Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Craft On: Big Stockings and Little Vests
Surprise! The stockings are not finished, but they are so close. I'm really making too many things at once. I am well over my three project at a time limit. Besides these two stockings, the little baby vest, and the baptismal gown (finishing all the ends and crocheting the button bands and loops and sewing buttons on it), I also have a scarf design for my newsletter subscribers to finish and get written and ready in time for the January issue and an almost finished mitten pattern that I really want ready for beta knitting at about the same time. So, no pressure or anything.
I changed both stocking patterns a little bit to match my own style of knitting and sensibilities. The vest is really perfect the way it is, and I love its construction. I may start making some other pieces in this same way for myself.
We finished Emma today, and our kids finally like some of the characters. I picked up Milk: The Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages last night, and I am determined to finish it by the end of the month. It is an interesting book, and it has been on loan to me forever. I am closing my eyes to any other books! I realized, too, that the book book actually ends sooner than I thought, because the majority of the book is actually recipes at the end, and ways to make/use dairy products.
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Labels: Books, Design, Giftalong, Homemaking, Knitting, Patterns, WIP, Yarn Along
