1. Felting will reduce your knitted object by almost half. Those booties you thought would last a year may not last a month. Especially if this kid is having a growth spurt and comes out over ten pounds as you currently fear.
2. Things don't felt evenly. It's a good idea to stuff those booties with something non-feltable to ensure that a.) they don't completely lose their shape and b.) don't come out of the laundry with some parts well-felted and some hardly felted at all.
3. When the pattern says to pick up stitches and knit with waste cotton, don't scoff and think -- I'll just put the stitches on a waste-cotton holder! The waste cotton holder will felt into the booties, whereas the picked up stitches might actually have left some holes for you to pick up stitches and knit. Sewing on ribbing might now be our only option.
What's life without a little experimentation, right??!
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