My stocking completed

This is a pattern handed down in my family and over 40 years old. There is no name on the original paper pattern, so I have no idea where it came from. I remember my mom's knitting buddies making these. My Mom completed 13 of them over the years, and this is my 4th one to knit. I have made mine with Plymouth Galway and Angora. It is knit flat and has a seam down the left side. Once the knitting is completed down to the toe, the heel is put in by picking up stitches off a waste yarn that is knitted in along the way down. The toe is one piece and only needs to be seamed up. I seam all the white parts, then go back and seam up the red. There are more photo's on my Knitting blog Floats Knits and Purls in the archives where I explain how I worked with the different colors.

This has always been a fun knit, and one everyone seems to love. The stocking is good sized and holds lots of goodies! Now I need to get to work on Santa ornaments.