Waste not, want not

Here is my first foray into the land of Knitting with Waste Yarn. When I got to the heel of the Christmas stocking, I had to insert a piece of waste yarn through thirty of the sixty stitches. Then I continued on my merry way to the toe (which, as you can tell by the stitch holders, is in its pre-grafting phase in this photo). Then I carefully picked up fifteen stitches on either side of the waste yarn, held my breath, and took out the waste piece. And like magic, there appeared a hole in the middle of the sock--but it's one that I actually wanted!