This is one of the very first stockings I ever made — back in college, University of North Colorado in Greeley, living in a shared house with my friend Christy.
It came from a pattern, but it was the beginning of something bigger — the first step toward finding my own creative voice.
I’ll always remember those nights: Christy and I, studying and cross-stitching, surrounded by textbooks and thread. We were the “crazy ones” — stitching when everyone else was out — and loving every minute of it.
This stocking holds all of that early energy, friendship, and the spark that started it all.