I've officially started Christmas knitting. Nothing too difficult or time consuming. I don't want to start a winter garment, and I have a shawl on the needles, so thought it moght be time to do some 'filler' knitting projects and what better than to get ahead on the Christmas knitting, I always overestimate how much knitting I want to do for others. I'm usually fed up after a few things!
This year I'm keeping it minimal
One hat
Two pairs of socks
One pair of mittens
Three cowls
The socks will be plain and I've not decided on patterns for the hat or mittens.
But the cowls? They'll be teh Tincanknits Simple Yet Effective pattern. I've finished teh one I started last week and LOVE IT. I used a whole skein of Countess Ablaze Lord of Silk DK, so it's nice and long. The bands of knit and purl mean that it bunches up nicely but can be pulled right up over the head or bottom of your face. Great for cold weather.
I've gone through what's left of my CA Lord of Silk DK stash (not much) and picked out two colours fo the first two cowls. One is very dark and plain (for Billy) and one is variegted and bright (for his girlfriend). One (the dark one) is already on the needles. Berlin's a bit colder in winter than London so they'll be put to good use.
I'm already thinking that this would make a great stashbuster cowl for partial skeins. I could knit the purl bands in contrasting colours...
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