The Stockings Were Hung

There are so many stocking patterns and ornament patterns in this book. The directions are clear and easy to follow.

The designs in this book are simply amazing. I love the way you can see a full color picture of the finished product at the beginning of the book, and the reference to the charts at the back. I would only recommend this book to an advanced stitcher because of the incredibly detailed charts. In addition, the charts are in color and don't copy over very well into a black and white working copy, so if you are used to having working copy that you can put reminder marks on, this may not be the book for you.

There were many patterns to choose from that were varied and very attractive; and therefore somewhat challenging. The hardest part was I needed the stocking I chose to "face" the opposite direction, so I had to mentally reverse the pattern. But even with that, still reasonable to complete. Would not recommend for a beginner.