Materials: Wool Ease worsted weight wool from Lion Brand. Also some Patton’s wool. Gauge: not really important since these are not meant to fit anyone. I used tension 6 on my mid-gauge Silver Reed knitting machine. Cast on 48 stitches with scrap yarn using whatever method you prefer. Set row counter to 000. Using Main Color yarn (MC) Knit leg for 76 rows. Leave carriage on the right if you are knitting the heel on the right. You may knit a solid or stripe pattern. Take MC from the carriage and tuck it under the machine and to the back. Put a contrast color (CC) if you want a different color heel, into the carriage. Set machine up for partial knitting. You will be knitting on the right side of the stocking, the left side is in hold position. Short row heel on right side (it really doesn’t matter what side you knit your heel, it is easiest to pick a side for the heel and toe and stick with it so that all your stockings match). End with carriage on the right. Set row counter to 000. Return machine to normal knitting. With MC knit foot for 34 rows. Continue stripe pattern. End with carriage on the right. Cut MC yarn if you are using CC yarn on the toe. Set machine up for partial knitting. Leave the left half of the needles in hold position. End with carriage on the left so that your tail is by ‘0’. Leave the tail the width of the knitting x 1.5 plus the length of the stocking plus about 5 inches. This tail will be used to kitchener (knit or weave) toe together and sew sides together. You should start with the carriage on the right. That means you must either take the carriage off the machine and put it back on the right side, or you might have a lever or switch on your carriage to move it from the left to the right without knitting or dropping stitches. Short row toe. Knit scrap yarn across all the stitches on the machine and take stocking off the machine. If you are making more than one stocking, instead of taking the stocking off the machine, knit a row of ravel cord, knit 4 or 5 rows more of scrap yarn. Re-hang the weights above the ravel cord, and start a new stocking. Then pull the ravel cord to separate the first stocking from the second stocking. For the edging on the top of the sock use size 3 needles, pick up stitches along the top of the stocking. Knit 6 rows of garter stitch starting with the knit side facing you. Bind off. Kitchener together the toe, sew up the side. Old Fashioned Knit Christmas Stockings page 1