From knitwear designer Kristin Nicholas, author of Color by Kristin (Sixth and Spring 2009) and Kristin Knits (Storey 2007), here’s a fabulous collection of easy to make Christmas Stockings.

Kristin’s Colorful Christmas Stockings is a set of five different designs for beginning and intermediate knitters. Knit in Color By Kristin, her wool/mohair/alpaca yarn distributed by Classic Elite Yarns.

Each stocking, although very colorful, is knit with only with one color per row or round.

There are five designs:
Pom Poms and Stripes
Skinny Stripes
Simple Cable
Diamond Cable
Stripes Both Ways

This pattern is great for beginning stocking makers. It features 18 photos and 5 how-to illustrations, including how to graft a toe.

Yardage required is between 215 and 260 yards of mixed colors.