The New Year

So, I did finish the girls stockings.  I was up until 1:30 on Christmas Eve/Christmas morning.  And I didn't line them.  But the knitting is done.  And they turned out pretty nice from the front.  They may not look it from this shot, but they are the same size.  I am going to line them - or they will stretch to four feet long.  

I'm not pleased with the pattern.  I'm not a huge fan of knitting in the round anyway.  I tried two different methods in the "back" at the "seam".  On the first one I cut the yarn each time; leaving myself with a million ends to work in.  But the seam does look far more invisible.  For the second one I carried the yarn up the back.  I used the "jogless-jog" on all the stripes longer than one round for both stockings.  The second one looks much worse as a seam, but was finished when the knitting was done.  Except for the lining of course.  I do have some vintage style red-work cotton that I'm going to use to line them with.  I have several fat-quarters, so I'm going to make four inch squares into a random patchwork and use that.  No one will ever see it I suppose, but I like the idea.  

I frogged the tan-green and the blue-white stockings.  I'm going to knit them flat and seam them.  Since I have a great love of hand sewing - seaming doesn't bother me at all.