New Stocking Progress and No Creepy Duck This Time

Warning: Bad photo! Fat cat! The one thing I will most definitely be getting with my tax refund this year is a new digital camera, probably last year's Nikon because it'll be cheaper, but most definitely one comparable to what died on me two years ago. Hopefully that will put an end to lousy crap shots like this one. Dammit to hell.


Nearly done with the decreases on the new stocking design. Since it isn't ribbed and the fabric doesn't pull in as closely as the Victorian pattern I have to decrease down to about 70-80 stitches for the ankle, as opposed to the 104 the 1880s pattern called for. Now that I see it all laid out next to a Spotted Dirigible, it seems a mite large, but it really isn't that much wider than the stripy pair.

The good thing about designing stockings, socks or gloves is that you can photograph and post the pattern when you're only half done. So once I've darned in the toe I can post it without having yet knitted the second one.

The weather will most likely be much too warm by the time I get the pair finished for me to wear them. Bah! Buuuut I can then start fooling with designing some black lace cotton ones, or maybe something like the black & white stripy pair on the same page.