The Stockings Were Hung by the Chimney With Care

Well, clearly this sock isn't going to get hung anywhere for a little while, but since it is Christmas Eve I thought a quote from 'Twas the Night Before Christmas would be appropriate. 

This sock-in-progress is of my own design (it's a simple stitch pattern from Barbara Walker that I am too lazy to look up right now) using Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock Silkie in "Walk on the Wild Tide.  I chose a stranded pattern intentionally.  Wool/silk blend sock yarns tend not to have the elasticity of straight out wool yarns, and, thus, tend towards slouchiness as the socks stretch with wearing.  Stranded patterns have less give than non-stranded ones and thus tend to discourage some of the slouching.    I like my yarns to have good posture!

I was hoping that this particular pattern would break up some of the color banding a bit more, and that the stranding would show up a bit more strongly over the background.  It doesn't accomplish it as well as I would like, but it does make for a pretty, simple texture.  And the pattern stitch is incredibly simple, so it's easy to memorize and the knitting moves at a pretty rapid pace since every other row is straight stockinette.

With Christmas fast approaching and my family soon to be arriving, I bid everyone who drops by to chat with me a very happy holiday season, if you celebrate, or a pleasant bit of peace and happiness if you don't.  Much warmth and joy to you all.