18 Free Knitted Christmas Stocking Patterns
Learn how to make Christmas stockings with these stunning knitting patterns!
Until you've hung your stockings with care, it just doesn't quite feel like Christmastime. These traditional decorations are a huge part of how many people decorate for and celebrate Christmas, and yet many of us settle for mass-produced stockings devoid of character. This Christmas, use one of these free knitted stocking patterns to add some festive handcrafted charm to your mantle with a Christmas stocking you knit yourself. With this, you can personalize your Christmas decorating in a way that isn't possible with store-bought stockings.
Before you know it, you will have the perfect stockings for the holiday season. We have rounded up several different kinds of knit Christmas stocking patterns, so whatever you're looking for, you can certainly find it here. You may even make a set of stockings that becomes a family heirloom passed down from generation to generation. After all, Christmas stockings are an almost universal family tradition during the holidays. Everyone is familiar with the age-old image of stockings hanging on the mantel of the fireplace. Kids always get excited to see what Santa filled their stockings with during the night. If your family does not have homemade Christmas stockings, this is a great year to start the tradition.
As a knitter, one of the best ways to surprise your family during the holiday season is by knitting up some Christmas stockings. You will be able to use these stockings year after year, and the best part is that they're relatively simple to knit. Each year at Christmas, you will look at the stockings you made by hand and be filled with a flood of happy memories and emotions.
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Stuffed Stocking Pattern
This large stocking pattern can store more than your average stocking-stuffers. Fill these Christmas socks with precious holiday memories and long-awaited gifts.
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Colorful Keepsake Stocking
You'll want to hang this free Christmas stocking pattern by the chimney with care. Learn how to knit a Christmas stocking for beginners with this pattern; you will treasure it for years to come.
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Folkways Christmas Stocking
Knit this free stocking pattern for a Christmas heirloom that your family will cherish for years to come. This Folkways Christmas stocking is full of holiday cheer.
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Mini Knit Christmas Stockings
These precious mini stockings make a great addition to your Christmas trees!
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Scalloped Christmas Stocking Pattern
This is a wide, chubby stocking big enough to fit all of Santa's goodies on Christmas Eve. This pattern uses a subtle variation on the traditional Christmas green and red with wine-dark and sea-foam-pale knitted in Fair Isle to create a scalloped look on the toe and cuff.
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Polar Bear Knit Stocking Pattern
Are you looking for something a little different to hang by the chimney with care? If so, try knitting this Polar Bear Knit Stocking Pattern.
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Christmas Chevron Knit Stocking Pattern
This is a beautiful stocking pattern that will look great stuffed with presents on Christmas morning. Everyone needs a stocking, but not everyone will be lucky enough to find one of these beautifully knit stockings hanging from the mantle!
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Bold Stripes Knit Stocking Pattern
The Bold Stripes Knit Stocking Pattern creates a sturdy, striped stocking that will look great hanging above your fireplace. The key to this stocking is that it is knit really large and then felted.
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Flat Knit Christmas Stocking
The easy knitting pattern won't take long to make and will be a festive decoration when displayed on your mantel. With its classic design, this beautiful knit stocking can be used and enjoyed for many years to come.
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Knit Utensil Stockings
This easy knit pattern is for a small, cabled sock that's meant to be part of the table set. They look wonderful lain across large plates and can be reused every year!
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Striped Stockings
Fill this classic Striped Stocking with little treasures and stocking stuffers. This easy knit stocking pattern has a simple, pleasing design that will fit perfectly with your home decor.
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Fantastic Fair Isle Stocking
Gather your family around the fireplace with this knitted stocking pattern. Your loved ones will adore this Fantastic Fair Isle Stocking.
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Cabled Christmas Stocking
Nothing feels better than cuddling up with some knitting needles and yarn on a cold, snowy day. Get wrapped up in cozy cables with this free knitted stocking pattern.
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Christmas Colors Stocking
Bring your favorite holiday colors into your home with the Christmas Colors Stocking. Who doesn't love all of the red and green decorations at Christmas time?
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Jolly Fireplace Stocking
Instantly spread holiday cheer by hanging these festive little stockings on the mantle. The Jolly Fireplace Stocking is a classic knitted stocking pattern that will keep you busy during the months leading up to Christmas.
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Heirloom Christmas Stockings
These stockings were designed to be knit on 16 inch circular needles, which makes for a quick knit that you can make in front of the television this holiday season. Free knitted Christmas stocking patterns with names of your loved ones are so much more special!
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Large Christmas Stocking
Give a personalize homemade gift to your friends and family that they will love. This DIY Christmas gift idea will be pulled out of the holiday box year after year and they will always think about you whenever they hang it up.
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Chilly Snowman Christmas Stocking
This year, step away from bland and boring stockings with the Chilly Snowman Christmas Stocking. This creative stocking features a smiling snowman wearing a scarf and hat.
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