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Mini Christmas Stockings Pattern

December 1, 2014 13 Comments

Mini Christmas Stockings Pattern at HandsOccupied.com

Looking for a giftable pattern that knits up in just a few hours? These mini stockings can be used as ornaments, baby booties, a garland, a gift topper or even as part of a table setting, like the flatware stockings below from Pottery Barn. Knit in under 60 short rounds, they knit up super fast and are the ideal knitting project for this time of year!

Mini Christmas Stockings from Pottery Barn via Hands Occupied

image via Pottery Barn

Mini Christmas Stockings Pattern

If you’ve never knit top down socks, I designed these top-down socks following all of the methods outlined in last spring’s sock knit along. Here are tutorials for working each section of a top down sock: testing gauge / heel flap / heel turn / gusset / foot & toe, just for your reference! :)

Mini Christmas Stockings Pattern at HandsOccupied.com

Supplies

Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver in Burgundy, Hunter Green & Soft White
Needles: US size 8
tapestry needle
scissors

Abbreviations

CO – cast on
k – knit
p – purl
rnds – rounds
sts – stitches
sl – slip stitch as if to purl
k2tog – k 2 sts together
p2tog – p 2 sts together
ssk – slip as if to knit, slip as if to purl, k2tog

Pattern

CO 20 sts

1-4. k1, p1
5-24. k (20 rnds)

The heel flap:
Place half of the CO sts (10 sts) on one needle, or on one end of your circular needle if you’re using those. Using just those 10 sts, work the following.
25, 27, 29, 31.
(sl 1, p1) across
26, 28, 30. (sl 1, k1) across

The heel turn:
32. 
sl 1, k4, ssk, k1, turn
33. sl 1, p1, p2tog, p1, turn
34. sl 1, k2, ssk, k1, turn
35. sl 1, p3, p2tog, p1, turn (There are now 6 sts on the needle.)

The gusset:
36. k6, pick up 6 sts along the side of the heel flap, k across instep sts (10 sts), pick up 6 sts along other side of the heel flap, k3 (28 sts)
odd rows 37 – 43. k
38. k6, k2tog, k12, ssk, k6 (26 sts)
40. k5, k2tog, k12, ssk, k5 (24 sts)
42. k4, k2tog, k12, ssk, k4 (22 sts)
44. k3, k2tog, k12, ssk, k3 (20 sts)

The foot & toe:
45 – 50. 
k (6 rows)
51. k2, k2tog, k2, ssk, k4, k2tog, k2, ssk, k2 (16 sts)
even rows 52 – 56. k
53. k1, k2tog, k2, ssk, k2, k2tog, k2, ssk, k1 (12 sts)
55. k2tog, k2, ssk,k2tog, k2, ssk (8 sts)
57. k2tog, ssk, k2tog, ssk (4 sts)

Break yarn. Using a tapestry needle, draw tail through remaining loops and weave in ends to finish.

Mini Christmas Stockings Pattern at HandsOccupied.com

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Comments

  1. Heather

    December 1, 2014 at 6:47 am

    These are so cute! I love the idea of a garland made with them! Need to go through and do so e stash busting, I think!

    Reply
  2. Carol

    December 1, 2014 at 2:57 pm

    Love this idea! They are so cute.

    Reply
  3. Adriana Bon

    December 1, 2014 at 4:39 pm

    LOOOOOVE. I wish I wasn’t such a slow knitter! maybe I can get a couple done before Xmas.

    Reply
    • Heidi

      December 2, 2014 at 2:15 pm

      I am not the fastest knitter either, but by sock 6, I was getting them done in 90 minutes to about 2 hours, depending. I feel like there must be a thing where you can calculate your stitches per minute like you calculate typing speed. If I wasn’t swamped right now, I’d google it, haha!

      Reply
  4. Ginnie

    December 4, 2014 at 11:18 am

    These are so cute! They’d make a fun Advent calendar … with some planning ahead:)

    Reply
  5. Heather

    December 5, 2014 at 7:46 am

    Hi Heidi,

    Every time I try to knit row 53, I can’t figure out what I am doing wrong. My round ends with two stitches left on my needle. Is that right? Do I not finish the round?

    Reply
    • Heather

      December 5, 2014 at 9:53 am

      Counting the stitches in your directions, it seems there are only 14 stitches instead of 16. Does that make sense? I have not knit socks enough to know what I should do, but I know the whole round should be knit.

      Reply
      • Heidi

        December 5, 2014 at 11:29 am

        Oh Heather! Thank you – that’s an error on my part.

        It read:
        53. k1, k2tog, k1, ssk, k2, k2tog, k1, ssk, k1 (12 sts)

        It SHOULD read:
        53. k1, k2tog, k2, ssk, k2, k2tog, k2, ssk, k1 (12 sts)

        Thanks again for catching that! I’ve just updated the post to fix it!

        Reply
  6. Nancy Decker

    December 9, 2018 at 8:41 pm

    I am on row s 32-35. The number of stitches don’t make sense. Any help

    Reply
    • Heidi

      December 11, 2018 at 8:00 pm

      It’s a short row heel turn, so you don’t work all of the stitches in the row. This post has some tips and tricks for working a short row heel turn.

      Reply
  7. Deb Lervaag

    December 10, 2019 at 11:29 am

    Made these last year, would love to make the cables this year, do you have a pattern?

    Reply
    • Heidi

      December 13, 2019 at 10:12 am

      I don’t, but this should do the trick – I’m doing this off the top of my head, so fair warning, there could be errors. But feel free to give this a try:

      (note: 2/2 RC = Slip 2 sts onto a cable needle and hold at back of work. Knit 2 sts from left needle, then knit 2 sts from cable needle.)

      For the ankle, which has 20 sts per round, you can work the following instead of stockinette stitch to incorporate a little bit of cabling:
      k1, *k1, 2/2 RC, k1; rep from * to last st, k1.

      It’s not a full pattern, but hopefully it’s a place to start! I’d love to hear if you try it. :) -Heidi

      Reply

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