...a new stocking...

...Scout asked me if I'd make a stocking 'like ours' for his girlfriend...

...so sweet...

...and when your child asks you to knit something (anything)...of course you say yes...YES!

...you've seen our stockings before (every year)...

...mine and the Man's were made our first year of marriage...so they're antiques...

...and they just have traditional Christmas symbols on them...snowflakes...ribbons...trees...

...and for Scout's first 2 years...we just used his 'Baby's First Christmas' stocking...

...and then I asked him (a toddler...don't know why)...what he wanted on his stocking...so his has typical toddler Christmas items...and now looks kinda childish beside our 'grown-up' ones...kinda sweet though...

...his has a gold ornament...a snowman...a Christmas tree with a gold star on top...and a gingerbread cookie...he also has a couple of symbols copied from each of ours...

...so...when he requested this new stocking...he asked for items meaningful for her...

...a blue snowflake...a flag...ballet slippers...and notes...and a Christmas tree...of course...

...so I got busy charting those things out...

...a small and simple snowflake...our snowflakes are all white...but Scout asked that her's be Carolina blue...her favorite colour...

...the flag and the Christmas tree...with lights...

...the music note...and the one that wound up being kinda problematic...the slippers...

...and the letters of her name...

...so the finished portion of the stocking showing the slippers...my sweet sissie said last weekend at her visit that I might need to tell her what they were...not exactly recognizable...HA!

...so I thought it might help if I outlined them...and I'm glad I did...much more recognizable as slippers with dangling ribbons now...

...all finished and hanging with ours...

...it has been so much fun buying the stocking stuffers for this one...

~Have a lovely day!