Free Textured Crochet Christmas Stocking

Posted on 30/11/2221/12/22 by Veronika Cromwell

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This is a free crochet Christmas stocking pattern that uses the rice stitch in a round. It is full of texture and with the faux fur trim, it will be the perfect festive addition to your home decor.

Christmas is inevitably around the corner and I am getting into the festive mood with some holiday-inspired projects.

I have been busy making a few projects and I am yet to write down the patterns. I had a little heap of Christmas-themed projects and it was hard to decide which one to share first.

This crochet Christmas stocking is the largest out of them all. Hence why I thought it would be good to share it first. That way you will have plenty of time to make one or two just in time for Christmas.

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Crochet Christmas Stocking Details

I must say the faux fur trim is by far my favorite part of the whole crochet stocking, lol!

I used a standard DK weight yarn in red and white for the main stocking. The contrast color I used for the toes and heel finish it off nicely.

Here are some DK-weight yarns that would work really well for this pattern:

As I mentioned above, for the cuff I use faux fur yarn – Fable Fur. It can be a little tricky to work with this yarn. You can not always see the top of the stitches.

However, in this case, you can easily work through the gaps between the dc sts. The fur of the yarn will easily hide this.

The pattern is very easy, the only little fiddly bit might be the heel. However, if you have crocheted a pair of socks before, you might be familiar with this technique.

The technique I used is the After-thought heel which is demonstrated IN THIS VIDEO.

Once you get the hang of this technique, it is an easy way to add a heel to your crochet Christmas stocking.

The main body of the socks uses crochet rice stitch in the round. This is a stitch that creates a great texture without eating too much of your yarn.

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Materials for your Christmas stocking (contains affiliate links)

Hobbii Kind Feather (DK weight; 100% acrylic; 235 m (257 yds) per 100g ball) x 1 ball each in red and white
WeCrochet Fable Fur Yarn (super bulky; 71 yards per 100g ball) x 1 ball in Andesite
5 mm crochet hook
Yarn needle
Scissors

Finished Size

length 42 cm from top cuff to toe

width 16.5 cm

Tension

17 sts x 11.5 rows = 10 x 10 cm/ 4 x 4 inch measured over main rice stitch pattern

Crochet Christmas Stocking Stitches and Abbreviations (US crochet terms)

ch-chain

mc – magic circle

sc- single crochet

sc2tog – single crochet the following two stitches together, decrease

dc – double crochet

FPdc– front post double crochet – worked around the post of the stitch inserting hook from front to back to front, yarn over and pull through, finish as standard dc

BPdc– back post double crochet – worked around the post of the stitch inserting hook from back to front to back, yarn over and pull through, finish as standard dc

rice st-rice stitch – alternating FPdc and BPdc, on the next row/round work the opposite stitch, for a video tutorial PLEASE CLICK HERE

PM- place a stitch marker into the stitch just made

Crochet Christmas Stocking Pattern Notes

the stocking is made from toe up
toe is worked as a standard crochet circle in white using single crochet stitches
the foot part is worked in rice crochet stitch which is alternating front and back post stitches with working opposite stitches on the next round
a gap is created to allow for the heel opening
the heel is worked in rows of single crochet around the opening
you will need to decrease on either side of the opening to shape the heel
the ankle part is worked in rice stitch too
the top of the stocking is finished off with a hem of faux fur
hem is worked in double crochet stitch
because you are not able to see the top of each stitch, you can also work in the gaps between stitches through the fabric

Crochet Christmas Stocking Main Pattern

Toes

With white yarn create a magic circle.

