1st of 2 stockings sent

i joined 2 stocking swaps

the first one was mailed today

about 1/3 of the way done knitting the top
of the 2nd

knit 2006 in the heel

well .. back to knitting the 2nd one

i have decided

ok

so i volunteered to make my

Great Niece & Great Nephew a stocking this year

didn't make them baby blankets

well ..

their uncle is gonna be a daddy soon

so i am up to 3

then their mom's cousin was JUST a daddy

so i am up to 4

a friend has an daughter
about to be TWO years old
up to 5
she has an older brother
which brings me to SIX

i decided to make Snow Children

knit the child in white

use a Glittery Filament with the yarn

knit Hat, Scarf & Mittens out of sock yarn

attach to the stocking

embellish the children using

the Clover Felting Needle supplies

AND the punch needle supplies i bought

gonna knit the name out of varigated yarn

that's the plan NOW

will see how it looks when i start knitting

MAY use strands for each letter so that the letters

stripe as opposed to the NAME striping long ways

then i see that there is the kit to

needle felt & embellish

using similar idea

anyways ..

gonna graph a snow child

knit it in the stocking

also knitting the name into the TOP

the year 2006 in the heel

& proceed from there

bought yarn

the longest name is 7 letters so that's

100 stitches to cast on

will felt it when i am done knitting

bought cascade 220

naturespun worsted

galway

Lion brand cool wool

Paton's classic wool

it will ALSO be an experiment to see

how different yarns FELT

gonna make them ALL

using the same pattern

then will felt them altogether

IF i don't get antsie

I think I chose one!

This one is from the book, Christmas Stockings. I made a solid green knit/purl textured one from this book last year, so this year I think I'll do some color work instead. Who knows when I'll finally get a chance to start though, sigh.....

Happy labor Day...and, my introduction...

Hello everyone. My name is Lisa and I am from Illinois. I have been knitting since last November (which led me right up to Christmas eve at 2 a.m. desperately finishing all my gifts....). This year, hopefully, I will get them all done by 1 a.m. (hehehe).

I am currently finishing up some WIP (a baby hat, and a sweater) and then I want to start my stockings. I hope to have 2 or 3 of them done by Christmas. The ones I am working on are at www.woolandcompany.net and I just love how they look...here are some small pics of them, but there are many more designs available!

I am so excited to be a member of this blog. I hope to get to know everyone soon!

What are you working on?

I'd like to invite everyone to write a post introducing themselves and what projects they are planning on doing for the StockingAlong this year.

I'm Becky, I'm a law student from Austin, TX, and I am hoping to complete 2 stockings in time for Christmas for my husband and I's first Christmas in our new home (which has a fireplace perfect for stockings).

For mine, I am doing this kit from Elegant Heirlooms: http://www.beckyanddaniel.com/images/kit.jpg My husband is charting out a graph for his stocking which will use the same pattern as mine, but will be a dark blue background with a large star over a small stable or town. To coordinate, I am using the blue from his to do the cuff of mine and will use the white from mine to do his cuff. Hopefully I can get these done by Christmas!!

Looking forward to hearing from the rest of you!