now that they’ve received them, I can show you the stockings I made for my grandbaby and his parents :)
Stacey asked me to make a personalised one for Carter, and I thought his mum & dad should have stockings too. They’re not matchy exactly, but kind of coordinating, and I tried to make them in the earthy colours Stacey likes while keeping them Christmassy. There are little pockets or bows on the front to hold candy canes or whatever, and the toes are stuffed – the lining is a more trad stocking shape – so you don’t have to fish around trying to figure out if there’s anything lost in the curly point. Despite the girlchild’s best wheedling efforts, I included a tiny box of Fruit Loops in Aaron’s, because Santa always brought him Fruit Loops and a mango. I’d have put some coins in as well, but I was getting awful close to the weight limit because of the baby clothes I’d jammed in …
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