pieces of fluff

Angora booties are done. They're a little bundle of divine fluffiness, and were a pleasure to knit.

The Vital Statistics:
Pattern: Angora Baby Booties from Last Minute Knitted Gifts
Yarn: One ball of Bouton D'or 100% Angora Infeutrable (a mere 10 grams (34 metres) of pure bunny goodness), colour Burgundy.
Needles: 4mm Clover bamboo DPN's
Pattern comments:
A quick and interesting knit, with different techniques- "double knitting" was easy (although I've been told you MUST slip the stitches purlwise, or else it doesn't work), and I did a 3 needle bind off for the first time ever. When I read through it I thought the pattern was written a bit strangely, but I just followed the instructions and it all made sense and worked out fine.

Also a pleasure (but having nothing to do with fluff) was the chatting indulged in at the Meet up in Melbourne yesterday- despite the weather turning drizzly and grey (the contingency venue worked out fine). There were about 10 of us, and conversation varied from babies to blogging to drooling all over Ellen's Japanese photos, Jen and Carolyn discovering they had met virtually before over Backtack II, Loretta mentioned some good books, Miss Eagle shared some thoughts on the place of religion and morals in today's society, Caroline gave us the inside scoop on copyright and plagiarism in the Melbourne tap community, and much more... a nice variety of treats were eaten too :). (I didn't take very good notes so I hope I've got the links right!)