Sunday, October 26, 2008

CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS IN THE WORKS

WIP's from Kathy
I've been working on some Christmas stockings from the book "Christmas Stockings". I really enjoy this time of year and try to start projects early.
This one is in process. It's an Estonian fair isle pattern from Nancy Bush. This is my first attempt at real Fair Isle knitting. I'm enjoying the challenge. I bought the yarn recommended on vacation last week but you could easily use Lamb's Pride Nature Spun and add some red to make it look more traditional Christmas colors.

This stocking is called "Snowy Night Gansey Stocking". I used Encore Worsted and it took about 1 1/4 skeins. Again, this would look great in any Christmas color.
I think I'll add some ribbon and jingle bells to make it more festive.

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