Crochet Pattern: Full-Size Christmas Stocking

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8 min readDec 2, 2022

Pattern: Full-Size Christmas Stocking

Happy Holidays, folks! Today, I am sharing one of my older patterns. Several years ago, I found myself in a bind. Life had gotten rough. I had been a housewife/stay-at-home mom since 2009, and every time I began to start making my own income, my ex-husband found some way to sabotage it. On the Christmas I wrote this pattern, he had been living in a separate apartment for four months, I still hadn’t gotten back on my feet because I was a mess, and I had had enough.

I didn’t want to put up the few craptastic decorations that I had managed to snag from the Dollar Tree or Dollar General since I got married or the decorations that had been handed down to me because they were completely out of style. (Yes, I’m looking at you, Snoring Santa.)

So, about a week before Thanksgiving, when I reached this crisis moment, I grabbed my crochet hooks and my bin of yarn and got to work. I figured creating a simple stocking couldn’t be that hard. The toe was round, so I could start it off like a hat, and the heel didn’t need to be perfect enough to wear like a sock, but it had to turn, so I threw in some decreases around the heel and only crocheted on half of it until I had a flap.

I think it looks really good. And seven years later, we are still using these stockings.

I used acrylic yarn, mostly because it was what I had on hand, but also so I could toss them in the washing machine and dryer after I unpacked them every Christmas and freshen them up quickly. Your stocking will be approximately 15 inches long once completed, and when laid flat, the leg of the stocking will be approximately 5–6 inches across. It’s roomy enough to stuff full of small gifts for your friends and family.

You will need a 5.00 mm hook ( US H-hook) and approximately 270–300 yards of any worsted weight yarn. All of the stockings I made for us for either a single color or two colors, but you can add as many as you want. I even put pom-poms on the hanging loop to add decoration. It’s your stocking; do whatever you want with it.

So, with all of that being said, let’s grab our yarn and crochet hook, and let’s start our new project.

Stitch Knowledge Needed:

CH — Chain
ST — Stitch
SL ST — Slip Stitch
DC — Double Crochet
DC2TOG — Double Crochet 2 Together

Special Stitches:

DC2TOG: YO, Insert hook into first stitch, YO and pull through stitch. YO and pull through two loops on hook. YO, Insert hook into second stitch, YO and pull through stitch. YO and pull through two loops on hook. YO again and pull through all remaining loops on hook.

Pattern

Starting at the toe:

Chain 4. Sl st ends together to form a ring. Chain 2.

Round 1: Crochet 10 DC into center of ring. Sl st round closed. Chain 2.

Round 2: DC in first stitch at base of Chain 2, and DCx2 in each stitch around. Sl st round closed. Chain 2.

Round 3: DC in first stitch at base of Chain 2, DC in next stitch. *DCx2 in the following stitch, DC in next stitch. Repeat from * around. Sl st round closed. Chain 2.

Round 4: DC in first stitch at base of Chain 2, DC in next two stitches. *DCx2 in the following stitch. DC in the next two stitches. Repeat from * around. Sl st round closed. Chain 2.

Round 5: DC in first stitch at base of Chain 2. DC in each stitch around. Sl st round closed. Chain 2. (42 stitches)

Round 6: DC in first stitch at base of Chain 2. DC in each stitch around. Sl st round closed. Chain 2.

Round 7: DC in first stitch at base of Chain 2. DC in each stitch around. Sl st round closed. Chain 2.

Round 8: DC in first stitch at base of Chain 2. DC in each stitch around. Sl st round closed. Chain 2.

Round 9: DC in first stitch at base of Chain 2. DC in each stitch around. Sl st round closed. Chain 2.

Round 10: DC in first stitch at base of Chain 2. DC in each stitch around. Sl st round closed. Chain 2.

Round 11: DC in first stitch at base of Chain 2. DC in each stitch around. Sl st round closed. Chain 2.

Round 12: DC in first stitch at base of Chain 2. DC in each stitch around. Sl st round closed. Chain 2.

Round 13: DC in first stitch at base of Chain 2. DC in each stitch around. Sl st round closed. Chain 2.

Round 14: DC in first stitch at base of Chain 2. DC in each stitch around. Sl st round closed. Chain 2.

Round 15: DC in first stitch at base of Chain 2. DC in each stitch around. Sl st round closed. Chain 2.

Round 16: DC in first stitch at base of Chain 2. DC in each stitch around. Sl st round closed. Chain 2.

Round 17: DC in first stitch at base of Chain 2. DC in each stitch around. Sl st round closed. Chain 2.

Round 18: DC in first stitch at base of Chain 2. DC in each stitch around. Sl st round closed. Chain 2.

Round 19: DC in first stitch at base of Chain 2. DC in each stitch around. Sl st round closed. Chain 2.

Heel:

Row 20: DC in stitch at base of Chain 2 and in each of the next 17 stitches. Chain 2 and TURN your work.

