I hadn't done any colorwork since the beginning of the year (2010), so I did warm up with the Fiddlehead mittens first. Thankfully, the mitten warm-up helped me get my colorwork tension under a bit more control before tackling the stocking.
Now the lovely free stocking pattern called for bulky yarn, but heeding the Ravelry warnings that it led to an enormous stocking, I down-sized to worsted instead. It's still pretty big, based on the stocking I had as a kid, but not too much so.
The intended recipient is just a bit too young to even understand what a stocking is yet, but his parents appreciated it and they hadn't bought him one of his own yet, so it was a gifting success.
I did manage to finish it in less than two weeks, but that was also partly due to late start and the looming deadline keeping me on track. Modifying the pattern and charting out the name so that it would fit on both sides was slow going, but I kept notes so that future stockings might go faster. It is a beautiful pattern that I would be happy to knit again!
Pattern: Falling Snow Stocking by Jennifer Hoel
Yarn: Plymouth Yarn Worsted Merino Superwash - Burgundy and Cream
Needles: US 7 - 4.5 mm
Completed: December 23, 2010
Mods: Cast on 80 stitches to accommodate the lighter weight yarn, added the name panel to the pattern, and used a snowflake-like pattern for the toe.
2 comments:
Trying once more, hopefully this isn't the third post, but I was hoping that you could post the pattern of your snowflake toe. It looks very interesting and I'm planning to start one of these stockings soon myself. Thanks :)
I don't have the stocking to look at, but I'll look for notes about the snowflake toe in the meantime. I don't have any information to contact you directly, but watch the blog and I'll try to post something on it when I can!
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