My absolute favorite thing to make this time of year is a crochet Christmas stocking. While you’ll find a large variety of design styles from stocking to stocking, many of them also seem to have a classic flare. What’s the best part of a classic crochet Christmas design? The simple fact that you are crafting an heirloom your family will cherish for years to come. Then, once a year at Christmas time, even after you’ve left this earth, that simple crochet stocking you made years before will fill their hearts and minds with memories of Christmases past. The free crochet pattern for the Joyful Textures Christmas Stocking can be found below, or you can find an ad-free print friendly version on Love Crafts here, Ravelry here, or on Etsy here.

 

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My Big Bold Cabled Christmas Stocking has been a fan favorite for several years, but I hope you’ll find a new favorite with this year’s 2021 Christmas Stocking Crochet Along (details coming soon)! While designing this year’s stockings I had a really hard time deciding on just one, so I ended up with two new crochet stocking designs. The Joyful Textures Christmas Stocking is the first of two new stocking designs this year. Make it with the faux fur cuff & poms as shown, or make it with a simple yarn cuff as shown in the Buffalo Plaid Stocking pattern.

 

 

 

 

Yarn

Faux fur yarn is extremely popular this year so I knew I had to incorporate it in at least one of this year’s Christmas stocking designs. As I was making the cuff on the Joyful Textures Christmas Stocking, I decided that I needed to use it for the cuff on others as well.

I chose Lion Brand Yarns Go For Faux in the color Baked Alaska for the cuff and faux fur poms on my Joyful Textures Christmas Stockings. Go For Faux yarn is a super bulky yarn that is available in 12 great colors. There are so many gorgeous color combinations possible!

Lion Brand Yarns also has a Go For Faux Thick & Quick. When yarn shopping, make sure to grab the original Go For Faux, super bulky 6 yarn and not the think & quick 7 weight yarn.

For the stocking I chose Lion Brand Yarn’s Wool Ease in Fisherman and Mandala Ombre in Balance (blues) and Harmony (pastels). The combination of the cream colored yarn, the stitch pattern and the faux fur creates a stunning crochet stocking.

 

 

Joyful Textures Christmas Stocking – FREE CROCHET STOCKING PATTERN

The free pattern is below, but if you love to work offline, or need to order your yarn, I’ve got a couple other great options for you.

Purchase the ad-free, printable PDF that includes all photo tutorials, on Love Crafts here, Ravelry here, or Etsy here.

Purchase the kit here! Lion Brand also has a full kit of the Joyful Textures Christmas Stocking, available on their website. One kit includes enough yarn to make 2 stockings!

Save this pattern to your Ravelry favorites here.

Pin it for later here.

 

 

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Materials

• Yarn: Worsted Weight / 4 yarn & Super Bulky Weight / 6 yarn / I used Lion Brand Yarns Wool Ease, Mandala Ombre, and Go For Faux for my stockings. This yarn is available from Lion Brand Yarns directly here or you can also find it on Amazon here.
  • Lion Brand Wool Ease – Fisherman (160 yards)
  • Lion Brand Mandala Ombre – Balance or Harmony (170 yards)
  • Go For Faux Fur Yarn – Baked Alaska (32 yards)
• Crochet Hooks: H/8/5.00mm, G/6/4.00mm & 9.00mm; or size needed to obtain gauge (My favorite crochet hooks are the Clover Amour Crochet Hooks, I’ve never had an ache in my hand since switching).
• Scissors
• Yarn Needle
• Locking Stitch Marker
• Scrap piece of yarn

 

 

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Abbreviations (US Terms)

• ch(s): chain(s)
• sl st: slip stitch
• st(s): stitch(es)
• sc: single crochet
• hdc: half double crochet
• dc: double crochet
• dc7tog: double crochet 7 together – see special stitches below
• FPtr: front post treble crochet
• invsc2tog: invisible single crochet decrease – see special stitches below
• RS: right side; WS: wrong side
• Rep: repeat
• Rnd: round
• yo: yarn over
• BLO/FLO: back loop only / front loop only
• MC: main color
• CC: contrasting color
• Join yarn with a standing single crochet: (click here for tutorial)

 

Size

• One Size: 6.5″W  x 17″L (laid flat)

Gauge

• Leg of Stocking: 10 sts x 4 rounds = 2″

Notes

• Beginning chain(s) are not included in stitch count, unless noted otherwise.
• Lion Brand Yarns Wool Ease, Mandala Ombre & Go For Faux yarns were used for the stocking shown in the photos.
• Lion Brand Yarns Wool Ease in Fisherman was used for the stocking shown in the photos. (80% acrylic  / 20% wool / 3 oz/ 85 g / 197 yards / 180 m) (solids).
• Lion Brand Yarns Mandala in Balance (blues) & Harmony (pastels) were used for the stockings shown in the photos. (100% acrylic / 5.3 oz/ 150 g / 344 yards / 315 m).
• Lion Brand Yarns Go For Faux in Baked Alaska was used for the cuff & poms shown in the photos. (100% polyester / 3.5 oz/ 100 g / 65 yards / 60 m).
• Yardage:
  • MC (Wool Ease) – Fisherman (160 yards)
  • CC: (Mandala Ombre) – Balance or Harmony (170 yards)
  • Go For Faux Fur Yarn – Baked Alaska (32 yards)

• This stocking it worked from the top down to the toe. A faux fur cuff is then made and sewn on. Faux fur poms are then added, if desired.
• NO FAUX FUR CUFF OPTION: If you do not want a faux fur cuff on your stocking, simply crochet the Cuff & Cuff Seam from the Buffalo Plaid Christmas Stocking here, then whipstitch it to the top of your Joyful Textures Christmas Stocking.

 

Special Stitches

NO FAUX FUR CUFF OPTION

If you do not want a faux fur cuff on your stocking, simply follow the instructions for the Cuff & Cuff Seam from the Buffalo Plaid Christmas Stocking here, then whipstitch it to the top of your Joyful Textures Christmas Stocking.

Joyful Textures Christmas Stocking Instructions

Leg of Stocking

 

 

Faux Fur Cuff

 

Attaching the Cuff

 

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Working Color Changes