Knit Christmas mini stockings for your tree

Decorating the Christmas tree is a wonderful tradition. Take a look at Facebook or Twitter anytime in December and you’ll see photo after photo of friends’ Christmas trees duly trimmed. A well-decorated tree with unique elements is a point of pride for many of us.

Handmade items mark out your tree from everyone else’s – and often tells a tale in itself. The glitter-adorned cardboard angel your kids made at school; the snowflakes you made by folding a piece of paper on itself and snipping out tiny segments; the trinkets you got at the Christmas market. 

 

Christmas Mini Stockings by Julieta I. Brandao
using Susan Crawford's Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn

 

Knitted decorations are another wonderful way to make your tree unmistakably yours. knitshop.co.uk’s Christmas Mini Stockings are a great example. The tiny stockings are quick to knit and give your tree a cosy homemade feel. They’d also look great strung up above a fireplace as bunting.

The Christmas Mini Stocking pattern contains five variations, so once you’ve got the hang of the basic pattern you can make plain and patterned versions. We’ve used yarns from knitshop.co.uk’s Coquette Vintage Cotton range for our versions. The stockings knit up on 2.75mm needles, but because they’re small they really won’t take long to make. 

 

The green stocking is version two on the pattern.

 

The pattern is knitted in the round, with some shaping for the toe and heel. However, the instructions are very clear, so you should be able to follow them even if you’ve never tried shaping using the short row technique before. 

 

Zig-Zag stocking is version four on the
Christmas Mini Stocking Pattern

 

Once you’ve made stockings with a zigzag pattern, you can challenge yourself with the Christmas tree and holly designs. The pattern includes a chart for each design as well as written instructions. 

Christmas Tree Stocking is version three and is the first to use
all three colours of Coquette: Flame, Highland and Snow.

 

You can make several stockings in each of the five designs – or lots of stockings using one or two of the designs – using one ball of each colour of Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn. We’ve used Flame, Snow and Highland shades. There’s a 15 percent discount voucher on the downloadable pattern. Just scan this to get the discount code for your Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn. 

 

Holly Berries Stocking, this is Julieta's favourite!
It is version five on the pattern.
It is using all three colours of Coquette: Flame, Highland and Snow

 

If you prefer, you can use knitshop.co.uk’s Sock Yarn instead. Using the Green, Bordeaux Red and Natural shades of Sock Yarn, you’ll get a more muted effect. If you use this yarn with 3.25mm needles the tension will be very similar. The designer Julieta Brandao also recommends to use knitshop.co.uk's Alpaca Fino Yarn in red, grass green and natural white using 3 - 3.25mm needles. 

And please share your photos of your finished stockings or anything else you have made using knitshop.co.uk yarns with us on our Facebook page! 

Green Stocking, Christmas Tree Stocking and Zig-Zag Stocking.

Green Stocking using Highland and Snow.

Red Stocking using Flame and Snow.

Links to this blog:

Knitted Christmas Stockings pattern: http://knitshop.co.uk/knitshop-pattern/2918-mini-stocking.html

Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn Flame: http://knitshop.co.uk/323-coquette-vintage-cotton

Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn Highland: http://knitshop.co.uk/coquette-vintage-cotton/2763-highland-coquette.html

Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn Snow: http://knitshop.co.uk/coquette-vintage-cotton/2801-snow-coquette.html

Knitshop.co.uk Sock Yarn: http://knitshop.co.uk/165-socks-yarn

2.75mm double-pointed needles: http://knitshop.co.uk/275-bamboo-dpn

3.25mm double-pointed needles: http://knitshop.co.uk/knitting-accessories/1564-325mm-dp-13cm.html

Knitting the round video instructions: http://www.stitchdiva.com/tutorials/knitting/on-double-pointed-needles

Short row shaping instructions: http://www.vogueknitting.com/pattern_help/how-to/beyond_the_basics/short_row_shaping.aspx

Knitshop Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Knitshop/82318014483

Competition

Knitshop.co.uk competition -
£50 of yarn to be won!

Fans ofknitshop.co.uk’syarns are pretty creative – and pretty competitive! 

So what betterway to see who has made the most incredible creations than to run aphoto-based competition to win some more yarn?

The naturalfibres of knitshop.co.uk’syarns are beautifulin their own right, but you also need skill and imagination for yourshowstopping knitting or crochet project. The winning entry willreceive a luxury selection of knitshop.co.ukyarns consisting of two hanks of AlpacaQuito Yarn,two hanks of Cottonplied Wool Yarn,a skein of knitshop.co.ukSock Yarnand four balls of Cotton4ply Mercerised.

To enterthe competition all you need to do is take a photo of an item you’vemade using knitshop.co.ukproductsand send it to us, along with a description, including the productsused,at info@knitshop.co.uk.We’ll post the shortlisted photos on our website and on ourFacebook page at facebook.com/knitshopand everyone can vote for which one’s the best.

Competitionentries will be accepted till 5 January, with the shortlistedphotos online from 6 January until 12 January. We’llannounce the winner on 14 January!

Everyonewho enters the competition will receive a free knitshop.co.ukpattern of their choice. Please state which pattern you would like toreceive when emailing in your photo entry and description. 

 

Links tothis blog:

Knitshop.co.ukcompetition prize details

One luckyprize winner will receive

AlpacaQuito Yarn– two hanks

Cottonplied Wool Yarn–two hanks

Cotton4ply Mercerised– four balls

knitshop.co.ukSock Yarn– one hank

Email aphoto of your knitshop.co.uk creation to info@knitshop.co.uk.