Knitting for Olive | Olive's Christmas Stocking Pattern & Yarn Pack
Create a special Christmas keepsake with Olive's Christmas Stockings, a festive pair of reindeer-inspired stockings made to bring a little extra magic to the mantlepiece. With sweet faces, little ears and antlers, each stocking has a cheerful character of its own and can be decorated with either Christmas trees or hearts.
Contrasting colours give the foot and leg a playful look, while golden Christmas baubles add a festive finishing touch. The stockings are knitted from the top down in stocking stitch, beginning with the cuff worked flat before continuing seamlessly in the round towards the toes.
Short rows are used to shape the heel, while simple stranded colourwork creates the Christmas motifs. I-cord techniques form the adorable reindeer ears and antlers, as well as the hanging loop that makes each stocking ready for Santa to fill on Christmas Eve.
Make your stocking even more personal by adding initials and the year to the back using the included letter and number charts. Whether you're making one for a little one or creating a matching set for the whole family, these stockings are designed to become a treasured part of your Christmas traditions.
- Digital pattern
- 2 x Heavy Merino (Morning Haze)
- 3 x Heavy Merino (Slate Green)
- 1 x Heavy Merino (Cream)
- 1 x Heavy Merino (Coal)
- 1 x Heavy Merino (Dark Ocher)
Sizes: One Size
Finished Measurements: length from toes to cuff: 52 cm [213⁄4"]; width: 22 cm [83⁄4"]
Yarn: Knitting for Olive Heavy Merino worsted-weight yarn 225 m [88½"] per 100 g [3.5 oz]; Color A (leg): Morning Haze colourway 70 g [2.5 oz]; Colour B (foot): Slate Green colourway (120 g [4.2 oz]); Colour C (face): Cream colourway 15 g [0.53 oz]; Colour D (Nose and eyes): Coal colourway 10 g [0.35 oz]; Colour E (Christmas baubles): Dark Ocher colourway 5 g [17 oz]
Needles: 4 mm / US6, 60 cm / 24" cable, circular needle and 4 mm / US6 double-pointed needles or size to obtain gauge
Gauge: 20 sts and 29 rows = 10 [4"] cm in st st with 4 mm / US6 needles before felting
Notions: waste yarn for provisional cast on, stitch markers, tapestry needle
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