Progress Returns!
Yes, your eyes do not deceive you - that is indeed a successful heel! Wheeeee! It is a garter stitch short row heel ala Lucy Neatby’s Cool Socks Warm Feet.
That only begs the question, for a well balanced looking stocking do I then also need to do the garter stitch common wedge toe or will the plain stockinette stitch toe look okay? I’m leaning towards the garter stitch. That way all of the purple is in garter - the lace, the heel and then the toe…
I’m really, really happy with this stocking. I’ll be even more so if I have it done by Christmas Eve! But the proportions seem just perfect so far. When DH saw the strings on the lace bit that I used to help me pick up stitches evenly he thought I was attaching jingle bells. That gave me an idea and I just might attach jingle bells to the points of the lace. Though I don’t think I have any on hand and am not sure if I want to brave any crowds or not… Plus there is the whole time crunch. I still have the entire instep to do. Though, thank goodness Christmas stockings are not in proportion to regular socks!
I’m going to buckle down and do cleaning this morning (while listening to The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore) in preparation for our last minute overnight house guests this weekend (long story short, FIL was hospitalized the end of last week so they aren’t bringing the RV and that means three house guests who were not going to be staying with us). Then, mid-afternoon I’m going to head over to Textiles-A-Mano and knit there until supper time. Then, it’s game night tonight and if my hands are up to it and they aren’t playing games that sounds too tempting I’ll knit there as well and hopefully be done. DH is taking off tomorrow to help me get ready so I don’t anticipate a lot of knitting time tomorrow. So, ideally I’ll complete the stocking yet today. But, I’m not sure if that is realistic or not.
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