The stocking turned out larger than I thought and the duplicate stitch required for the bone and paw stitching are a bit tricky (not my thing). I like it over all and hope that my friend likes it too.
Believe it or not I have never knitted a Christmas stocking before. It took my friend to get me motivated to knit one for her. Yes, I have knitted socks before, but never just one. What I found was that knitting just one sock is a lot more fun…..just the thought of knitting a pair of socks is boring to me. A suggestion for a new sock knitter would be to try a Christmas stocking first because it’s only one sock and your usually knitting with worsted weight yarn as well. Give it a go!!!
I meant to post this blog yesterday but life got in the way. For Thanksgiving we went to are our future daughter-in-law’s parent’s home in Palm Springs area (tuff, huh?) …..A fun and eventful time for all. The weather was beautiful so today we went to the driving range for a little practice time (I’m terrible), but was still fun!
I hope all of you had a very warm and Happy Thanksgiving. Safe travels! happy knitting ; )
marilynknits
marilynknits 
Very nice job Marilyn. I definitely need to do this for Woody and Ellie.
By: gracieed on November 26, 2011
at 3:12 pm