Argyle stocking
Grant and I have often talked about having me knit us Christmas stockings. The ones we have are velour and quite plain. So in a last-minute burst of energy, I knit Grant an argyle stocking -- which required kicking him out of the downstairs for the last three or so days before Christmas so I could finish it in private. >_>
I made it out of Cascade 220, with a heathery light grey for the main portion and some really nice print/hand-dyed yarn for the red and green. I had some leftover blue and yellow for the little lines...
...which, in retrospect, and if I ever do argyle again, I'll do them in duplicate stitch; doing them as part of the pattern was an unnecessary pain in the butt! But for my first argyle project, I wanted to do it the old-fashioned way. Next time I'll save myself the work! :)
One thing I used that was really, really helpful was -- well, were; I used several -- fish-shaped yarn bobbins from Pony. I ordered mine from SpinBlessing.com, where they're now on backorder, but if you poke around you may be able to turn them up. The shape is great, and the bobbins are substantial enough not to feel like they're getting all bent out of shape as I wind yarn around them. :)
All in all, a wonderful success -- the only problem now is that I don't have a stocking of my own! But I've got an aran one in the works. :)
