Christmas Stocking Pattern Page 1 of 3 Skill level: Intermediate (depending on color pattern choice and the skill in working with multiple strands of yarn. It could be easy, if you choose to make a simple striped stocking and to embroider on the name, for example.) Size H Crochet Hook (corresponds to 5 mm or size 8 USA) 4ply worsted weight yarn in three colors or as many as needed for the pattern. I call them the main color (green), the background color (white) and the contrasting color (red) I like to use acrylic because it is washable. Once a child fell asleep hugging his stocking and the chocolate candy melted! Stitches used: chain stitch, slip stitch, single crochet and halfdouble crochet (hdc) Halfdouble crochet: yarn over, pull up a loop in the next stitch. Yarn over, pull through all three loops on hook. Single crochet: pull up a loop in the next stitch, yarn over and pull through two loops on hook. Slip stitch: Insert your hook into the stitch, then hook the yarn and pull it through both the stitch and the loop on the hook. Making the Stocking First decide if you want the “foot” to the left or right of the stocking. The hanging loop will be on the opposite side of the foot. Chain 60 stitches and join the ends so you have a circle. Be careful not to twist the chain when joining. Work half double crochet around in the contrasting color. Pattern for Christmas Stocking in Crochet by Karole Kurnow
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Christmas Stocking Pattern Page 1 of 3
Skill level: Intermediate (depending on color pattern choice and the skill in working with multiple strands of yarn. It could be easy, if you choose to make a simple striped stocking and to embroider on the name, for example.) Size H Crochet Hook (corresponds to 5 mm or size 8 USA) 4-‐ply worsted weight yarn in three colors or as many as needed for the pattern. I call them the main color (green), the background color (white) and the contrasting color (red) I like to use acrylic because it is washable. Once a child fell asleep hugging his stocking and the chocolate candy melted!
Stitches used: chain stitch, slip stitch, single crochet and half-‐double crochet (hdc) Half-‐double crochet: yarn over, pull up a loop in the next stitch. Yarn over, pull through all three loops on hook. Single crochet: pull up a loop in the next stitch, yarn over and pull through two loops on hook. Slip stitch: Insert your hook into the stitch, then hook the yarn and pull it through both the stitch and the loop on the hook.
Making the Stocking First decide if you want the “foot” to the left or right of the stocking. The hanging loop will be on the opposite side of the foot. Chain 60 stitches and join the ends so you have a circle. Be careful not to twist the chain when joining. Work half double crochet around in the contrasting color.
Pattern for Christmas Stocking in Crochet by Karole Kurnow
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Hint: You can either end each row by joining to the first stitch and then start a new row by chaining 1 and skipping the first stitch, or you might choose to work continuously in the round. Creating the Name:
You can either crochet in the name by carrying a second strand of yarn through your work (see hint on working with color) or embroider it on afterward using a chain stitch. Change to the background color for the name and work 7 rows (or as many rows as it takes to complete the name). Work another row in the contrasting color. Switch to the main color. While continuing to work in hdc around, work your color pattern. Plan your color pattern out on graph paper, keeping in mind that the stitch is not perfectly square; it is longer than it is wide. Also, the nature of the hdc stitch is that it leans to one side, so the color pattern (and name) look like they are in italics. Remember that the design is worked from the top down, so turn the graph paper around so that the top is facing you. Hints for working with colors: I usually work with only two (but sometimes more) colors at a time. I carry the second color along with me as I work by holding it up against the piece and treating it as if it were part of the stitch through which I’m pulling up a loop. Basically, I crochet around it so there are no loose threads on the back of the work. (See photo – I am working with red and crocheting around the green.)
When I’m ready to change colors, I work the first part of the hdc in the old color (yarn over, pull up a loop in the next stitch). Then change to the new color (yarn over and pull through all the stitches on the hook). I don’t carry the second color all the way around the stocking. I drop it once I am done with it. On the next round, I pick it up again, being careful not to pucker the
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work by pulling it too tight. When I work the stitches in that round, I crochet over both the yarn I’m not using and the extra strand of the new color.
Form the foot: When you reach one hdc before you want the foot to jut out, chain approximately 9 stitches and turn. Skipping the first stitch, work hdc back along that chain. Slip stitch in the same stitch on the stocking where the chain started and then continue in hdc around the stocking until you reach the other side of the chain. Work hdc in the back of the chain and continue on around. Continue working around in hdc until the foot measures approximately 4 inches. Fold stocking flat and slip stitch loosely through both the front and back stitches to join the two sides together. Tie a knot, cut the yarn and stitch the loose ends into the work.
Create hanging loop: Attach yarn to the top of the stocking. Work a chain of 9 stitches and join back to the beginning stitch to form a hanging loop. Work single crochet around the loop. Bind off, cut yarn and stitch the loose ends into the work.