Yes, I am still here, believe it or not. Until tonight, I hadn't actually sat down with intentions of clicking through anything on the computer since the day before Thanksgiving... not even email!
As far as knitting blog-catch-up, I worked on the second sock from Hubby's "pair" of Hedgerow Socks whilst digesting Thanksgiving dinner, then Thanksgiving lunch, then another Thanksgiving lunch. Because I don't have a stitch of energy left in my feet today to go grab the camera from my purse, I'll just let you know that I'm about 5" down the tube of the sock. Go me for pushing through and making this a pair of socks, huh?
Another new project is quite a terrifying one indeed. I just recently purchased a beautiful pattern that I discovered during a "Christmas stocking" search on dear ol' Ravelry.com. The pattern is named Baby's First Christmas Stocking and it's part of a little family of patterns: A Family Portrait. I chose the baby pattern because I just liked the flower/snowflake overall design. It's a perk that this comes as a collection of three different-yet-similar stocking patterns. And the designer, 2sticks, is totally bright, friendly, and encouraging. Why encouraging? Because she kindly reassured me that I could totally...
... knit with more than one color at once...
... learn the Turkish cast-on technique...
... start these stockings from the toe and work up from there...
... annnnnd...
... follow a chart pattern.
Those are all new things for me! Woohoo for learning more new knitting stuff!!!
If 2sticks's predictions are right, these two stockings should be a breeze. I'll keep y'all filled in on the project, and on my progress, and let you know if 2sticks is indeed correct. :)
