How I make them

Every stocking starts as a chart: a grid where each square is one stitch and each color is a choice. Jamie knits it in the round, carrying the second color along behind the work, so the pattern is part of the stocking itself, not something added on top.

That takes time, and it's supposed to. Each stocking is finished by hand, and each one is the only one of its kind.

Jamie will add the rest here soon: the yarn she reaches for, and how long one takes.