Vintage Christmas Stocking Free Crochet Pattern

If you want a classic Christmas crochet stocking pattern, then this is the one for you!  It is such a fun pattern to crochet and will make your Christmas season a little more festive knowing that you made such an important part of your Christmas decor.  And the best part of this pattern is that it is a FREE crochet pattern!

The Christmas Holiday season is such a festive time of year and making handmade Christmas stockings is the perfect way to put any crocheter in a festive mood!

I love the design of this stocking because it is your basic solid color stocking with the accent color on the toe, heel and cuff.  It’s a fairly easy pattern to make as it uses basic stitches like the chain stitch, single crochet stitches and double crochet stitches.  

If you feel intimidated to crochet a Christmas stocking, don’t worry because I have included a lot of step by step pictures for this particular pattern.

Can you use a different weight of yarn for this pattern? 

While technically, yes, you can use a different yarn weight for this free pattern but it will make your stocking be a different size than mine.

I used I Love This Yarn and it is a worsted weight yarn.  If you use a bulky yarn then your stocking will be much larger than mine and if you used a lightweight or dk weight yarn then it would be smaller.  

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Christmas Stocking Crochet Pattern

All crochet terms are US terms.

Skill Level – Late Beginner

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Things you will need:

• I Love This Yarn in Cranberry, Forest & Ivory Metallic or 180 yards Color A & 125 yards of Color B
• Size H / 5.00 mm Crochet Hook
• Yarn Needle / Tapestry Needle
• Scissors
• Tape Measure

Size:

• Finished piece is approx. 7.25’’ x 16’’

Gauge:

• 14 st x 8 r = 4” in Double Crochet

Abbreviation / Stitch Key:

• ch = chain
• st = stitch (es)
• sk = skip
• mc = magic circle / magic ring
• sc = single crochet
• hdc = half double crochet
• dc = double crochet
• sc2tog = single crochet 2
• stitches together
• dc2tog = double crochet 2 stitches together
• blsc = back loop single crochet
• sl st = slip stitch
• sp = space
• yo = yarn over
• t = turn

Notes:

• Color A is the stocking color and color B is the toe, heel and brim color.
• I Love This Yarn is a #4 Worsted Weight yarn.
• This pattern is worked toe up and in the round, you will slip stitch to join after the end of every round
• Make sure to place the 1st stitch of every round into the same stitch that you just slip stitched into

Crochet Stocking Pattern:

Toe:  with ivory

Round 1: 6 sc in mc, sl st into 1st st (6)

Round 2: ch 1, 2 sc in each st around, sl st into first sc (12)

Round 3: ch 1, * sc, 2 sc* repeat * to * around, sl st (18)

Round 4: ch 1, * sc in 2 st, 2 sc* repeat * to * around, sl st (24)

Round 5: ch 1, * sc in 3 st, 2 sc* repeat * to * around, sl st (30)

Round 6: ch 1, * sc in 4 st, 2 sc* repeat * to * around, sl st (36)

Round 7: ch 1, * sc in 5 st, 2 sc* repeat * to * around, sl st (42)

Round 8: ch 1, * sc in 6 st, 2 sc* repeat * to * around, sl st (48)

Round 9 – 12: ch 1, sc in each st around, sl st (48)

Switch to Stocking color

*Note: Make sure to place the very 1st stitch of each round into the same stitch that you slip st into at the end of the round

Round 13: ch 1, * sc, dc* repeat * to * around, sl st into 1st st (48)

Round 14: ch 2, * dc, sc*  repeat * to * around, sl st into 1st st (48)

*Note: You should always be working a sc into a dc from the previous round and a dc into a sc from the previous round

Round 15 – 28: repeat rounds 13 & 14

Drop your stocking color of yarn, but do not cut it as you will pick it up later

Heel:

*Note: the heel portion of the stocking is NOT done in the round, we will turn rows and work into the ivory yarn only for this section.

Sl st with ivory yarn into the 1st stitch to the left of the 1st st of the round

Row 1: ch 1, sc in 22 st

Row 2: ch 1, TURN, sc2tog, sc across until you reach last 2 st, sc2tog (20)

Row 3 – 8: Repeat row 2 until you have 8 st left.

Row 9: ch 1, TURN, 2 sc in 1st st, sc across until you reach the last st, 2 sc in last st (10)

Row 10 – 15: repeat row 9 until you have 22 st again.

Cut yarn and leave a long tail.  Fold the top half of the heel down and sew the sides together with your preffered seaming method

Now push the heel right side out and this is what it should look like

Pick up your stocking color of yarn and continue on the body of the stocking

Row 29: ch 1, sc in 1st st, dc2tog over gap space before the 1st st of heel and the 1st st of the heel

*sc, dc* repeat across until you reach the last stitch of the heel, sc2tog over the last st on heel and gap space

dc, *sc, dc* repeat around, sl st into 1st st (48)

Round 30: ch 2, * dc, sc* repeat * to * around, sl st into 1st st (48)

Round 31: ch 1, * sc, dc* repeat * to * around, sl st into 1st st (48)

Round 32: ch 2, * dc, sc* repeat * to * around, sl st into 1st st (48)

Round 33 – 46: repeat rounds 31 & 32

Change to Ivory yarn

Round 47 – 50: ch 2, dc in each st around, sl st into 1st st (48)

Stocking Cuff:

Row 1: ch 11, sc in 2nd ch from hook and next 9 ch st, sl st into next 2 st on the stocking (10 sc)

Row 2: turn, sk 2 sl st, blsc in each st across (10)

Row 3: ch 1, turn, blsc in each st down, sl st into next 2 st on stocking (10 sc)

Row 4: turn, sk 2 sl st, blsc in each st across (10)

Repeat row 3 & 4 all the way around the stocking

Last row: ch 1, turn, blsc in each st down, sl st into same st as before

turn, sk sl st and begin slip stitching the 2 edges of the ribbing together all the way down.

Cut yarn and weave in all ends.

Fold the cuff down.

Hanger:

with ivory

Row 1: ch 5, sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch st across (4)

Row 2 – 18: ch 1, t, sc in each st across (4)

Cut yarn leaving a long tail.

Fold hanger in half and stitch onto the inside of the stocking on the same side as the heel.

Cut yarn and weave in all ends!