Rnd 1: 1 ch (does not count as a chain here and throughout), 6 sc into mc, sl st to top of first sc. [6 sc]

Rnd 2: 1 ch, 2 sc into each st around, sl st to top of first sc. [12 sc]

Rnd 3: 1 ch, (1 sc, 2 sc into the next st) repeat 6 times, sl st to top of first sc. [18 sc]

Rnd 4: 1 ch, (2 sc, 2 sc into the next st) repeat 6 times, sl st to top of first sc. [24 sc]

Rnd 5: 1 ch, (3 sc, 2 sc into the next st) repeat 6 times, sl st to top of first sc. [30 sc]

Rnd 6: 1 ch, (4 sc, 2 sc into the next st) repeat 6 times, sl st to top of first sc. [36 sc]

Rnd 7: 1 ch, (5 sc, 2 sc into the next st) repeat 6 times, sl st to top of first sc. [42 sc]

Rnd 8: 1 ch, (6 sc, 2 sc into the next st) repeat 6 times, sl st to top of first sc. [48 sc]

Rnd 9: 1 ch, (7 sc, 2 sc into the next st) repeat 6 times, sl st to top of first sc. [54 sc]

Fasten off and join the red yarn.

Main Foot

Rnd 1: 2 ch (doesn’t count as a stitch here and throughout), 1 dc in each st around, sl st to top of first st. [54 dc]

Rnd 2: 2 ch, (1 FPdc, 1 BPdc) repeat around, sl st to top of first st. [54 sts]

start of the rice stitch pattern:

Rnd 3: 2 ch, (1 BPdc around next FPdc, 1 FPdc around next BPdc) repeat around, sl st to top of first st. [54 sts]

Rnd 4: 2 ch, (1 FPdc around next BPdc, 1 BPdc around next FPdc) repeat around, sl st to top of first st. [54 sts]

Repeat Rnd 3 – 4 another 8 times.

Split for heel

Rnd 21: 2 ch, (1 BPdc around next FPdc, 1 FPdc around next BPdc) repeat 17 times, chain 20, miss the remaining sts, sl st to top of first st. [34 sts + 20 ch]

Rnd 22: 2 ch, (1 FPdc around next BPdc, 1 BPdc around next FPdc) repeat 17 times, 1 dc into each st of 20 chains from prev rnd, sl st to top of first st. [34 sts + 20 dc]

Rnd 23: 2 ch, (1 BPdc around next FPdc, 1 FPdc around next BPdc) repeat around, sl st to top of first st. [54 sts]

Rnd 24: 2 ch, (1 FPdc around next BPdc, 1 BPdc around next FPdc) repeat around, sl st to top of first st. [54 sts]

Repeat Rnd 23 – 24 another 8 times.

Fasten off.

Heel

Join red yarn in the first unworked stitch of Rnd 21 of the heel opening.

Rnd 1: 1 ch, 1 sc into each st across, 2 sc around the post of the edge stitch, 1 sc into each of the 20 sts of the underside of the chain, 2 sc around the post of the edge st on the other side, sl st to first st. [44 sc]

Fasten off. Join white yarn in the LAST stitch of prev round.

Rnd 2: 1 ch, 1 sc2tog, PM, work 18 sc, 1 sc2tog, PM, 1 sc2tog, PM, work 18 sc, 1 sc2tog, PM, sl st to top of first st. [40 sc]

Rnd 3: 1 ch, 1 sc2tog, PM, 1 sc across to 1 st before next st marker, 1 sc2tog, PM, 1 sc2tog, PM, 1 sc across to 1 st before next st marker, 1 sc2tog, PM, sl st to top of first st. [36 sc]

Repeat Rnd 3 another 7 times. [8 sc]

Fasten off leaving a longer yarn tail.

Using a yarn needle line up the stitches of the heel 4 sts to 4 sts and using mattress stitch sew the small opening together. Securely sew the end in.

Faux Fur Cuff

Join faux fur yarn in the first st of the last round at the top of the stocking.

Rnd 1: 3 ch (counts as first st), *miss next st, 1 dc in next; repeat from * around, sl st to top of beginning 3 ch. [27 dc]

Rnd 2: 3 ch, 1 dc in each st around, sl st to top of first st. [27 dc]

*if you are struggling to find the top loops of the stitches, you can also work into the spaces between the stitches, the faux fur yarn is very forgiving and will easily hide this.

Repeat Rnd 2 two more times. Chain 15 and sl st to the last st to create a loop, and fasten off.

Sew in all ends.

Final thoughts…

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Free Textured Crochet Christmas Stocking Pattern