01-04-17

Ordered yarn.

01-19-17

Yarn shipped.

01-25-2017

Yarn arrived!

Plan:

January - Choose and Order Yarn; Prepare Pattern
February - Knit 1st, 2nd and 3rd Stocking
March - Knit 4th, 5th and 6th Stocking
April - Knit 7th, 8th and 9th Stocking
May - Knit 10th, 11th and 12th Stocking
June - Knit 13th, 14th and 15th Stocking
July - Knit 16th and 17th Stocking
August - Knit 18th and 19th Stocking
September - Knit 20th and 21st Stocking
October - Knit 22nd and 23rd Stocking
November - Knit 24th and 25th Stocking

02-02-2017

Starting stocking #1. Size 2 needles are too big. Moving down a size and trying again.

02-04-2017

Never mind. Size 2 is better.

02-05-2017

Knitting in the round. Made garter border 4 rows. Added 3 rows before fair isle pattern. Made heel flap 10 rows.

02-08-2017

Sock #1 is finally done. I did a lot of ripping out and adjusting for stitch count and gauge. I also was sick for a few days and did nothing. Made foot 8 rows so it’s long enough to duplicate stitch #s onto later.

02-10-2017

Sock #2 done. Here’s what I’m doing for future reference:

Loop:

When CO, leave the 1st and last st, to K2tog, creating a loop.

Leg:

CO 28 sts. Knit 4 rounds garter st. Added plain column at end of ea. round for fair isle patterns. Knit 1 more round before beg heel.

Heel:

Follow Ann Budd’s directions for smallest size and largest gauge, except always slip 1st st. purlwise wyib, and limit to only 10 rows for the flap.

Leg:

6 rounds before beg decreases foll Ann Budd’s directions. Stop with 8 sts to kitchener.

02-19-2017

February stockings are finally done after much experimenting. I tried to write out what I ended up doing so I can repeat it easily and quickly next month. If the kids cooperate.