Holiday stockings for gifts and decoration. Many of the patterns are free. Updated 11/2/24.
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Free Patterns
3 Christmas Stockings
Three holiday stockings including one with a Nordic Star, one with cables, and another striped like a candy cane. Designed by MillaMia. Sport weight yarn. A kit is also available.
Cascade Christmas Stockings
Christmas stocking with interchangeable stranded designs for the cuff, body of the stocking, foot, including trees, angels, poinsettias, star, birds. Great stashbuster! Wors ted weight yarn. Designed by Marji LaFreniere for Cascade Yarns.
Langdon Stocking
Holiday stocking with a plaid motif worked in stranded colourwork. Designed by Galt House of Yarn. Bulky weight yarn.
Simple Holiday Stockings
Three Christmas stockings including a diamond lattice texture, zigzag stripes, and overall cable design. Designed by Carissa Browning. Aran weight yarn.
Fair Isle Christmas Stockings
Colorful stockings knit with stranded colorwork. Fair Isle Stocking with geometric patterns, Folkways Stocking with lace trim and embroidery, and Jolly Stockings with Christmas trees, snowflakes, or snowmen. Designed by Yarnspirations.
- Get the free Fair Isle Stocking knitting pattern
- Get the free Folkways Stocking knitting pattern
- Get the free Jolly Stockings knitting pattern
Baby's First Christmas Stocking
Christmas stocking for the babies in the family and an heirloom for generations. ABC Blocks, Teddy Bears, Bouncing Bunnies, Baby Pram, Hearts, Rocking Horse. Sheep. ABC Blocks, Teddy Bears, Bouncing Bunnies, Baby Pram, Hearts, Baby Bottles, Rocking Horse. 2 foot patterns: polka dots or diamonds. Designed by Simply Serving Designs. Worsted weight yarn.
Spindleknitter's Stockings
Charts and basic instructions to create your own Christmas stockings with colorful holiday motifs. Designed by Kirsten Hall. Aran weight yarn.
Three Christmas Stockings
Large stockings with enough room for stuffers with Christmas tree, reindeer, and snowflake motifs. Designed by Lion Brand. Bulky weight yarn.
- Get the free REINDEER knitting pattern
- Get the free TREE knitting pattern
- Get the free SNOWFLAKE knitting pattern
Nativity Christmas Stocking
Adorn your household with a lovely stocking embellished with symbols of Jesus’s birth. including the holy family in the stable and its animals, a guiding light in a star-filled sky, and an overseeing angel. Designed by Simply Serving Designs. Worsted weight yarn.
Reindeer Stocking
Easy holiday stocking for a red-nosed reindeer. Designed by Amanda Berry. DK weight yarn.
Striped Christmas Stockings
Colorful stockings knit with easy stripes. Holiday Stocking with Mitten Pocket, Stocking with Fake Fur Trim, and Jolly Striped Stockings. Designed by Yarnspirations.
- Get the free Holiday Stocking with Mitten Pocket knitting pattern
- Get the free Stocking with Fake Fur Trim knitting pattern
- Get the free Jolly Striped Stockings knitting pattern
Waiting For Santa
Holiday stocking featuring a tiny Santa Claus applique, colorful stranded design on the cuff, and stripes on the foot. Designed by Celeste Pinheiro. Worsted weight yarn.
More Free Patterns
Peanuts Christmas Stockings
Holiday stockings featuring the beloved Peanuts characters of Snoopy with Woodstock and Charlie Brown. Designed by Emma Heywood. DK weight yarn.
Cable Christmas Stockings
Individual Christmas stockings knit with cables including White Cable Stocking with Red Cuff, Red Cabled Stocking, and Sugar Twist Stocking. Designed by Yarnspirations.
- Get the free White Cable Stocking knitting pattern
- Get the free Red Cabled Stocking knitting pattern
- Get the free Sugar Twist knitting pattern
Santa Inspired Christmas Stockings
Individual Christmas stockings inspired by Santa Claus including Santa's Stocking Just for You with Santa's face and personalized letters, On Dasher reindeer fair isle stocking, and Santa/Elf outfit stockings. Designed by Yarnspirations.
- Get the free Santa's Stocking Just for You knitting pattern
- Get the free On Dasher knitting pattern
- Get the free Santa/Elf knitting pattern
Blitzen, Dasher & Comet Stockings
Three Christmas stockings: Blitzen with a fair isle design of trees and snowflakes, Dasher with a cable motif inspired by vintage ornaments, and Comet with stripes. Designed by Brenda York by Berroco.
