Free Mini Christmas Stocking Knitting Pattern

Use our mini Christmas stocking knitting pattern to make stocking ornaments to hang on your Christmas tree. Don’t forget to add a treat.

While at home with sick babies today I whipped up these cute little stockings to put on each of the kids’ mini Christmas trees.  Santa will be leaving a special little candy treat in these each year (along with his gift under their tree too).

I have been making these for as long as I can remember. It’s a great way to use up remnants of yarn and also great for ‘wrapping’ small gifts instead of using gift wrap.

Last year I knit about 60 of these and popped a small wooden drum in each before sending them off to children we love. 

A couple of years earlier I held a knitting party (okay it was a food and wine party, but we did knit too) for girlfriends. We made similar little stockings and popped a cigar in each for our husbands who were deployed at the time.

Mini Christmas stocking knitting pattern

Supplies

• Needles 3.25mm
• 4 ply yarn

As you can see from the photo above you can use a wide variety of yarns to make your stockings.

Instructions

• Cast on 23 stitches
• Work garter stitch for 2 rows (knit only)
• 3rd row increase 1 stitch, knit 12, increase 1 stitch, knit 11, increase 1 stitch, knit 3
• Knit garter stitch for next 5 rows

9th row – begin shaping the foot.

• Knit 15 stitches, knit 2 together, turn
• Purl 6, purl 2 together, turn
• Knit 6, knit 2 together, turn
• Continue until 17 stitches remain
• Knit to end of row

Begin forming the leg of the stocking.

• Knit garter stitch for a further 24 rows
• Change color if you want for the top of the stocking.
• Knit garter stitch for 6 rows
• Cast off loosely to last stitch
• Knit last stitch 20 times to make loop for hanging
• Cast off.

From inside out stitch the back seam of the stocking and attach the loop for hanging.

Note: This pattern can be adjusted. For example, I occasionally use a thicker yarn and size 4 needles if I want to make a slightly larger stocking. If I have a fluffy yarn to use on the top such as the green above I double the yarn over when knitting.

More DIY Christmas ornaments

Are you looking for more homemade Christmas stockings to decorate your tree this year? You need to take a look at these:

• Painted ornaments
• Homemade glitter photo Christmas ornaments
• Stamped salt dough ornaments
• Clay ornaments
• Owl ornaments
• Glitter glue ornaments

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