Amazing Knitted Christmas Stockings

Maybe we’re a little bit biased because we’re complete DIY lovers, but we think homemade Christmas stockings are so much more festive than store bought ones! We particularly love that the ones you make yourself can be customized. As avid knitters, we’re pretty big fans of knitting everyone we love homemade stockings that will show them how much we love them through time, effort, and skill.

Check out these many adorable knitting patterns for super cute stockings that will brighten up everyone’s Christmas morning!

And the Stockings Were Hung

The beauty of knitting is that, while you can certainly create projects that are eye catching in their colour work and varied yarn detail, you can also do intricate stitch work that shows off your skill simply in the yarn you started with

Glamour Puss stocking

We all have that one family member who is particularly stylish and maybe even glamorous, and this is definitely the right stocking pattern for them. Besides being shaped like a hilarious little heeled show instead of a sock, this design amuses us a lot thanks to the sparkly fun fur around the top

Pet Cat Christmas stocking

Just in case it wasn’t obvious, when we said that we like to knit Chrismtas stockings for our whole family, we really meant our whole family- pets included!

Spotted Christmas stocking

Are you looking for a design that’s pretty classic and simple, but that still lets you make an interesting visual? Then try this easy polka dotted pattern! It’s not so hard that you’ll want to put it down half way, but it’s also not so easy that you’ll get bored. In fact, we think it would make the perfect introductory project for knitters who are looking to try colour work for the first time.

Snowflake Christmas stocking

Are you a little more experienced at things like colour work and Fair Isle knitting and your priority is finding something that really brings the holiday spirit into the design?