Free crochet pattern for a mini Christmas stocking — two pieces, 38 rounds
A free crochet pattern mini Christmas stocking makers can finish in an evening, 9 cm tall from the sole to the top of the cuff and about 13 cm around the cuff, worked on a 3.5 mm hook in four colours, about two hours' work. The ankle leans over without a single row worked back: on rounds 10 to 13, two decreases go in at the back edge and two increases at the front edge of the same round, so the count holds at 20 while the tube tips into a foot. Round 23 is worked in back loops only, and the ridge it leaves is the line the white cuff folds down along. All 38 rounds are written out below across two pieces, with the number of stitches it leaves you on printed beside it.
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Why it is rated Easy
Easy on the stitch — every round is plain single crochet — with one thing to hold: for four rounds the decreases stay at the back and the increases at the front, or the foot points the wrong way.
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00What you need before you start
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What you need before you start
Yarn — four colours, all weight 3
scraps (~8 g)DK / light worsted, cotton or acrylic
scraps (~5 g)DK / light worsted, cotton or acrylic
scraps (~3 g)DK / light worsted, cotton or acrylic
scraps (~6 g)DK / light worsted, cotton or acrylic
Tools
3 you probably own, 1 to buyYou likely have
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitch markers
You need to buy
Polyester stuffing (~5 g), if you want to pad the toe rather than leave it hollow
Optional
A stitch marker in a contrast colour for the start of the round
A small bell or bead for the toe
Gauge and finished size
the last check before you cast onTension
Worked tightly enough that no stuffing or filling shows between the stitches. Gauge is not critical here — a looser hand only makes a slightly larger stocking.
Finished size
~9 cm tall from the sole to the top of the cuff, and about 13 cm around the cuff
Any four scraps that read as festive together will do, and a single colour throughout works too. Leave the stocking hollow if you want it to hold a sweet, or stuff the toe lightly so it hangs with a curve in it rather than flat.
How to make the mini christmas stocking, piece by piece
Switching rewrites every round:US6 sc in mrUK6 dc in mrWork a US sc as a UK single crochet and the fabric comes out looser and taller.
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01The stocking
Start at the toe with a small flat disc, run the foot straight for…26 RNDS
starts in cranberry· magic ring· Piece 1 of 2
First six rounds[6] [12] [18] [20] [20] [20]
The toe opens out
RND 1–41[6]
2[12]
3[18]
4[20]
The foot runs straight
RND 5–95[20]
6[20]
7[20]
8[20]
9[20]
The ankle leans
RND 10–1310[20]
11[20]
12[20]
13[20]
Colour bands up the leg
RND 14–2114[20]
15[20]
16[20]
17[20]
18[20]
19[20]
20[20]
21[20]
The white cuff
RND 22–2622[24]
23[24]
24[24]
25[24]
26[24]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreaseBLOback loop onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneFold the white cuff down along the ridge from round 23. Weave the ends in on the inside, where the fold hides them.
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02The hanging loop
Four stitches in a ring, then twelve rounds straight. It comes out as…12 RNDS
starts in white· magic ring· Piece 2 of 2
First six rounds[4] [4] [4] [4] [4] [4]
1[4]
2[4]
3[4]
4[4]
5[4]
6[4]
7[4]
8[4]
9[4]
10[4]
11[4]
12[4]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreaseBLOback loop onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneBend it into a loop and sew both ends inside the back of the cuff, a centimetre or so apart, so it sits square when the stocking hangs.
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Nine notes on the mini christmas stocking
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01An original Crochet Genie design.
02Worked in one continuous spiral from the toe upwards, so there is nothing to join and no seam up the back.
03The bend at the ankle is made inside the round: two decreases at the back edge and two increases at the front edge of the same round, so the count stays at 20 while the tube leans over. That gives a soft curved ankle rather than a squared-off heel cup.
04Round 23 is worked in back loops only. It is still 24 single crochet, one stitch in and one stitch out, and the free front loops leave a small ridge the white cuff folds down along.
05The whole piece is smooth single crochet. The colour bands are plain two-round changes made at the start of a round; there is no ribbing, no clusters, no openwork and no gaps anywhere in it.
06The hanging loop is a narrow four-stitch cord standing in for the chain loop a written stocking pattern would use, because this format counts stitches in rounds. Sew both ends to the inside of the cuff at the back.
07Leave the stocking hollow so it can hold a sweet, or stuff the toe lightly so it hangs with a curve in it rather than flat.
08The colours are a suggestion. Any four scraps that read as festive together will work, and a single colour throughout works too.
09Sizes and amounts here are recommendations for the scale this was designed at, not a tested yardage.
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