Arizona Knitting

Elizabeth Morrill wrote

on Oct 6, 2008 6:21 PM

 I am Liz from Arizona and have been knitting for as long as I can remember.  My mother's aunts from Switzerland would visit us and it must have been one of them that sat me down and put needles in my hands.  I still have a pair that came from my grandmother.   I love to do needlepoint and I have designed many items - mostly Christmas stockings. 

On a vacation to Oregon, I saw a woman knitting the most amazing Christmas stockings.  This little coastal village, Yachats, had a Monday Night knitting group at the library.  I sat next to the woman with the stocking and just observed.  After returning home I spent time on the internet trying to find the yarn.   In AZ there is not a great selection of wool but was able to find the wool in shops in Oregon, Colorado, and Utah.  

The next year on vacation I took my yarn and needles and looked up the woman, She was kind enough to give me the pattern and to start me out on my first stocking.  Reading the charts was easy as it was just like doing needlepoint from a chart.  I finished the Christmas stocking for my grandson, Jack last year.  It was his first Christmas.

I have put aside my other needlework and have picked up the needles again - even starting a knitting group that meets at my house once a month.  I have spent time on the internet looking at knitting blogs and have read so many amazing stories and have seen so many amazing finished projects. I have checked out so many knitting books from our library as well.  My fingers are itching to start.

I have loved the knitting daily email that comes and wish that our cable company would have the television program.  

Thanks to all of you who post and share your ideas and projects.  They are all food for thought.

Liz

Silvia wrote

on Oct 30, 2008 3:32 PM

HI, My name is Silvia and I was born and raised in Switzerland. Saw that you had a Ant from there. We learned knitting and Crochet in School.

We spend the winter in the south and have been in AZ many times.

Best wishes Silvia

just joint this group too

sarahurvand wrote

on Oct 3, 2009 5:44 PM

hi elizabeth! i just joined this site and was searching for xmas stocking patterns and your post came up in the search. I am trying to find patterns for xmas stocking to make my family for this christmas... my mom made all of ours out of felt and i want to do the same and make them for my family but would like to knit or crochet them. i was wondering if you could email me the pattern you used to make yours? funny coincidence that i just moved to the oregon coast and thats where you got your pattern. thanks for any help!

sarah (sarahurvand@hotmail.com)

workmanr wrote

on Oct 29, 2009 7:12 AM

Is there any way you could post the pattern? I was searching for christmas stockings as well.....

Carol Contreras wrote

on May 10, 2010 3:00 PM

Searching for download of 7 free patterns from Christmas Stockings from email that I missed.  contreras_carol@yahoo.com

AndreaW wrote

on May 12, 2010 12:52 AM

Hi all...

   I googled "knitted Christmas stocking pattern" + got lots of hits. One interesting old one fr 1945 that even has charts so you can personalize it.

http://www.knitting-and.com/knitting/patterns/christmas/1945-stocking.htm

   I'm sure that if you check out most yarn companies; Bernat/ Berocco/ Patons/ Lion Brand/ Red Heart/ etc...they will have free patts on their sites for Xmas stockings. I've seen lots over time.

   It's just basically a fat oversized sock that you can knit plain or insert any sort of pattern that appeals to you.

          Happy hunting + knitting..... Andrea