A mini knitted Christmas Stocking!
Hi, Guys!
I'm Kristen and Welcome to Studio Knit!
This little stocking is a really fun quick knit.
It can be used for lots of holiday decorations and is even a cute little accessory for your
dining room table.
This stocking measures approximately six and a half inches long by about three inches wide.
For our materials, we are using size seven knitting needles, and two different colors
of yarn in aran weight.
And your color choice is totally optional.
Scissors and a tapestry needle.
And if you are looking for some more cute fun quick knits for the holidays, I have lots
of great project ideas and I will link those in the description below.
So make sure to check out my holiday playlist.
And I'm also really excited that I have a Kin Community Holiday Ornament Exchange Collaboration
coming up with some of my favorite DIY channels here on YouTube.
So, please make sure to check that out this Friday.
So, to begin, we are going cast on 28 stitches.
And I'm calling color one, that's my white yarn here.
For the first ten rows we are simply knitting in the two by two rib stitch.
And that is knit two purl two and you just keep doing knit two purl two all the way down
the row and you're doing that for ten whole rows.
And here's how our rib stitch looks.
Okay, now we're going to switch to stockinette stitch and it is time for a color change.
Color two for me is red and we simply do four rows in stockinette, so it's a knit row and
then a purl row, a knit row and a purl row for four rows and we are going to continue
that pattern, switching yarn colors every four rows.
And I have a link to the complete written pattern in the description below, so make
sure to check that out.
And it is time for increases and decreases to shape our foot and our heal and our toe
of our stocking.
So row 31 is knitting thirteen across and then we're going to do increases, one knit
front and back stitch, and one more here.
And I also have a tutorial on how to do the KFB knit front and back if you're not familiar.
Just finish up by knitting 13 stitches all the way down the row and next row 32, super
simple, just purling.
Row 33 is similar where we do knit 14 this time and then do the two increases with Knit
Front and Back, and row 34, just finishing up on a purl row.
Okay.
Row 35, so we are going to knit two together, that's a decrease, then knit 13 down and we
have 2 increases again, so knit front and back, knit front and back, knit 13 stitches
down the row, and finishing up with a knit two together.
Moving onto Row 36, we are going to purl, so purling 16 and then we have some increases
here.
So a purl increase.
So for our purl increase, with our left needle, we go ahead and pick-up that last stitch that
we just purled into.
And then with our right needle, we go on in and we just purl it and that is a purl increase.
Let's do it one more time.
We're going to purl one and then right in here is where we pick up
with our left needle, go ahead and purl into that for an increase and away we go with 15
more purl stitches.
Continue knitting the series of increases and decreases as specified in the pattern.
I have the written pattern in the description below.
But wanted to show you the bind off here.
We are going to be knitting two together and then binding off again, knit two together,
and pass that stitch over to bind off all the way down the row.
And once we're done, go ahead, cut your yarn, weave in your ends, and here is how it looks
and how it folds up together.
Now you can see the little toe area is right here and we simply have the right sides of
our fabric touching, go ahead and just seam it all the way up anyway you'd like to do
it will work.
It's just a really nice little quick knit and then we turn it right side out and then
on the top here are our little ribbed area we are going to fold that over once, I like
to just kind of tack it down to keep it in place and we are done.
I hope you are inspired to create your own little mini stocking, as well, and I hope
you have a wonderful holiday season.
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Bye!