adorable, they are small (so they don’t take too much time), and they make great gifts. The only problems is they fit the baby for about two seconds.  I don’t know if my niece got to wear this pair I made her more than twice (once when she was 2 months old but they were on the big side…

…and once when she was 4 months old)…

But you can whip them up quite quickly.  You can find the pattern for Saartje’s Bootees at Ravelry.  I used some 4 ply teal wool yarn I had lying around and a couple of random buttons and they came out wonderfully!