Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 09:59:59 -0700 (MST) From: Roger Carlson To: Laura Burger Cc: Knit@Bolis.com Subject: Re: KNIT: Looking For Pattern On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Laura Burger wrote: > I would love to try and knit my first x-mas stocking. Is there > anyone out there that has an easy pattern, or know of a place on the > internet to find one. Any help would greatly appreciated. > Laura and others, I just got done making a Christmas stocking for my first DIL (BTW the wedding was August 24th and she is a sweetie!), anyway, I was wanting to make a few adjustments to the design and put together a formal set of instructions to post. The process is fairly straight forward and the stocking is BIG so you may want to reduce the number of stitches or the size of the needles. I cast on 90 sts and worked a 2x2 rib for about 2 inches then changed to stockinette st. BTW I worked it all in the round on #7 needles using a 6oz skein of worsted wt acrylic yarn. Work plain until the sock is about 10 inches long. Work the heel flap on 46 sts for about 30 or 40 rows slipping the first st of each row. Turn heel leaving about six sts at the center. Pick up one st for every two rows along the sides of the heal flap. Reduce by two sts every other round until there are 80 sts left. Work even until the distance from the heel is about 6 or 8 inches. Reduce by four sts every other round (work toe) until there are 18 sts left. Weave toe, work in ends. This needs some refinement. I'll try to post more detailed instructions later, but this should give you the basic idea. Using 90 sts and #7 needles allows this to double as a "stocking cap"! Roger C. Carlson Project Manager - Technical Services Cabela's, Inc. 812 13th Ave Sidney, NE 69160 --- This pattern downloaded from Wool Works: the online knitting compendium http://www.woolworks.org/