As I mentioned in a previous post, the Minnesota Knitters’ Guild has been knitting Christmas stockings for a charity this year. I finished six stockings just in time.
I was weaving in ends and making i-cord hangers at knitting this week and everyone commented how much they loved the chevron version. So, I figured I’d whip up the pattern and share it with all of you.
When I finished writing it, I decided it would be easy enough to add the instructions for the Stripes and Dot version and the X version as well. You’ll find those as bonus charts with abbreviated patterns at the end of the full pattern.
Download the Chevron Christmas Stocking Pattern
Some notes on making these…
- Working a jogless stripe really make a big difference in how these look. Here is a nice tutorial on Craftsy on how to do one. In the pattern, I tell you which rows of the color work patterns to do this on.
- These stockings use and after-thought heel which is just like doing an after-thought or peasant thumb on mittens. Here is a Dummies tutorial on how to do one.
- You can find the pattern for the red and green striped stocking here. It is quite a bit wider than my stockings and works the heel differently.
© 2005 – 2016 Kathy Lewinski & Susan Cornish
Thank you for the patterns! And thank you for your generosity in giving us patterns and ideas all year long.
My quilt guild collects fabric stockings for a local women’s shelter every year, but I always make them a knit stocking – the only REAL stocking! I can use this pattern for next year’s stocking. I haven’t tried jogless stripes yet, even though I’ve been knitting for about 65 years. This is a good incentive to learn that technique.
They all turned out great! They look even better in person!
Thank you for the lovely pattern! I love all of your stockings!
I am new to knitting the afterthought heel technique. I am very confused as to why I ended up with 77 stitches after picking up the yarn above and below the scrap yarn. Where did I go wrong? Isn’t there supposed to be just 54 stitches for the heel? I would greatly appreciate any help on this.
Hi Evelyn.
I sent you an email which hopefully will help!
Hi Kat
I sent you a reply with a photo attached. I am still hung up on the stocking!!!
Where is the chevron pattern? I see the additional patterns, but not the chevron.
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Where is chevron pattern?