So this is the OTHER thing on my needles. It's a Christmas stocking made from Kauni Effektgarn 8/2. The pattern and the yarn are both from Fun Knits - Shelley designed the pattern and it's available from her website.
I've never knit with this yarn before and I wasn't too sure about it when I first cast on. It's very rough - scratchy and traditional. It's also a little fragile - I pulled the centre out of it, looking for the end, and a tight plug came out, in the process snapping the yarn in two places. It spit-spliced easily, though, so no real harm was done.
I love the pattern - the photo really doesn't do justice to it. Despite the scratchiness of the yarn, the knitted fabric is surprisingly nice. It's warm, drapey, and comforting. The colours are very much at home in my living room, so I think I'll keep this one as a decoration. I should have enough yarn to knit another, and I've got about 5 different recipients in mind for that one.
Anyone interested in a little casual knitalong? Comment if so - we can start one on Ravelry, or just blog-based, whichever. If you do want to join me, the pattern is available for $4.00 here, and the yarn is available here. You could probably use almost any Kauni yarn with beautiful results - Shelley suggests using one ball of EQ but starting at two different colour repeats. It would be lovely.
7 comments:
i have plans for some kind of christmas stocking at some point. right now i have embarked on the most crazy aran project. a sweater for my brother who isn't exactly a gnome. it looks like it will take forever.
i think your stocking looks beautiful.
What gorgeous knitting and colors! I would love to knit this but I think a knit-a-long would push me over the edge right now -- oh wait - I already fell off the edge, just waiting for the landing :o)
It's so purty!
It's beautiful. I would love to do a knit-a-long on something simpler...
knititch, you made me laugh out loud about your non-gnome brother.
stitchin' girl, I know what you mean. I was a little surprised at myself, proposing that KAL.
d-ann, as it gets closer to Xmas I'm sure the knitting will get a LOT simpler...stay tuned.
Oh how loverly. Beautiful colours, and I like those snowflakes.
That is going to be one gorgeous Christmas stocking. That background! I am such a sucker for the transitioning colors.
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