I got the yarn for the Christmas stockings. I'll have to start those before too long since there are to be four of them.
The woman will put the names and the embellishments on them. All I have to do is the Christmas tree and alter the pattern a bit to match pictures I've been given. That shouldn't be too difficult. It's right before the heel of the stocking.
In the meantime I have sock books coming and more sock yarn.
More! More! Stash! Stash!
"I trust no one would mind if I vow at this moment never to do these stockings again." That's what I said.
And yet when I got the email today I said I would do at least two more. What an idiot! But I'd be getting paid and I think I figured out solutions for the sticking points.
Did I throw away the pattern?
Whew! I was worried that Eileen wouldn't get them or that she wouldn't like them. But she did and she did. Mom kept asking "What's not to like?" and Scott threatened to ask me to make some for his grandkids. lol
I guess they were ok after all!
YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
The Christmas stockings are finally finished. I trust no one would mind if I vow at this moment never to do these stockings again.
I finally finished the stockings. Last night I sewed one together. Tonight I'll sew the other and block both. Tomorrow I can send them through campus mail. If I'm very, very lucky they will arrive to Eileen on Wednesday.
If I'm not so lucky they will arrive on Monday. If I'm totally SOL they'll get lost in interoffice mail.
One stocking is finished except for the name and sewing it together. The other one has been started.
In the meantime I am reading. I guess I should not be taking the time to read instead of knit or warping but I've been waiting for "Remember Me?" to come out in paperback and it finally has. I'm not quite 1/2 way through but there's enough to keep me reading.
At the same time I also got "The Audacity of Hope." I'm reading that as well but I don't drop that in my purse and take it with me. It's more of a sit down and read chapters at a time. It's not like Kinsella's books where I can read a page or two and pick it up later.
I really liked "Undomestic Goddess." Even though the premise was a little out there - ok, a lot out there - it was a fun read. The first of the Shopaholics books was like that.
I need see if there are more by the woman who wrote "The Little Lady Agency." Those were a blast to read.
All I can say is thank goodness for the AAUW. Now when I'm finished with a book that isn't meant to be put in my library, I toss it in my trunk and stop at the drop-off on my way past.
The candy cane and the name are supposed to be knitted in or duplicate stitched later. Duplicate is NOT working! I think I'm going to cross stitch both on.
Last night I knitted a a strip three stitches wide, alternating the green and white as the candy cane requires and I could sew that on. I also thought about making it out of felt and sewing it on. Either option still would not address the name issue. I like the idea that the candy cane and the name are made in the same way for continuity of the project.
There are supposed to be some felt holly leave on this somewhere but I don't think I'm going to put those on. I could decorate the tree with French knots maybe.
One side of the stocking has a tree; the other side has a candy cane. The tree lends itself nicely to intarsia but the candy cane is only 2 stitches wide in most places and striped at that.
I could (if I had done it earlier) purl the stitches of the cane and duplicate stitch them after. Or I could duplicate stitch then on knit. Or I could crochet them either way. Ot I could make the candy cane and then sew it on. Hmmmm....
I couldn't stand the Red Heart any longer. I wasn't getting anywhere with the project because I couldn't stand the feel of the yarn. Vilevilevilevile!!!!
I changed to Plymouth Encore. Now it's never going to be my favorite yarn; however I like it for projects like the Christmas stockings and for afghans, children's sweaters, things I know are going to require ease in washing and drying.
It's going much better!
Ripping out! I was counting stitches last night. There should be an uneven number of stitches in the Christmas tree. There were not. Several rows back I didn't increase on the one side. Ripping back tonight!
Read more...I found the pattern. It was in the file so that's settled. I did the ribbing and the band. Now I'm ready to start the tree. I emailed Eileen to ask some details like the names and where does the holly go. She's going to cut out the holly and sew it on.
I wasn't sure about the placement of the names on the top but she was able to answer that for me. I was deciding whether to do the tree in duplicate or Intarsia. I thin k Intarsia will be best but the candy cane and the names are duplicate stitch.
The yarn is VILE!
I totally forgot I'm supposed to make two Christmas stockings for a woman I used to work with. With the move and all I gave the stocking back that she loaned me. I did not want to lose that, I can tell you! It was one that was made for her daughter when her daughter was a young girl. I know how I would feel if the one mom sewed for me was lost!
Problem: where in the world did I put the pattern??? I saw it not long ago but did I put it with the yarn? Nooooooooo! Of course not! Worst case I call the woman and ask for a copy of the original - which I gave back with the stocking.
I think I know where it is. I look this morning in the folding file where I have a bunch of patterns I need to put in page savers. Then I have to put then in my pattern notbook. Of course because I was so sure the pattern was in there - it wasn't.
Next stop - my file drawer. Now I'm certain that's where I last saw the pattern. Uh huh. We'll see tonight when I actually find the pattern. not finding it is really not an option. (It is but it isn't.)
If I sit down and just do them I can probably have both finished next week.
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