30 years ago my mom crocheted hexagon Christmas stockings for me and my four siblings. At some point my youngest sister’s stocking went missing. This year my mom and I decided to make a replacement.

The original pattern could not be found (I found several similar patterns including this free one on Ravelry), but none of them were the same. So I reversed the pattern from one of the old completed stockings (see pattern in photo, if you can read my handwriting). My mom’s toe hexes are laid out differently than any of the other patterns I found: to get a round toe she seamed the pointy bits to the inside.

We made it using whatever worsted acrylic that was in my stash (most of it I inherited from my mom or sisters and is probably 20 years old itself!) plus some sparkly white sock yarn (held double). All of the old stockings are made from red, white, and green, but I actually really like the bright colors of this and it suits my sister’s personality.