Jingle Bells
afterthought
Vanilla worked hard to finish the Mystery stocking on time – here she is getting ready to knit the afterthought heel…
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Heel
…decreasing every second row, and then every row until four stitches are left on each needle…
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Snip
…snipping the last yarn! What an accomplishment! She threaded this yarn into the last few stitches then wove in the ends…
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Done!
…and made a little loop to hang it from…
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Jingle Bells
…Ta Da! Our mystery knit-along stocking is done!! We like the pattern of bells, bows and acorns along the top, and all the Norwegian classical patterns throughout! Thanks Arne and Carlos, it was such a fun project, and helped to stave off the November blahs…
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Toe
Vanilla thinks we might get another stocking finished by Christmas…
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Click Here for a link to Arne and Carlos’s Blog, and though the Mystery Stocking Knit-along is finished for this year, there are other interesting patterns and things to see there.
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Quimper Hittys 
Oh Glorious Stocking! What a great job you’ve done on it-so festive, such clear images, so appropriate for the season and yes, a great boon to ward off November blahs! What a fun outcome. I can see why Vanilla’s smile is so broad.
The November Blahs are particularly grey and dull this time it seems…some pretty positive time with knitting and dolls is a great balm for me!
😀 Great! She makes me smile.
Thanks! She makes me smile too!
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That’s lovely
Thank you so much!
Vanilla is doing an great job what an awesome stocking!!!
Thanks! we are loving the knitting so much that we started another!
wonderful pattern, Santa is going to love that sock Do you knit the Norwegian/German way or the British way?? Thanks for the link to Arne and Carlos’s blog, their collection of patterns is marvelous – even a patterned bear (I’m not sure I’m a good enough knitter!). Their how to videos are informative and charming.
I knit with the yarn held in the left hand, as taught by my Swedish great-Aunt…it has sometimes been an issue as the look of the fancy stitches can change if knitting this way with a pattern designed for other styles of knitting, but I have learned many work-arounds. It is so nice to have found Arne and Carlos and their whole entire set of patterns in English, that fit the methods I was taught!
what a delightful Christmas stocking.
Thanks! We hope for fun things to fill it!
Very lovely stocking!
What a lovely stocking ! I hope Santa is generous when filling it. Clever Hittys.
Thanks! We very much enjoyed the knitting project – so much that we started a second one!
Socks should be in pairs!