Sorry, still very excited about finishing the stocking.....that and the fact that I ACTUALLY have an FO.
Several weeks ago, I got an email from my (now) cousin's mother-in-law. Apparently, all of her nieces and nephews had hand-knitting Christmas stockings, made by a lovely lady where they used to live. Well, there was a new addition to the cousins and this lovely lady has since passed away. Hoping that little Katherine (now almost three months, I think) wouldn't be without a stocking, she asked if I could figure out a pattern from an existing stocking and make her one. Sure, I said. It's just a big sock....shouldn't be too hard. She brought me a sample and it looked relatively simple, with a little intarsia thrown in to break up the monotony.
Ever sense that moment before the Knitting Goddess comes by to smack you upside the head?
Yeah, so I didn't quite think about intarsia...in...the...round. Think about it folks....and there are big blocks of color. The whole slip-stitch-float-in-the-back thing wasn't gonna work. But it had been done...I had the proof in the sample in my hands. So I studied....and studied....and studied. That's when I saw it - a seam! But only on the intarsia panel. When she started the panel, she un-joined the sock and began to knit flat, then joined it back up at the end of the panel, then the panel is seamed up.
So here it is, in all of it's glory - the stocking!
Pattern: My own-ish - I uninvented the pattern from a sample stocking that was providedYarns: Red Heart Super Saver in Paddy Green, Brown Sheep NatureSpun Sport (held double) in Aran, Patons Brilliant (held double) in White Twinkle (silver), Moda Dea Dream in Waterlilly (fuzzy pink), plus various bits in my stash
Needles: US8, plus a EmbellishKnit for the I-cord (Hey, I HATE I-CORD)
Now that it's done, I did enjoy the knit. I did greatly celebrate its completion. Course the only way of celebrating one Tuesday night at 10:30 is with a bottle of wine...and blast it to the world, via a blog. It was nice. I am planning on writing the pattern up, if anyone is interested.
9 comments:
It's great. And I'm happy for you that it's over! Whatcha knittin now?
It's great. And I'm happy for you that it's over! Whatcha knittin now?
I love it! Great job replicating! Now pray everyone in your family stops having kids! Hahahahaha!
OMG so cute! dude..i think we are all working on xmas stockings. I had to do one...and i thought the same thing you did. oh..no big deal..big sock w/ some intarsia. then i got to the intarsia part and i was alL "WHAT THE HELL? how am i supposed to do intarsia IN THE ROUND?" i ended up duplicate stitching all the color work. :) HAHAHA. :)
That is too cute! You did a fantastic job unventing the original! After everyone gets a look at that, I'm guessing you'll be called on again to continue the tradition of hand-knitted Christmas stockings!
What a great job! Katherine is one lucky little girl.
Wow, mucho fabuloso. Yay you for figuring that out! I like the fuzziness on the angel's skirt. :)
Excellent job!
You did a wonderful job! Although you know, from now on, they'll be knocking on your door for every child...
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