Am still happily churning out scarves for all the hapless victims who will get them for Christmas (LOL!). I may get brave and try one of those cute knitted purses to see if they are "cool" enough for our nieces.
I have started making some little socks for my niece in an old shale pattern.
It uses a multiple of 11, so I cast on 44 stitches in fingering yarn (she's still pretty little).
The leg of the sock is done this way:
Knitting in the round, k the first round.
next round:
(k2tog 2 times, yo, k1, yo, k1, yo k1, yo, k2 tog twice) around.
next three rounds, k all.
Repeat for desired length.