Pattern Info
Instructions
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Category: Knitting
Type of item: Home Decor
For: Unisex
Style: Cute
Materials
Sock yarn
What are you most proud of?
I had a few challenges with this little pattern. First of all, when I made the original chart, I didn't leave enough of the pattern color in the corners, so my floats were too long, and it ended up kind of strange. Also, my floats were super-tight, overall. After pulling on the stocking for a while and cursing, I decided to try again. I added some more elements to the chart, swore to knit more loosely, and turned the piece inside-out when I made the colorwork.
When it's inside-out, it's easier to leave the floats nice and loose, although it was a bit fiddly, since the stocking is only 42 stitches around.
I also really wanted to get the pattern down to just one page. It forced me to be brief and leave out little tricks and tips, like the inside-out thing. I don't think I'll do that all of the time, but I was thinking it would be nice to have just one page to worry about if you are like me and enjoy having a tiny project or three when you are traveling over the holidays.
What advice would you give someone starting this project?
After I finished the tiny stocking, I was too impatient to wet-block it, so I boiled up a teakettle of water, opened the spout, and held the stocking into the stream of steam to block it. It worked very well
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