Reversible Cabled Christmas Stocking by Cathy Briscoe

Reversible Cabled Christmas Stocking

Knitting
August 2010
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette Stitch
US 7 - 4.5 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
300 - 320 yards (274 - 293 m)
English
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This beautiful christmas stocking starts with a very pretty picot hem, with different aran cable patterns on each side. The one side of the stocking uses horseshoe cables which look like vertically stacked hearts, while the other side features twisted stitches that resemble stylized pine trees. As a special note, some of my test knitters added extra rows to the hem, so that they could swiss darn a name onto the cuff of the stocking.
The gauge swatch should be worked with the size 7 needle.
The finished size of the stocking is 6”W x 19” cuff to toe. For a larger or smaller stocking reduce yarn weight and needle sizes. Special note the cuff should be working in a needle 2 sizes smaller than the needle used to obtain desired gauge.