{"id":2304,"date":"2012-11-29T15:36:12","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T15:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/?p=2304"},"modified":"2012-11-18T16:05:57","modified_gmt":"2012-11-18T16:05:57","slug":"a-christmas-stocking-for-my-nephew-aaron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/29\/a-christmas-stocking-for-my-nephew-aaron\/","title":{"rendered":"A Christmas stocking for my nephew Aaron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year will be my nephew Aaron&#8217;s first Christmas, so I thought I had better make him a Christmas stocking, similar to the one I made for his big sister Jenny a couple of years ago:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/AaronStocking1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2305\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/29\/a-christmas-stocking-for-my-nephew-aaron\/aaronstocking1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/AaronStocking1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-TZ3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1353246655&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AaronStocking1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/AaronStocking1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2305\" title=\"AaronStocking1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/AaronStocking1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/AaronStocking1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/AaronStocking1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and the other side:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/AaronStocking2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2306\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/29\/a-christmas-stocking-for-my-nephew-aaron\/aaronstocking2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/AaronStocking2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-TZ3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1353246673&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AaronStocking2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/AaronStocking2.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2306\" title=\"AaronStocking2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/AaronStocking2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/AaronStocking2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/AaronStocking2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I used Cascade 220, and 3mm needles so it makes a very firm fabric.<\/p>\n<p>I also wove in the un-used colour every other stitch so that little fingers and little presents wouldn&#8217;t get caught up in the floats on the inside.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year will be my nephew Aaron&#8217;s first Christmas, so I thought I had better make him a Christmas stocking, similar to the one I made for his big sister Jenny a couple of years ago: and the other side: I used Cascade 220, and 3mm needles so it makes a very firm fabric. 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