Classic Red & White Knit Christmas Stocking with Hand Stitched Snowflake.

As I said yesterday, I was knitting a new Christmas Stocking for my Etsy store and here it is.  Whatcha think?   I love the classic design and color, deep red.  It can also be made in the reverse colors as well.  100% wool and lovingly knit!  I have a few more that I have yet to knit and I should be breaking out the needles again this weekend.

I also finished my socks last night!  Yeah!  It took less time then I thought and I was done about 9:30.  I felt lost with idle hands, so I roamed around Ravelry and Google+ for hours.  I stumbled upon Stephen West's blog and read about his summer knitting travels.  His pictures are amazing & it sounded like a blast!  Definitely take the time to read it.  It's worth it.

Here they are in all their glory.

Now, I guess I should finish my other half knitted sock from this project

LoveSocks

I am knitting them in pink and white.  I liked the gray more but I didn't happen to have great sock yarn and I really need to start knitting down my stash.  It's out of control.  Really.  OUT OF CON TROL.

Fair Isle Ornament

This is my next fair isle project - small but I love it.   It's still slow going as I have yet to master holding 2 yarns at the same time while knitting.  This pattern from Lion Brand is free - click here for pattern.

This beautiful pattern is not worked in the round and from all that I have recently read about Fair Isle knitting Fair Isle was meant to be worked in the round.  I will be making more of these so I will have to re-write the pattern for working in the round.    This back and forth business is for the birds.  Tweet tweet. (You know how I love to knit in the round.   Less seaming = quick knit)

I think that if I work the first part of the pattern in stockinette sts and join  for working in the round just as the Fair Isle part begins I should have enough room to jam in the foam ball in at the end and sew up the short seam.  But I'm not there yet.  I'll let you know.

This is also a great way to use up small amounts of left over yarn which all knitters have laying around somewhere.   I never knew a knitter who threw away the tiniest bit of yarn that was left over from another knitting project.  I mean it may be useful someday even if it is 20 yrs down the road.