Craft a classic holiday decoration with the Free Vintage Crochet Christmas Stocking pattern. This easy crochet guide provides a simple and beginner-friendly tutorial on creating a vintage-style Christmas stocking.
Featuring an elegant icicle trim, this Christmas crochet project offers timeless ideas for festive decor. This free stocking pattern will help you learn how to crochet a beautiful, traditional stocking perfect for your holiday celebrations.
About The Free Vintage Crochet Christmas Stocking Pattern
When I look back to my memories of Christmas as a child my Christmas Stocking always stands out. Each of us children had a stocking with our name written in a gold glitter glue. We would find the one with our names on it and put it out in anticipation of Santa filling it up with fruit, nuts, chocolate, and a little toy. The Christmas Stocking is definitely a Christmas Tradition that many of us share.
When I set out to find a crochet pattern of a vintage style Christmas stocking I didn’t have much luck. I decided to create my own, and after making these for the past three years I decided it is time to share the free crochet pattern with you!
The best part about this Christmas Stocking crochet pattern is that you can add appliques to make each stocking unique and special for the child (or adult) who is receiving it. See a few of mine below.
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Free Vintage Crochet Christmas Stocking Pattern
Crochet pattern information
Supplies:
- 4.0 mm G crochet hook
- 250 yards Red Heart Super Saver Yarn in Red
- 50 yards Red Heart Super Saver Yarn in White. (I used a vintage fuzzy yarn, Pinguin mouse, double stranded)
- Large Needle
Terminology:
- CH: Chain
- SC: Single Crochet
- INC: Increase (2SC into the same stitch)
- DEC: Decrease (SC 2 stitches together)
- LSC: Long Single Crochet (work SC stitch into the rows below current row)
- SLST: Slip Stitch
- F/O: Finish off
Stocking Size:
Finished Stocking is 15.5” tall and 12.5” wide at widest point.
Copyright Notice:
Pattern is sole property of Carol Hladik Designs. Please do not copy or reproduce in any way.
You are welcome to sell finished items made from this pattern, but please credit me as the designer in your posts.
Free Crochet pattern:
The stocking is made of two flat panels that are stitched together
Panels:
Make 2
Row 1: Chain 40, SC into 2nd chain and across, ch1, turn. (39)
Row 2: INC, SC across until 1 stitch remains, INC, ch1, turn. (41)
Row 3: SC across, ch1, turn. (41)
Row 4: INC, SC across until 1 stitch remains, INC, ch1, turn. (43)
Row 5: SC across, ch1, turn. (43)
Row 6: INC, SC across until 1 stitch remains, INC, ch1, turn. (45)
Row 7: SC across, ch1, turn. (45)
Row 8: INC, SC across until 1 stitch remains, INC, ch1, turn. (47)
Row 9: SC across, ch1, turn. (47)
Row 10: INC, SC across until 1 stitch remains, INC, ch1, turn. (49)
Rows 11 – 12: SC across, ch1, turn. (49)
Row 13: DEC, SC across, ch1, turn. (48)
Row 14: SC across, ch1, turn. (48)
Row 15: DEC, SC across, ch1, turn. (47)
Row 16: SC across, ch1, turn. (47)
Row 17: DEC, SC across, ch1, turn. (46)
Row 18: SC across, ch1, turn. (46)
Row 19: DEC, SC across, ch1, turn. (45)
Row 20: SC across, ch1, turn. (45)
Row 21: DEC, SC across, ch1, turn. (44)
Row 22: SC across until 2 stitches remain, DEC, ch1, turn. (43)
Row 23: DEC, SC across, ch1, turn. (42)
Row 24: SC 29, leave remaining stitches unworked, ch1, turn. (29)
Row 25: DEC, SC across, ch1, turn. (28)
Row 26: SC across, ch1, turn. (28)
Row 27: DEC, SC across, ch1, turn. (27)
Rows 28 – 53: SC across, ch1, turn. (27)
Row 54: INC, SC across until 1 stitch remains, INC, ch1, turn. (29)
Row 55: INC, SC across until 1 stitch remains, INC, ch1, turn. (31)
Row 56: INC, SC across until 1 stitch remains, INC, ch1, turn. (33)
Row 57: INC, SC across until 1 stitch remains, INC, ch1, turn. (35)
Row 58: SC across, F/O. (35) *Do not finish off second panel, continue to assembly instructions.
Assembling the Christmas stocking
Lay panels together with both toes pointing left. SC down the left side until you reach the last stitch before the turn, DEC at turn.
SC around the remainder of the edge and INC into the STS at each of the corners indicated in the photos below.
When you reach the top right-hand corner of the stocking, CH 25, SLST into the same space as the last SC. This creates the stocking hanger.
Working around the opening at the top of the stocking, INC into the first stitch of the front panel, SC across to last stitch on front panel, INC, INC into the first stitch on back panel, SC across to the last stitch on back panel, INC, SLST into first stitch of round. (74)
Change to White
Row 1: SC around the entire opening of the stocking replacing SC stitches with LSC stitches ar varying intervals and lengths to create the appearance of icicles. Join the last stitch to the first stitch of round with a SLST, ch1. (74)
Row 2: SC around, join, ch1. (74)
Row 3: HDC around, join, ch1. (74)
Rows 4 – 9 repeat rows 2 – 3
Row 10: SC around, join, F/O leaving a long tail. Using a large needle, secure the hanging strap to the white section of the stocking with the tail.
