There had to be a Christmas stocking this year too. This year’s version is a small stocking that is knitted from the toe up, where you set aside stitches for the heel on a thread in a contrasting color and knit the heel afterwards - a forethought heel. The stocking ends with an icord with a loop which is either placed in the back of the stocking or in the middle of one of the sides.

I have chosen to make the pattern with a slightly variable gauge because this is a project that is very suitable for leftover yarn. The prototypes are knitted in thin merino together with a strand of mohair, or in a DK wool yarn. You can vary whether the entire stocking is knitted in one color, or if you knit it with a contrasting color on the toe, heel and icord.

I have made 3 charts showing 3 different motifs that can be embroidered on afterwards. I have embroidered the motifs on the light stockings in the photos. The red stockings have no motif and are only knitted in one color throughout.

Materials:

About 20 g of thin merino together with 10 g of mohair or other lace yarn with guiding meterage/yardage 50 g= 210-250 m/ 230-270 yards,

OR

40 g of DK weight yarn with guiding meterage/yardage 50 g = 90-110 m/ 100-120 yards.

Measures:

Length toe to starting heel:
12 cm/ 4,7 inches
Length from start heel to top:
15 cm/ 5,9 inches
Width measured flat at the top:
10-12 cm/ 3,9-4,7 inches
Loop length:
6 cm/ 2,4 inches

Techniques used in the pattern:

Judy’s magic cast on
Stockinette magic loop
Knit stitch
Increase right and left
Setting aside stitches for the heel
Bind off in icord
Decrease right and left
Kitchener stitch

All techniques are shown on youtube knit_tech.

As always, please send me a message if there are any questions. I will respond as soon as possible.

Happy Christmas knitting!