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Crochet this Peppermint Christmas Stocking crochet pattern to add some vintage flair to your holiday decorating!
I love making crochet Christmas Stockings for the holidays and each year I like to release a crochet pattern for one here on Rich Textures Crochet!
Over the years I have designed the Comfort and Joy Christmas Stockings and the Wintertime Christmas Stocking which are worked in a fair isle design. This year I decided to give the stocking a more vintage feel and worked it in bold stripes. Introducing the Peppermint Christmas Stocking crochet pattern!
The stripes in the Peppermint Christmas Stocking start at the cuff and continue down into the foot. In order to get the stripes to continue past the heel, I did need to adjust where our “first stitch” in the round is placed, but don’t worry, I will help you find it again in the free written instructions and the video instructions below.
How to make a crochet Christmas Stocking:
Our Peppermint Christmas Stocking crochet pattern is worked from the cuff down to the toe and it is worked all as one piece. This stocking is a good size measuring approximately 7.5 inches by 24.5 inches when laid flat. It is a great size for stuffing with small gifts!
The heel is worked using a technique called the “heel flap.” It is my favourite way to work a heel in a sock, decorative or otherwise. It gives it a nice shape!
Once you have worked the heel, you will rejoin the yarn and continue working the foot down into the toe.
You will want to keep your stitch marker handy as the majority of the stocking is worked in continuous rounds. This will make sure that there is no unsightly seam or join in your final product. I think you will like it!
Materials:
For this Peppermint Christmas stocking crochet pattern, you will need two different colours of yarn. I invite you to choose your favourites! In my sample I have used a 100% acrylic yarn called Heartland by Lion Brand Yarn. You may also choose to switch up the yarn type. You will only want to make sure that it is a worsted or medium weight yarn.
Along with the yarn you will also need a stitch marker and a 5 mm (H/8) crochet hook. In the video below you will see me using a Birchwood Crochet Hook by Rowan.
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The Peppermint Christmas Stocking crochet pattern will be written out in full followed by a full video tutorial below. If you would like to add this pattern to your library, or purchase an ad free PDF, you may do so from either my Etsy or Ravelry Shop linked here:
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Peppermint Christmas Stocking Crochet Pattern:
Skill Level: Intermediate
Gauge: 17 sts x 13 rows of sc in blo = 4 inches
Finished Size: 7.5 x 24.5 inches laid flat
Hook: Size H/8 (5.0 mm) Hook. Adjust hook size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.
Notions: Yarn Needle, stitch marker
Stitches and Abbreviations:
Blo – Back Loop Only
Bpdc – Back Post Double Crochet
Ch – Chain
Fpdc – Front Post Double Crochet
Rpt – Repeat
Sc – Single Crochet
Sc2tog – Single Crochet Two Stitches Together
Sc3tog – Single Crochet Three Stitches Together
Sk – Skip
Sl St – Slip Stitch
Yo – Yarn Over
Pattern Notes:
- Pattern is written in American English terms.
- Pattern is worked in rounds.
- Heel is worked in rows.
- Ch 1 at beginning of round does not count as stitch.
- Ch 3 at beginning counts as a stitch.
- Weave in ends as needed.
- Do not turn at the end of each round.
- When colour is not in use, carry it behind the working yarn and work your stitches overtop to weave it in as you go.
Free Crochet Pattern:
Cuff:
With Colour A, ch 72, without twisting chain, sl st in the first st to make a ring.
Rnd 1: Ch 3 (Counts as dc), dc in the next st and in each st around; join with a sl st in the top of ch-3. Do not turn. (72 sts)
Rnd 2: Ch 1, fpdc around the 1st st, *bpdc around the next st, fpdc around the next st, bpdc around the next st; rpt from * around, join with a sl st in the top of the ch-3. (72 Sts)
Rnds 3-5: Repeat rnd 2. Switch to colour B. Do not fasten off colour A, but carry it along as you work (see the pattern notes above). Ch 1.
Rnds 6-40: Working in the blo all the way around, *with colour B sc in each of the next 4 sts, switch to colour A and sc in each of the next 4 sts; Rpt from * all the way around. When you come to the 1st st, do not join but continue working in the same direction in continuous rounds. Use your stitch marker to mark the 1st st and move it up as your work progresses.
At the end of rnd 40, fasten off colour B leaving colour A attached. With colour A, join with a sl st under both loops in the 1st st.
Stocking Heel:
Heel Flap (Worked in rows):
Row 1: With colour A, ch 1, working through both loops, sc in the same st as joining and in each of the next 23 sts; Ch 1, turn leaving remaining sts unworked. (24 sts)
Rows 2-8: Sc in each across; Ch 1, turn. (24 sts)
Heel Shaping:
Row 9: Sc in each of the first 19 sts; Ch 1, turn, leaving the remaining sts unworked. (19 sts)
Row 10: Sc in each of the first 14 sts; Ch 1, turn leaving the remaining sts unworked. (14 sts)
Row 11: Sc in each of the first 14 sts, sc in the next st 3 rows below (row 8), sl st in the next st; turn. (15 sc)
Row 12: Sk the first sl st, sc in each of the next 15 sts, sc in the next st 3 rows below (row 9), sl st in the next st; turn. (16 sc)
Row 13: Sk the first sl st, sc in each of the next 16 sts, sc in the next st 2 rows below (row 8), sl st in the next st; turn. (17 sc)
Row 14: Sk the first sl st, sc in each of the next 17 sts, sc in the next st 2 rows below (row 9), sl st in the next st; turn. (18 sts)
Row 15: Sk the first sl st, sc in each of the next 18 sts, sc in the next st 2 rows below (row 8), ch 1, turn. (19 sc)
Row 16: Sc in each of the first 19 sts, sc in the next st 2 rows below (row 9); continue working along the side of the heel working 8 sts across, sl st in the next st of sock body (rnd 40), turn leaving remaining sts unworked (28 sts)
Row 17: ch 1, sk the first sl st, sc in each of the next 28 sts, working alongside of the heel, work 8 sc, sl st into next st on sock body (rnd 40); fasten off colour A. (36 sts).
