Do you have Christmas traditions? Well of course you do, if you celebrate Christmas. Even if you don't celebrate Christmas, there is probably something you do on every Christmas. We all have our little traditions.
One of my family's traditions is to have knitted stockings. My grandma knit all her grandchildren stockings. I also have an afghan from her. She was a very crafty lady. Besides knitting she also painted a vast number of canvases and other objects. I have two paintings in my house and a clock.
Grandma knit a stocking for my nephew eight years ago, but now in her 80s she no longer knits.
My stocking, made by Grandma, still lives at my mom and dad's house. Along with the stockings my grandma made for my sister, brother and nephew. The collection is rounded out with the stockings my mom has crocheted for her children-in-law and grandchildren.
It is quite a collection. Two on the end are for my sister's pets. I guess they don't get crocheted stockings.
I have been a knitter for about four and a half years. That means I was not a knitter when D was born, hence she has a store bought stocking. Even though I have been able to make her a stocking for the past four Christmases, I have not. She already had a stocking and so I never really focused on making her one. Yet, in the back of my mind I have always thought about making her a stocking.
Last year, my cousin had twins and she called on me to make stockings for them since grandma no longer can. I accepted the challenge and made the twins stockings, my first ever. A lady at work heard that I could knit and asked me to make stockings for her nephews and I did. Yet, I didn't make one for Miss D.
This year we became a family of four and Stormy needed a stocking. He was born to a knitter and so he gets a knitted stocking right away and this was the prefect offportunity to finally make one for D. She even helped design them.
I am pleased to report that I have stockings knit for both kids.
Please disregard that Stormy is wearing a vampire sleeper. We enjoy Halloween themed items as long as they fit.
I have two more stockings to knit so that the whole family can have matching stockings, but that may be a next Christmas goal. I still have 1.5 blocks to make to finish my block-a-month afghan for 2013.
What holiday traditions are you working on?
One of my family's traditions is to have knitted stockings. My grandma knit all her grandchildren stockings. I also have an afghan from her. She was a very crafty lady. Besides knitting she also painted a vast number of canvases and other objects. I have two paintings in my house and a clock.
Grandma knit a stocking for my nephew eight years ago, but now in her 80s she no longer knits.
My stocking, made by Grandma, still lives at my mom and dad's house. Along with the stockings my grandma made for my sister, brother and nephew. The collection is rounded out with the stockings my mom has crocheted for her children-in-law and grandchildren.
It is quite a collection. Two on the end are for my sister's pets. I guess they don't get crocheted stockings.
I have been a knitter for about four and a half years. That means I was not a knitter when D was born, hence she has a store bought stocking. Even though I have been able to make her a stocking for the past four Christmases, I have not. She already had a stocking and so I never really focused on making her one. Yet, in the back of my mind I have always thought about making her a stocking.
Last year, my cousin had twins and she called on me to make stockings for them since grandma no longer can. I accepted the challenge and made the twins stockings, my first ever. A lady at work heard that I could knit and asked me to make stockings for her nephews and I did. Yet, I didn't make one for Miss D.
This year we became a family of four and Stormy needed a stocking. He was born to a knitter and so he gets a knitted stocking right away and this was the prefect offportunity to finally make one for D. She even helped design them.
I am pleased to report that I have stockings knit for both kids.
Please disregard that Stormy is wearing a vampire sleeper. We enjoy Halloween themed items as long as they fit.
I have two more stockings to knit so that the whole family can have matching stockings, but that may be a next Christmas goal. I still have 1.5 blocks to make to finish my block-a-month afghan for 2013.
What holiday traditions are you working on?
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