A New Christmas Stocking

During my limited down-time, I have stitched a little stocking to test my newest designs.  I designed this one for both 40 count and 48 count silk gauze so that you may choose which count you would like to use.  There is room for a small name at the top in the banner area, which I did not stitch in my example.

I had a bit of trouble when stitching this stocking because it was turning out smaller than I expected and I kept thinking I had designed the pattern incorrectly. The lightbulb suddenly went on just as I finished stitching it. I had mounted 48 count silk gauze and accidentally printed out the 40 count pattern! Therefore, the stocking turned out smaller than I expected and I cannot sell it. All is not lost though because it showed me the colors have all worked out the way I wanted, which is ultimately my reason for stitching it and my patterns were correct.

The 2 patterns have now been uploaded to our shop and are available for sale. The 40 count version may be found here: Stocking 14 and the 48 count version may be found here: Stocking 15
Both turn out approximately the same size when stitched on the correct count of gauze. Don't make the same mistake I did, LOL!  This is just another lesson I have learned to not trust my memory when starting to stitch a pattern, double check that you have the correct gauze mounted, unless of course, you want to make it bigger or smaller deliberately. :)
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