Handmade Christmas stockings hold so much more than the gifts inside. They personalize the tradition and help carry memories from holiday to holiday. And for knitters, they are a favorite project because they are relatively easy to knit. In this paperback edition, each project is reknit to reflect contemporary colour palettes.
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Handmade Christmas stockings hold so much more than the gifts inside. They personalize the tradition and help carry memories from holiday to holiday. And for knitters, they are a favorite project because they are relatively easy to knit. In this paperback edition, each project is reknit to reflect contemporary colour palettes.
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Make this holiday one your family will remember forever! With these 19 simple and fun patterns, even first-time knitters can create beautiful Christmas stockings for everyone on Santa s list. Gwen W. Steege offers innovative ideas for crafting unique stockings full of personality, regardless of whether you re looking for wacky or whimsical, classically beautiful or daintily darling. Transform smaller skeins and project leftovers into ministockings for pets or tree ornaments. Clear some room on the mantle and knit yourself a merry little Christmas.
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“"...sure to inspire veteran needleworkers and woo the novice knitter." e"Asbury Park Press Knit Christmas Stockings! was also featured in the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram , Richmond Times-Dispatch and the St. Petersburg Times . eoeAny one of the books would make a great gift for a beginning knittere"the entire set would provide years of inspiration for any knitter.e e"Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot”
"...sure to inspire veteran needleworkers and woo the novice knitter." -Asbury Park Press
Knit Christmas Stockings! was also featured in the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, Richmond Times-Dispatch and the St. Petersburg Times.
"Any one of the books would make a great gift for a beginning knitter--the entire set would provide years of inspiration for any knitter." -Shuttle, Spindle Dyepot
--Betsy McCarthy, author of Knit Socks!About the Author
Gwen W. Steege is the coauthor of The Weaving Explorer. She has been weaving for nearly 35 years and has exhibited her work in western Massachusetts, where she lives. For many years she acquired and edited a line of craft books at Storey Publishing focused on spinning, dyeing, knitting, crochet, and weaving. She is the author of a number of knitting books, including The Knitter s Life List.
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Make this holiday season one to remember by knitting heirloom-quality stockings and ornaments your friends and family will cherish for years. The projects are fun and easy to knit with step-by-step instructions for 19 designs, plus stitch charts and photographs of every finished piece. The children in your life will treasure these stockings for many holidays to come.
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