Toe Up Christmas Stockings by Faye Kennington

Toe Up Christmas Stockings

Knitting
July 2022
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 21 rows = 4 inches
in stranded stockinette with larger needles in the round.
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 7 - 4.5 mm
220 - 250 yards (201 - 229 m)
30.5cm (12”) around X 47.5cm (18¾”) long.
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With 24 new colourwork charts to mix and match, this pattern offers 512 more different possible options for making custom stockings for all your friends and family members, even the furry ones.

The stockings are worked bottom up, beginning with Judy’s Magic Cast On and the Toe, the stranded foot, and the short row heel, followed by the stranded leg and finished with i-cord trim and hanging loop.

Included as a Ravelry library download file are the charts inverted, which can be used to mix and match with the Top Down Christmas Stockings pattern.

Ravelry .pdf pattern purchasers can also access the charts on the Knitrino app, for decide optimized knitting.

Size
30.5cm (12”) around X 47.5cm (18¾”) long.

Materials
Yarn: Each stocking: a total of 100g (3.5 oz) worsted weight yarn in approximately equal amounts of 3 colours. Samples made with Knit Picks Wool of the Andes. Specific colours and chart choices for samples shown on page 12.

Tools
For Stocking: 4.5mm/US7 40cm/16” circular knitting needle or size to achieve gauge, 4mm/US6 double pointed knitting needles or size smaller than circular needles, or magic loop equivalents of these needles, stitch marker, tapestry needle, pencil and printer.

Gauge
20 sts/21 rnds = 10cm/4” in stranded stockinette with larger needles in the round.