🎄 Deck Your Halls with Handmade Joy!

Cozy up your mantel this holiday season with these hand-knit stockings, bursting with color and cheer! This collection of four unique designs features vibrant jewel tones and eye-catching patterns, from a funky floral to a traditional buffalo plaid, and a bold cheetah print. Feeling extra creative? I’ve also included a blank chart so you can design your very own custom colorwork masterpiece! ✨ Knit with super bulky Malabrigo Rasta, these stockings work up in a flash – perfect for when you need a quick gift (or just want to treat yourself to some instant gratification!).

🎵 The Method Behind the Merriment

These stockings are worked in the round from the top down, beginning with a festive I-cord loop and cuff. The leg and foot of the stocking feature engaging stranded knitting, topped off with a classic short row heel and a grafted toe for that seamless, polished finish. You’ll be zipping through this, promise!

🎁 Size & Approximate Measurements:

• Size: One size
• Approximate Measurements:
  • Circumference: 14” (35 cm)
  • Length from Cuff to Toe: 12.5” (32 cm) after blocking
• Tip: Exact gauge is not critical, but a significant difference will impact your yarn requirements and the final size of your festive stocking. A quick swatch saves a ton of frogging! 😉

🧶 Suggested Yarn:

• Malabrigo Rasta (100% Merino Wool), Super Bulky, 150 g (82 m / 90 yds), in the following shades:

  Floral Stocking (Approximately 60 g (33 m / 36 yds) of each color required)

  • C1: 250 Immortal
  • C2: 063 Natural
  • C3: 093 Fuchsia

  Buffalo Plaid Stocking (Approximately 60 g (33 m / 36 yds) of each color required)

  • C1: 683 Cian
  • C2: 063 Natural
  • C3: 250 Immortal

  Western Print (Approximately 60 g (33 m / 36 yds) of each color required)

  • C1: 093 Fuchsia
  • C2: 063 Natural
  • C3: 365 Baya Electrica

  Cheetah Print (Approximately 60 g (33 m / 36 yds) of C1 and C2 are required. Approximately 40 g (22 m / 24 yds) of C3 and C4 are required)

  • C1: 365 Baya Electrica
  • C2: 063 Natural
  • C3: 683 Cian
  • C4: 398 Rosalinda

• Perfect for using up those glorious super bulky scraps or treating yourself to some new holiday-themed hanks! Choose solid or mostly solid colored yarn that has good stitch definition and select colors with enough contrast to make that colorwork sing!

🥢 Needles:

• US 13 (9.0 mm) and US 11 (8.0 mm) 16” (41 cm) circular needle, and DPNs or a longer circular for the magic loop method, or size required to obtain gauge.

✂️ Notions:

• Tapestry needle (for weaving in those festive ends!)
• Stitch markers (3, to keep your rounds merry and bright!)

📏 Gauge:

• 11.5 sts / 12 rounds = 4” / 10 cm in Stranded Colorwork using US 13 (9.0 mm) needles after steam blocking.
• Exact gauge is not necessary for this pattern but will impact yarn requirements and the size of your finished stocking.

📝 Pattern Notes & Support:

• This pattern is fully written out, and the colorwork sections are charted for easy following. Choose your preferred path to holiday knitting glory!
• This pattern has been professionally tech-edited. You know I’m all about that precision and polished finish! 🤓
• Questions? If you believe there are any errors or just have a burning question about the pattern, please contact the designer at hello@ashleighwempe.com or join my Ravelry group here. I’m here to help you get unstuck!

© Copyright & Usage:

• This pattern is for personal, non-commercial use only. You may not distribute, sell, or reproduce this pattern in whole or in part.
• You may sell finished items made from this pattern, but please credit Ashleigh Wempe Designs as the designer and link to this pattern page.

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