Are you deep in Christmas preparation? Here to help you out with a quick project, a herringbone stitch free christmas stocking crochet pattern. It’s a simple and classic pattern with options for a single colour or 2 colour contrast.
The pattern includes guidance for a Christmas Tree or star design, or leave yours plain and simple to go with any of your Christmas decorations.
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Free Christmas Stocking Crochet Pattern
You will need
- Aran/Worsted acrylic yarn
- 95g/203yds for single colour, OR
- 30g/64yds Colour A
- 65g/139yds Colour B
- 95g/203yds for single colour, OR
- 5.5mm hook
- Scissors and needle for finishing
Stitch Terms & Abbreviations
Written in US terms.
Chain – ch
Slip Stitch – sl st
Stitch(es) – st(s)
Skip – sk
Single Crochet – sc
Double Crochet – dc
Special Stitches
Herringbone Double Crochet:
Yarn Over (YO), pull up a loop
Pull the 1st loop through the 2nd loop
YO pull through 1 loop
YO pull through both loops
Gauge
9 rows of 13 herringbone dc in 4×4″
Notes
- Starting chains do not count as a stitch
- Stitch counts will be in brackets at the end of each row
- ‘dc 3’ means work 1 dc in the next 3 sts
- ‘3dc’ means work 3 dc stitches in the next 1 st
Free Christmas Stocking Crochet Pattern
Toe – colour A
Row 1: in a magic ring, ch2, 12dc, sl st into the 1st dc (12)
Row 2: ch2, 2dc in each st, sl st (24)
Row 3: ch2, *2dc, dc* repeat * around, sl st (36)
Row 4: ch2, dc in each st, sl st (36)
Foot – colour B
Row 5: ch2, work a herringbone st in each st, sl st (36)
Rows 6 to 14: Repeat Row 5 (36)
Leave the loop open to work into later (try a stitch marker), or fasten off.
Heel – colour A
Row 1: skip 7 sts from the seam of the previous row, join yarn into the 8th st. Ch1, sc in the same st and the next 21 sts, turn (22)
Row 2: ch1, sc2tog, sc in each st until there are 2 remaining, sc2tog, turn (20)
Rows 3 to 8: Repeat Row 2, finishing with 8 sts
Row 9: ch1, 2sc, sc in each st, 2sc in last st, turn (10)
Rows 9 to 15: Repeat Row 8, finishing with 22 sts
Row 16: ch1, sc in each st, turn (22)
Fold the top half of the heel over towards the outside and join the sides with a whip stitch. Fold the right way around.
Body – colour B
Row 1: With your hook back in the loop left open from the foot section, ch2 and work a herringbone st into every st. Work a dc2tog in the corners where the heel meets the herringbone rows, sl st into first herringbone st to finish row (38)
Row 2: ch2, work a herringbone st in each st, sl st (38)
Rows 3 to 15: Repeat Row 2 (38)
Cuff – Colour A
Row 1: Turn to work on the wrong side, ch1, sc in each st, sl st (38)
Row 2: ch1, sc in each st, sl st (38)
Rows 3 to 7: Repeat Row 2 (38)
Row 8: Turn to work on the right side, ch1, sc in each st, sl st (38)
Fasten off and fold over. Join yarn to the top right side and make a loop with 16 chs.
Christmas Tree
Using a needle and contrasting yarn, start the Christmas tree on row 4 of the main body. Making large horizontal stitches start with a base width of 5-6 sts and continue with stitches of reducing length up to a height of 4-5 rows.
Star
Start the star in the centre, approx 7 rows up from the heel. The longer points will be approx 3.5 rows or 6 sts in length, with the shorter points being around half the length.
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