Fish Christmas Stocking
Perfect for the fisher or fish lover in your life, a fish shaped Christmas stocking knit in the round from the top down with no seams or pieces to assemble. Pattern includes charts for holly, zig zags, hearts, a checkerboard and, of course, fish! Designed by Linda Taylor. Pictured project by 1skeinwonderwoman.
Snowman Stocking
Approx 15 ins [38 cm] long x 10 ins [25.5 cm] wide. Designed by Yarnspirations.
Mosaic Stitch Stocking
Christmas stocking with poinsettia and trees in easy slip stitch mosaic colorwork. Circumference: 14” Length: 23”. Designed by Premier Yarns Design Team
- Get the free knitting pattern
- Get the recommended Deborah Norville™ Collecton Everyday® Soft Worsted yarn on Amazon
7 Free Holiday Knitting Patterns ebook
Free knitting patterns from the free ebook Holiday Knitting eBook: 7 Free Knitted Projects include Father Christmas, Celestine Tree Topper, wide stocking, Snowflake Ornament, Poinsettia Ornament, Cabled Ornament, and Merry Mice
O Christmas Tree Stocking
I love the idea of this stocking. Knit an intarsia tree and then decorate the stocking with button “ornaments” and embellish with more buttons. Designed by Susie Bonell for Cascade Yarns.
Scandinavian Stocking
Christmas stocking with traditional Scandinavian motifs. Circumference: 16” Length: 21”. Designed by Premier Yarns Design Team
- Get the free knitting pattern
- Get the recommended Deborah Norville™ Collecton Everyday® Soft Worsted yarn on Amazon
Snowman Stocking
Christmas stocking with colorwork snowman. Circumference: 12” Length: 17”. Designed by Premier Yarns Design Team
- Get the free knitting pattern
- Get the recommended Deborah Norville™ Collecton Everyday® Soft Worsted yarn on Amazon
Personalized Christmas Stocking
Sarah Gasson of Knitables created this easy to customize stocking that is approximately 9cm (3.5in) wide by 24cm (9.4in) long. Can be knitted flat or in the round and comes with alphabet chart.
Christmas Stocking With Tree
Sarah Gasson of Knitables created this stocking that is approximately 9cm (3.5in) wide by 24cm (9.4in) long. Can be knitted flat or in the round.
Patterns for Purchase
3D Christmas Stockings
Are they Christmas stockings or toys? Individual patterns for Santa, Reindeer, or Snowman toy stocking. All Pieces are Knitted Flat and Seamed. DK weight yarn. Designed by KnittingByPost.
Two Christmas Stockings
Set of Christmas stockings patterns that includes the Santa, Tree & Reindeer stocking or the Candy Cane, Snowman & Rocking horse stockings or you can always mix and match the graphs however you like. Size: 26” top to toe. Worsted weight yarn. Designed by YankeeKnitterDesigns.
Dragon & Castle, and Aliens Christmas Stockings
Christmas stockings with science fiction and fantasy motifs in fair isle. One set includes dragons and castles. The other includes aliens and spaceship / flying saucer. Size: 6.5” (16cm) wide, 22” (51cm) long. They also contain an alphabet chart and instructions how to add a name to the top of the stocking to make it a personalized Christmas stocking. Designed by SantasSockCentral.
- See more pics and get the DRAGONS and CASTLES knitting patterns at Etsy
- Get the ALIENS knitting patterns
Harry Potter Inspired House Christmas Stockings
Christmas stockings with Hogwarts house symbols. Available as a set or individually. Size 28” total length from top to toe x 8” wide at leg. Worsted weight yarn. Designed by kittensmittensshop who also offers the finished stockings for sale.
Cat Christmas Stockings
16 Fair Isle Personalized Christmas Stockings with cats and kittens. Size: 7” (18 cm) wide, 23” (58cm) long. Aran weight yarn. Designed by SantasSockCentral
3D Christmas Stockings
Christmas stockings with instructions for Santa, Elf, Fairy, and Snowman faces. The stockings and faces are knitted flat. The faces are assembled and then stitched to the stocking before it has been sewn up. Bulky weight yarn. Designed by Pat Alinejad
Nativity Story Stockings
3 Christmas Stockings featuring stranded Manger Scene, Shepherds Scene, and Wise Men Scene. Designed by Julia Schwartz
The Stockings Were Knit eBook
8 Knitting Patterns for Christmas Stockings. For My Best Friend (dog), Purr-fect Pastimes (cat), Hugs and Kisses (X’s and O’s), Familar Carols Play (bells), Old-fashioned Christmas (houndstooth pattern), Let It Snow! (snowflakes), Winter Wonderland (snowman scene), and Christmas Classic (gingerbread man).
