As soon as I saw this pattern, I knew I had to have (and make) it!
Project Details
PATTERN: Mr. Kringle’s Stocking by DROPS Design
NEEDLES: 2.5mm and 3.5mm
GAUGE: No idea
MATERIALS:
- 2 balls (200m) Drops Karisma (48 Wine Red)
- 1.6 balls (160m) Drops Karisma (19 White)
STARTED: 25th April, 2018
FINISHED: 27th November, 2019
April 2018:
Drops patterns are confusing, with rows muddled up together. I’m trying to decipher it and write it down as I go, but I’m really still a beginner so I’m not sure if I’m getting it right…
The {K2TOG, YO} picot stitch is a total pain in the butt while also upsizing needles; my hands are killing me.
Finished chart A1 on 28/04/2018. So far so good!
9th December 2018:
I put this in hibernation while I worked on my Christmas presents, but now I have no knitting WIPs to work on so this is back out. I’m about halfway through Chart A2 for the second time.
I think I’ll run out of yarn before I finish this, but I’m not in any hurry to get it done.
14th December 2018:
I finished the second round of Chart A2.
2nd January 2019:
I’m halfway into the heel and finding, once I figured out what was going on, that this version is easier than the last heel I tried. (Assuming I’ve actually figured it out correctly, lol.)
As I’ve found before, Drops patterns are hard to decipher. I had to frog the heel because I missed the bit where you change to the contrasting colour and back again, but at least it looks better the second time around.
24th November 2019:
Taken out of hibernation again. It took a minute to figure out where the heck I was but good to go!
27th November 2019:
So. This is finished. Wow. I’m not even sure how that happened. One second, I still had the whole foot to do and the next… O_O
Well, I still have to attach a loop. I’m thinking ribbon, although I suppose it depends what’s in my stash. (I need to remember to use the tiny needles too, or the ribbon is ruined…)
I used the same decrease pattern and the three-needle bind-off technique I learned from the Totoro Mittens rather than the Kitchener bind-off that the pattern suggested. (Bit brain foggy by then, I didn’t want to have to learn a new technique.)
Thoughts
I’m really just so pleased with how this turned out. It looks great. And you can tell I learned better floating as I went (especially after the mittens).
soggy musings 