Christmas Stocking

A few days before the xmas I made this stocking, I went in to work on a vacation day, just so I could lock myself in my office and knit. Yes, it was a surprise. Yes, it was done by xmas morning. Barely.



Back when Alice Starmore made yarn, this was my second fair-isle project. The stocking is a fine wale cotton corduroy, with a linen lining. The stocking shape was from a Martha Stewart Living magazine template. I usually have a deep seated dislike of the other Martha, and for a while I was suspecting her of bugging my house, as she would publish magazine issues on crafts I'd recently rediscovered.

Speaking of Alice Starmore, our public library has a copy of Alice Starmore Fair Isle Knitting, and I was a little shocked to discover that a copy would set me back $150. I'll wait until it comes back into print.

And no, I haven't gotten around to making my stocking yet.