HO! Holiday Stocking - free pattern

My sister Heather, the self titled Yarn-Ho! (and aptly so - she loves yarn), created this easy and fast stocking. She chose Mission Falls 1824 Wool in three, "funky yet still holiday" colors.

I sent her the yarn last week, she knitted it up over the weekend, and was showing it off to her knitting group on Wednesday! Enjoy!


A fun, FREE CHRISTMAS STOCKING PATTERN, courtesy of Heather Ink!

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Finished dimensions: 6" x 23"

Yarn: Mission Falls 1824 Wool.
Color A: Poppy red, 011
Color B: Basil green, 532
Color C: Oyster gray, 003

Needles: US size 8, double-pointed needles, click here to go to the needle shop.

Gauge: 4.5 sts over 4 inches

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Begin:
With color A, cast on 52 sts. Arrange sts evenly on 4 needles and join being careful not to twist stitches. Work in st st for 2".

Make hem:
By folding with wrong sides together, bring cast on edge to meet sts on needle 1. Insert needle into first st at beginning of round, pick up 1 st from cast on edge, K st on needle. Repeat around.

Continue to work in st st for 1" more.

Body of stocking:
Stripe Pattern:
Rows 1-3: Color B.
Rows 4-5: Color C.

Work in Stripe Pattern for 7 repeats. Change to Color B and work 3 rounds. Change to Color C and work one round.

Heel flap:
Change to Color A and K 13 sts. Turn work and P 26 sts. Leave remaining sts on two spare needles.

Working back and forth on only heel sts as follows:
Row 1: *sl 1, K 1,* repeat from * to * across row.
Row 2: sl 1, P across row.

Repeat these two rows 13 times.

Turn heel:
Row 1: K across 15 sts, SSK, K 1, turn.
Row 2: Sl 1, P 5, P2tog, P 1, turn.
Row 3: Sl 1, K to 1 st before gap, SSK (across gap), K 1 turn.
Row 4: Sl 1, P to 1 st before gap, P2tog, P 1, turn.

Repeat rows 3 and 4 until 16 sts remain. K 8 sts and leave on needle. With new needle (needle 1) K 8, pick up and K 13 sts from heel flap. K 26 instep sts (needle 2 and 3). Pick up and K 13 sts from other edge of heel flap, with same needle K 8 sts from heel (needle 4). Round now begins at bottom of heel.

Foot:
Change to color C.
Round 1: K to last 3 sts on needle 1, K2tog, K 1; K 26; on needle 4, K 1, SSK, K to end.
Change to Color B and begin working in Stripe Pattern.
Round 2: K all sts.

Repeat these two rounds until 52 sts remain.

Work in st st until foot measures 7" from back of heel ending Stripe Pattern. Change to Color B and work 3 rounds more.

Toe:
Change to Color A.
Round 1: K to the last 3 sts on needle 1, K2tog, K 1; needle 2, K 1, SSK, K to end; needle 3, K to the last 3 sts, K2tog, K1; needle 4, K 1, SSK, K to end.
Round 2: K all sts.

Repeat these two rounds until 28 sts remain.

Repeat Round 1 until 8 sts remain.

Kitchener st toe sts.

Hang loop:
With Color A, cast on 8 sts. Work in i-cord for 5". Bind off. Attach to top of stocking.

Weave in all yarn ends, hang and wait for presents!