Inspiration
Report from North Pole
Dear Kay,
Sure, now that Labor Day is behind us, it’s happening: the growing realization that we really ought to get started on a Christmas stocking for that soon-to-be-born baby, that baby that just arrived, and that baby that’s a nonhuman companion.
Basically, everybody needs a Christmas stocking! The time is nigh!
We had a swell time not long ago talking with Allison Volek Shelton, our in-house expert on making our New Ancestral Christmas Stocking. Settle in with your first eggnog of the season and hang out with us as we go deep on the topic of stranded knitting, knitting in the round, and all sorts of extremely relevant tips ’n’ tricks ’n’ gibblegabble.
You’ll find the video right here.
And you’ll find our Atlas yarn kits for the New Ancestral Christmas Stocking right here. Three color options, plus a PDF download of the pattern.
All you need to add is luv and honestly not that much time because this stocking comes together pretty fast.
Extremely jolly!
Sending possibly premature holiday cheer your way, but hey—cheer is cheer, right?
Love,
Ann
It is decidedly autumn-ish here today. Dreary, cool, and clearly time to cook something low and slow. With potatoes that aren’t in a salad. I’m not quite ready for an egg nog yet but the Christmas knitting has begun. Hannukah and Soltice knitting is coming soon.
at 99 degrees expected here today I’m not ready for ANYTHING to be cooking, but I am already knitting on Christmas gifts!
Looking at 110F here (well, actually I’m afraid to look . . .)
102 predicted here today. Indoor temp inside my house reached 90 yesterday.
I also love to make stockings for newlyweds. Always a hit!
It was 90 at 10 am this morning, and about 110 this afternoon. Power outages (rolling blackouts) are expected… but how nice to think about Christmas weather! I’ll have to sing about a White Christmas and maybe it will cool us down.
Thanks for the great kits and pattern! I love Ruby’s colors and will be making 2 stockings when the weather starts to turn this fall. For now, I am sticking with wash cloths (log cabins and ball band) and crocheted pot holders, all small and cottony.