Dear Friends…
Yes, another knitted project! This is a Christmas stocking in the favorite colors for a special little boy I know.
Garment Project Data:
– Type: Christmas stocking, meant to be hung
– Date made: December 14th and 15th 2016
– Pattern: Made it up as I went
– Fabric/Materials: Cotton yarn in orange and brown
– Trim: black wool yarn
– Time to finish: 2 days
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| The first decision was the yarns. The idea was to do tiger stripes, but to use yarns I already had in my stash. I came up with a cotton orange, a cotton brown, and a wool black. I was wary of using the orange with black because of the different materials and thicknesses, and I was worried it would be a very stark look. But just orange and brown seemed a little pale. With the help of some friends, I settled on the brown for the stripes and black for trim. |
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| Here goes! I’m free handing the pattern, so I really didn’t plan or gauge. It actually ended up being a little larger around than I’d pictured, but it’ll work. You’ll notice that despite not working in the round, I’m on round needles again. Here I’m using a size 3, since I wanted a really tight look. |
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| And the heel is turned! I actually goofed a little and one side slants a bit more sharply (a few more rows) than the other side, but I can fix that when I seam up the back. You can see I’m tapering the stripes by doing uneven amounts in each row. |
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| The finished knitted portion. |
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| And done seaming up the back! Since this is going to be a Christmas stocking and not worn, I seamed up the bottom/back (which would be uncomfortable when worn) and didn’t worry about actually making the heel a full 90-degree turn. Also, the foot portion is proportionally short, which makes it easy to get things out of the bottom. |
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| And complete! A crocheted scalloped border at the top, and a crocheted loop to hang it from. Weave in the ends, and voilá! |
Most sincerely yours,
~ Sarah
