Branched Out

I am still on track for my one-gift-a-month goal which must mean that I finished Branching Out.

Bed-Time Bear was kind enough to lend his modeling services:

But here is a close-up of the actual stitch work:

I used KnitPicks Shadow in the Grape Jelly colorway.  I cast-on using the lace cast-on because I like the loops that droop along the bottom edge, I knit the pattern mostly as-is, only adding one stitch to either side on the garter stitch border (so I cast on 27 stitches instead of 25), and then I cast-off using the knitted loop bind-off to match the droopy loops of the cast-on edge.

I’ve still got my knee-highs on the needles.

The sock is relieved to have a heel because now it can actually be called a sock (or at least a socklet) in case of severe knitter attention loss.  Said knitter is now considering a new project and that scares the sock, but the knitter has not forgotten its intriguing pattern or bright jewel-like tones.  The knitter just likes to have 2 projects going at all times and has now gone 20 hours with only the sock.  (What Persephone Scarf?)