Free Christmas Stocking Patterns

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Christmas stockings make great gifts and are a fun way to decorate the house, and there are tons of free Christmas stocking patterns out there to get you started. The wonderful thing about Christmas stockings is that almost no matter what craft you like—knitting, crochet, cross stitch, sewing or needlepoint—you can find free Christmas stocking patterns that you will love to make for your family and friends.

Knitting Christmas Stockings

When I think of knitting Christmas stockings, I think of impossibly long stocking that take forever to knit up. Maybe it's just my sock paranoia, which I have mostly gotten over. It's probably because my mom makes these wonderful knitted Christmas stockings, and they seem to take forever and be really complicated.

But it doesn't have to be that way. There is a whole range of Christmas stocking patterns you can knit , from the basic to the intricate. Here are some patterns to get you started:

Crocheted Christmas Stockings

There are also a wide variety of free Christmas stocking patterns for those who crochet. Crocheted Christmas stockings are cute and very homemade looking, which is great for decorating your home for Christmas as well as holding tiny gifts. Here are some free Christmas stocking patterns for you to consider:

Sewn Christmas Stockings

Free Christmas stocking patterns for sewers are a little harder to come by, but that's not a problem because it's easy to make your own pattern.

If you already have a stocking that you like the shape of, you can simply trace the outline of the stocking onto a piece of newspaper. Select holiday themed or colored fabric and cut out two pieces of that size, allowing for seam allowances.

Sew the pieces together, with right sides together, leaving the top open. Hem the top by hand or by machine. Appliqué on Christmas designs, a name in felt letters, or whatever else you like. You can also sew a ribbon bow around the top or add any other embellishments you like.

Or you could quilt the pieces of your stocking, making a basic pieced fabric and then cutting it to fit your stocking shape. Then sew together in the same manner.

There are tons of possible variations to this idea. Freehand draw a stocking in a larger or smaller size to make more decorations or Christmas tree ornaments, even pins you can wear or pin to your purse. These smaller stockings are a lot of fun to make, too.

Cross Stitch Stockings

The final major category of free Christmas stocking patterns is those decorated with cross stitch. This is just a variation on the above, because the back side of the stocking can be made from fabric in the same manner as your cloth stocking.

Cut out cross stitch cloth in the same shape and cross stitch a Christmas pattern, name, or even red and green stripes. Here are some motifs that should get your imagination going:

Combine or alter these and other patterns to come up with a design that is all your own. Then finish the stocking in the same manner as the sewn Christmas stocking above.

Christmas stockings are wonderful gifts, and handmade stockings will become heirlooms in your family.

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Comments

Quincy,

The answer to your question depends on what type of stocking you'd like to make, although many companies do provide catalog ordering for the convenience of their crafting customers. For example, Needlepoint Fun accepts catalog requests for its cross stitch stockings.

Dana Hinders

LoveToKnow Crafts Editor

-- Contributed by: Danahinders

I wonder i get a christmas pattern kit in the mail .

from qb

-- Contributed by: QuincyBazar

Terri,

Unfortunately, the image on this page is from our stock photography service. LTK Crafts does not have access to the pattern.

Dana Hinders

LoveToKnow Crafts Editor

-- Contributed by: Danahinders
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