Tiny stockings

Two months ago, at my oldest nephew's birthday party, my sister-in-law's mother commented that she really liked a garland of very tiny stockings that she saw in the (then) current Avon catalog. My s-i-l then gave me a very significant look over the large pile of presents sitting on the dinning room table. Within a week I was out at my local craft store looking over my choices for yarn. As this wasn't something that was going to be worn, I didn't feel the need to go for one of the more softer yarns, and I also didn't want to spend a fortune, as this was probably going to end up in my stash. (A stash that I had just cut down by half.) I finally settled on using Vanna's Choice, not one of my favorite yarns, but as it was on sale I didn't complain to heartily.

I took my yarn home, and there it sat. I knew I had a deadline of Thanksgiving to get it done, but it true procrastinator fashion, I kept thinking "That's ages away!". Off and on during the month and a half I had to work on them, I would try out different patterns. I eventually went with a modified version of this pattern. I ended up halving everything, as their stockings were just a tad too big. Finally the Sunday before the holiday I sat down and cranked out 8 of these little suckers. One quick 50" chain of white yarn I had on hand, and voila! I was finished. (I have mentioned that I work well under pressure?) I folded it neatly into a box and it was ready to go out the door.

Yesterday I received a card from my s-i-l's mother. It was just a simple thank you. But I think she remembered that one of us (my younger sister and I) has a corgi. Because the card had a corgi that looked just like our Tank on the front. I'm not the one with the dog, but I thought it was cute all the same.

The inspiration:

The first stocking:

The finished stockings were a little larger than the ones in the catalog. Rather than 2" they were more like 2.5".
I did forget to take a picture of the finished product before I handed it over to be gifted. Oops! So just imagine the finished product for me!