when paul and i started dating i realized the next christmas that stockings were a big deal in his family. after we were married i decided to make our own stockings as a surprise for our first christmas. it was quite an ordeal at first b/c i had never crocheted anything other than scarves, pot holders or other flat rectangular items. thankfully my good friend in korea had more experience and was able to hold my hand and teach me through the process. we spent our first holiday in melbourne, australia doing a house swap. as i had to work on them during the flight i shared them with paul early. he was thrilled. one each of them i have a felt tag where we list where we spent christmas each year. another korea friend shared that idea with me and i loved it. so our tags so far list--melbourne '07, hoi an '08, houston '09, phnom penh/laos '10, houston '11/'12/'13, and nashville '14. james's first christmas i worked on his and made it striped red and green since mine is green and paul's is red. hard to match the yarn since the initial yarn was bought in seoul and his yarn was bought here locally. his tag just has houston '12/'13 and nashville '14. obviously next year i will be making another stocking for baby brother. so exciting to have this fun family tradition to carry on.
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