The Country Cottage crochet stocking in lieu of the knitted deer head stocking (out of time .... may not work out) is “meant to be”!!
The pattern is for 5 Bulky yarn. I have a beautiful skein of Loops & Threads Charisma which is 5 Bulky in the color(s) “Holiday”. I bought it years ago ... the colors are burgundy, sort of a rose pink that blends, hunter green, sage green, bone. I love the colors - haven’t been able to find it since.
Anyway, if I use the Charisma Holiday for the toe, heel & cuff, and could find a color that blends for the main stocking body, that is the goal. What I hoped to find was the ‘sage’ green, solid color that will show the texture of the stitches. Lo & behold, there were only 3 skeins of sage at the local Michaels, exactly what I needed, color & amount. On sale, too! :-)
So that’s what I’ll be doing this weekend, working on the stocking. I also stopped at Hobby Lobby & found flower buttons for the horse blankets .... had to wait a LONG time in line ... they were crazy busy. I think I’m in ‘good’ shape again for Christmas on the kids’ presents. I’ll still work on the knitted stocking, but that won’t be until Christmas is over & I am not super pressed for time.
Glad you found a new pattern to use. I am taking pictures right now of my finished afghan to share...and I just had a brainstorm for the next color pallet:
I'll use the same pattern ('Spectrum') but will shorten up the bigger 12-row sections so I can get more colors into it without making it 20-feet long, LOL! I'll have Beau do the cipherin' for me - he loves that stuff. I'm seeing eight color changes, there.