Row 21: DC2tog (stitch at base of Chain 2 and next stitch), DC across until you have two stitches left. DC2tog those two stitches. Chain 2 and TURN your work.

Row 22: DC2tog (stitch at base of Chain 2 and next stitch), DC across until you have two stitches left. DC2tog those two stitches. Chain 2 and TURN your work.

Row 23: DC2tog (stitch at base of Chain 2 and next stitch), DC across until you have two stitches left. DC2tog those two stitches. Chain 2 and TURN your work.

Row 24: DC2tog (stitch at base of Chain 2 and next stitch), DC across until you have two stitches left. DC2tog those two stitches. Chain 2 and TURN your work.

Row 25: DC2tog (stitch at base of Chain 2 and next stitch), DC across until you have two stitches left. DC2tog those two stitches. Chain 2 and TURN your work.

Row 26: DC2tog (including stitch at base of Chain 2) across.

Leg:

Round 27: Chain 2. Picking up stitches around the heel, DC around the edge of the heel. DC2tog where heel and Round 19 meet, then DC in each stitch around the top edge of the foot section until you reach the heel join again. DC2tog to connect the heel and foot. DC up the side of the heel and across the top. (42 stitches total, not including the Chain 2.) Sl st the round closed. Chain 2.

Round 28: DC in stitch at base of Chain 2 and in each stitch around. Sl st to close round. Chain 2.

Round 29: DC in stitch at base of Chain 2 and in each stitch around. Sl st to close round. Chain 2.

Round 30: DC in stitch at base of Chain 2 and in each stitch around. Sl st to close round. Chain 2.

Round 31: DC in stitch at base of Chain 2 and in each stitch around. Sl st to close round. Chain 2.

Round 32: DC in stitch at base of Chain 2 and in each stitch around. Sl st to close round. Chain 2.

Round 33: DC in stitch at base of Chain 2 and in each stitch around. Sl st to close round. Chain 2.

Round 34: DC in stitch at base of Chain 2 and in each stitch around. Sl st to close round. Chain 2.

Round 35: DC in stitch at base of Chain 2 and in each stitch around. Sl st to close round. Chain 2.

Round 36: DC in stitch at base of Chain 2 and in each stitch around. Sl st to close round. Chain 2.

Round 37: DC in stitch at base of Chain 2 and in each stitch around. Sl st to close round. Chain 2.

Round 38: DC in stitch at base of Chain 2 and in each stitch around. Sl st to close round. Chain 2.

Round 39: DC in stitch at base of Chain 2 and in each stitch around. Sl st to close round. Chain 2.

Round 40: DC in stitch at base of Chain 2 and in each stitch around. Sl st to close round. Chain 2.

Round 41: DC in stitch at base of Chain 2 and in each stitch around. Sl st to close round. Chain 2.

Round 42: DC in stitch at base of Chain 2 and in each stitch around. Sl st to close round. Chain 2.

Round 43: DC in stitch at base of Chain 2 and in each stitch around. Sl st to close round. Chain 2.

Round 44: DC in stitch at base of Chain 2 and in each stitch around. Sl st to close round. Chain 2.

** Lay stocking flat and find the two stitches that make up the back (calf-side) of the stocking. Slip stitch to those two stitches, chain 12–14 stitches and slip stitch into the same stitch to create a hanging loop. Chain 2. (Attach new color with Chain 2 if you want the cuff to be a different color.

Round 45: DC in stitch at base of Chain 2 and in each stitch around. Sl st to close round. Chain 2.

Round 46: DC in stitch at base of Chain 2 and in each stitch around. Sl st to close round. Chain 2.

Round 47: DC in stitch at base of Chain 2 and in each stitch around. Sl st to close round. Chain 2.

Round 48: DC in stitch at base of Chain 2 and in each stitch around. Sl st to close round. Chain 2.

Round 49: DC in stitch at base of Chain 2 and in each stitch around. Sl st to close round. Chain 2.

Round 50: DC in stitch at base of Chain 2 and in each stitch around. Sl st to close round. Chain 2.

Fasten off and weave in ends. Fold over cuff to expose the chain of 12–14 stitches to hang your stocking.

Closing

I really hope that you enjoyed this pattern and the others that I have posted. If you would like to support my endeavors, I sell some of my patterns on Etsy. I would greatly appreciate it if you took a moment to look around my shop. You can also leave me a donation here on Medium. Feel free to leave a comment below if you have any questions or if you have completed this pattern.

That’s all for now. Have a wonderful day, and God bless.

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Grindle Creek Homestead is a homestead in Eastern North Carolina. It is owned and operated by Jessica Cauthon, who has been gardening and preserving food for most of her life. She runs four Medium publications: Around the Homestead — a journal of our day-to-day life on the homestead, Stocking Up — a publication dedicated to canning, freezing, and other means of food preservation, In Stitches — a home for crochet patterns, knitting patterns, and everything crafty, and Down in the Garden — a publication devoted to growing fresh food and being a steward to the land. Grindle Creek can be found online on Payhip and on Facebook.