
Today, it seems that everything is about texture, from this morning’s glorious sunrise with the bubble gum clouds and black limbed trees to my knitting lately!
I have completed a couple more things for the Gift Basket, thanks to Natural Stitches 12 Days of Casting On!
This really was a genius plan and I owe them a huge thanks for helping me get a start on gift knitting that usually makes the end of November and all of December pretty stressed!

I knit another great pattern by Tin Can Knits – Gather Cowl. I love how smocking gives such amazing texture and creates a warm, thick, fabric! The yarn I used was from the December 2013 Dream in Color Club – yeah, stash is such a lovely thing. The yarn worked well in this pattern, I was worried that it might be too stiff, but as with almost all knitting – a good Soak and a gentle blocking created a soft, warm fabric.

I also knit up a pair of Gale Zucker’s Trip Mitts out of Philosopher’s Wool. A nice easy, mindless knit that has big impact on texture. From the ribbing to the bind off – super simple and so smart! I would absolutely knit these again!

I have only a couple more projects left to complete from the Cast On Extravaganza! Would I do this again? Absolutely! And a cold and wintry January just begs for indoor activities like knitting!

Finally, on Friday I cast on for Kirsten Kapur’s Mystery Sock Knit Along – again, a project with some interesting texture! I love the twisted rib and the tiny cable detail. However, I did have to rip back eight rows (four on each sock) because I, apparently, need to wear my glasses to read charts. A minor setback which was quickly fixed. I am anxiously awaiting this Friday’s clue! If you have not joined us, there is still time, you can easily knit the cuffs between now and Friday!
I hope your Wednesday is full of texture just not the bumpy road kind!
January 20th and you’ve already got things in the gift basket; way to go! Your Gather cowl is really wonderful in that yarn and your trip mitts look pretty enticing also. Thanks for the motivation!
Love your Gather Cowl!
OK, I’ve got the needles ready, the yarn is caked, I should able to get both cuffs done tonight. One would hope… LOL
Those are all some great projects! I need to get on the stick and make a pair of those Trip Mitts.