[.ca] Christmas Stockings: Holiday Treasures to Knit (ISBN 1931499004)

Lots of Great Stockings:
I am working on my forth stocking from this book and it has been a pleasure! Instructions good and clear, great pictures, lots of great ideas.

beautiful:
The pictures are beautiful, the patterns clearly written and illustrated. Great ideas many fairly easy. A wide variety of styles in a sweet little book.

A stocking for everyone:
For years I have knitted Christmas stockings for friends and finally resorted to designing my own patterns because most of the patterns I found were ultimately ugly and clumsy. This book, however, contains unique patterns that will please any taste. I always like to put names on my stockings, so a little pattern editing is necessary, but otherwise the designs are excellent. The yarns range from bulky to fingering weight, and the designs range from nordic-inspired to Victorian to a dog's stocking. Certainly the best Christmas stocking patterns I have found.

Great for learning how to knit:
I just checked this book out of the public library today and as soon as I looked through it, I got on the computer to buy it!!! I am just starting to learn how to knit and these projects are fun and simple enough for me to make. Plus, they will make great gifts for the holidays.

Great Book for Handspinners & Stash Resource Managers:
Along with handspinnning and knitted lace, Christmas stockings are right at the top of my list of ~The most wonderful things to knit~. In my opinion, this book is one of the nicest compiliations of Christmas stockings to date. The first thing that grabbed my attention on all of the patterns was that they weren't "brand yarn specific". Each pattern lists the type of yarn by weight, ie. 2-ply worsted, bulky, sport, etc. This makes yarn choices very easy for handspinners or knitter's who already have a stash of yarns to chose from. (Note: specific yarns used in each stocking are listed at the end of the book for you to use if desired). This book is a definite must have and a keeper for any knitter's library! Sheri Spin2Knit.com