Foot (Worked in Rounds):
From the final heel join, sk the next 43 sts. With colour B, join with a sl st in the next st in the blo.
Rnd 1: With colour B, working in the blo all the way around, sc in each of the 1st 2 sts, [over the next sc, joining sp and sc sts] sc3tog, sc in the next st switching to colour A, [with colour A sc in each of the next 4 sts and switch to colour B, with colour B sc in each of the next 4 sts and switch to colour A] 4 times and continue working with colour B at the end of the fourth repeat. With colour B, sc in the next st, [over the next st, join sp and sc] sc3tog, sc in each of the next 2 sts switching to colour A in the final st, [with colour A sc in each of the next 4 sts and switch to colour B, with colour B sc in each of the next 4 sts and switch to colour A] 5 times. Continue to rnd 2 and place a st marker after the 1st st and move as your work progresses. (80 sts)
Rnd 2: With colour B, working in the blo all the way around, sc in the next st, [over the next 3 sts] sc3tog switching to colour A, [with colour A sc in each of the next 4 sts and switch to colour B, with colour B sc in each of the next 4 sts and switch to colour A] 4 times and continue working with colour B at the end of the fourth repeat. With colour B, [over the next 3 sts] sc3tog, sc in the next st switching to colour A in the final st, [with colour A sc in each of the next 4 sts and switch to colour B, with colour B sc in each of the next 4 sts and switch to colour A] 4 times, with colour A, sc in each of the next 4 sts and switch to colour B. With colour B sc in each of the next 3 sts leaving the remaining st unworked. (75 sts)
Rnd 3: With colour B, working in the blo all the way around, [over the next 3 sts] sc3tog switching to colour A, [with colour A sc in each of the next 4 sts and switch to colour B, with colour B sc in each of the next 4 sts and switch to colour A] 3 times, with colour A, sc in each of the next 4 sts and switch to colour B, with colour B sc in each of the next 3 sts, [over the next 3 sts] sc3tog switching to colour A, [with colour A sc in each of the next 4 sts and switch to colour B, with colour B sc in each of the next 4 sts and switch to colour A] 5 times working your final st in the marked 1st st. (72 sts)
Rnds 4-30: Working in the blo all the way around, *with colour A sc in each of the next 4 sts (place your st marker in the 1st st, switch to colour B and sc in each of the next 4 sts; Rpt from * all the way around. When you come to the 1st st, do not join but continue working in the same direction in continuous rounds. Use your stitch marker to mark the 1st st and move it up as your work progresses.
At the end of rnd 30, fasten off colour B leaving colour A attached. With colour A, join with a sl st under both loops in the 1st st.
Toe (Worked in rounds):
Rnds 31-33: With colour A, ch 1, working under both loops sc in each st all the way around. Do not join but mark the first st with a stitch marker and move as your work progresses. (72 sc)
Rnd 34: *Sc in each of the next 6 sts, sc2tog; rpt from * all the way around. (63 sts)
Rnd 35: Sc in each st around. (63 sts)
Rnd 36: *Sc in each of the next 5 sts, sc2tog; rpt from * all the way around. (54 sts)
Rnd 37: Sc in each st around. (54 sts)
Rnd 38: *Sc in each of the next 4 sts, sc2tog; rpt from * all the way around. (45 sts)
Rnd 39: Sc in each st around. (45 sts)
Rnd 40: *Sc in each of the next 3 sts, sc2tog; rpt from * all the way around. (36 sts)
Rnd 41: Sc in each st around. (36 sts)
Rnd 42: *Sc in each of the next 2 sts, sc2tog; rpt from * all the way around. (27 sts)
Rnd 43: Sc in each st around. (27 sts)
Rnd 44: *Sc in the next st, sc2tog; rpt from * all the way around. (18 sts)
Rnd 45: Sc in each st around. (18 sts)
Rnd 46: Sc2tog all the way around. (9 sts)
Rnd 47: Sc in each st around. Join with a sl st in the 1st st. (9 sts)
Fasten off leaving a long tail. Using the tail sew the toe of the sock closed. Fasten off and weave in ends.
Hanger:
Find the centre back of the stocking and with colour A join yarn with a sl st on the inside of the cuff (Make sure it is secure!). Ch 15, join once again on the inside of the cuff. Turn, ch 1, sl st in each st all the way across and join once again on the inside of the cuff. Fasten off and weave in ends.
Video Tutorial:
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