As you know, I needed a substitute for the deer head stocking that I had to put on 'pause'. This 'Country Cottage' stocking (link on comment 23) is what I ended up doing. I started it Friday evening late, got the stocking part done by last evening & started a knitted cuff (got about halfway), then did the other half/just finished this evening. BTW, the pattern calls for a crochet cuff, but I really don't like crochet 'ribbing', so I picked up the stitches and knitted the cuff ... my own little 'spin' on the pattern.:-)
I just love-love-love the texture on this stocking - being in a 5 Bulky yarn, it really shows up. There are other patterns on the website using the same texture - sort of a designer 'signature'. How to do it? Easy ... FPDC alternated with DC ... on the next row, you DC in the FPDC & FPDC in the DCs. It's easy to get confused on the beginning/ends of the rounds - I marked the first/last stitch every round & it helped a lot.
Moving on to finishing the horse blankets!