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Nightmare Hill
My contribution to The Scary Sock KAL for this year.
Inspired by Nightmare before Christmas
I have said before. I don’t watch horror films, I’m a wuss!
But I must admit this is the one “horror” film that I do watch. It is a family tradition that we curl up with after dinner drinks on Christmas Eve and watch this before wending our weary way to bed.
When I decided on this sock I was originally going to make a mock fairilse sock with Jack Skellington heads and other iconic characters, and started Googling pictures for inspiration. And then I saw THE HILL. Immediately my knitting brain started thinking of ways to knit a black hill on a black background and this is what I hope I have managed to achieve.
Toe up with a short row toe and heel. This sock has a bit of everything.
travelling sts, duplicate stitching, and some simple embroidery.
If you are really adventurous you might try adding the moon by intarsia, but I have to say that I tried. In conjunction with the travelling sts, my mind just gave up. So as they say (to paraphrase Kipling) if you can do it “ you are a cleverer knitter than me Gunga Din” - have at it!
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