Christmas Past Christmas Present

Are you begining to think Christmas and the sharing of your knit or crochet talents? I enjoy sharing with family and friends and wish I had more time to do so.

As you can see from last year picture stockings was on the must do list, everybody seems to like them, my whole family wanted one. But do many knitters really knit them? Schoolhouse Press had one in a KAL. http://www.schoolhousepress.com/christmasstocking.htm which might inspire you. I also did an unfinished pair of a Gingerbread Boy and Girl (the shadows only) to create a kit so a special friend could make them her own. Maybe she will finish them and allow them to be shared with our readers.

If you are into mysteries and like to have quick knit projects this years KAL is going on-- check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/holidaymysterygifts/ for some fun and Christmas gifts made.


Or if you want to do small Christmas Stockings, this site has great instructions and pictures to help you along the way. I knit some in an acrylic sport weight yarn so they are easy care. These make great tags for gifts, small gifts to give, or ornaments. They could be a way to use up some of your odds and ends also. I use easy care for those gifts that are given to those who do not realize wool projects shrink.


http://littlecottonrabbits.typepad.co.uk/photos/free_pattern/stockings6.html








Are you into crochet, I had one customer last year use the pattern from Coats and Clark/Red Heart Yarn and crocheted some. The pattern she use can be found at:



http://www.coatsandclark.com/cgi-bin/MsmGo.exe?grab_id=478&page_id=2885888&query=chochet+christmas+stocking&hiword=STOCK+STOCKED+STOCKINGS+STOCKS+christmas+stocking+