Nicky S Knitted Christmas Stockings

Offers 18 fun-and-festive knitted Christmas stockings that are all made from the same basic pattern. Different sizes, weights and textures of yarn are used.

Make this holiday one your family will remember forever! With these 19 simple and fun patterns, even first-time knitters can create beautiful Christmas stockings for everyone on Santa’s list. Gwen W. Steege offers innovative ideas for crafting unique stockings full of personality, regardless of whether you’re looking for wacky or whimsical, classically beautiful or daintily darling. Transform smaller skeins and project leftovers into ministockings for pets or tree ornaments. Clear some room on the mantle and knit yourself a merry little Christmas. PLEASE NOTE: The patterns and instructions in this ebook rely on color illustrations and color sequences, and they will not fully render on black-and-white reading devices.

A joyful collection of 25 Christmas stockings to knit in a variety of vibrant designs, with something to suit all the family. There's nothing more exciting than waking up on Christmas morning to find a stocking, with your name on it, stuffed with presents. This year, you can create that magical moment for friends and family with these truly special handmade gifts. With the choice of minimal modern designs, jolly elves, classic nativity scenes and traditional festive themes, you can find a style to suit everyone. Why stop at one stocking, when you could make them for the whole family? Each design can be personalized with the name of the recipient or left blank, whichever you prefer. New knitters need not be daunted, all the essential know-how you'll need to get started is found at the back of the book: from which materials to buy to basic stitches to learn. 1. 25 stocking designs, presented by theme, to suit the whole family. 2. Clear colour knitting charts for each design. 3. Includes full instructions on how to personalize your stockings with the name of the recipient.

Hand knit Christmas Stockings are perfectly awesome on their own…but when you think about it, they’re just big socks, right? When you learn the techniques of making a stocking, you’re also learning what you need to know to follow any cuff-down sock pattern! That’s why I’m offering this as a video lesson. In this lesson, you will learn: • working in-the-round on circular and double-pointed needles • changing yarn colors • sock basics, like working a heel flap, turning the heel, gusset decreases • duplicate stitch embroidery on your finished stocking * Pattern includes links to video tutorial.

Until you've hung your stockings with care, it just doesn't quite feel like Christmastime. These traditional decorations are a huge part of how many people decorate for and celebrate Christmas, and yet many of us settle for mass-produced stockings devoid of character. This Christmas, use one of these knitted stocking patterns to add some festive handcrafted charm to your mantle with a Christmas stocking you knit yourself. With this, you can personalize your Christmas decorating in a way that isn't possible with store-bought stockings.

Bright holiday colors and motifs abound in this treasury of Christmas stocking patterns inspired by traditional Scandanavian designs. Detailed pattern charts, including a complete alphabet for personalizing stockings with family member names, and designs to create a stocking cap, patterned mittens, and whimsical leg warmers accompany the unique stocking designs included within. Knitters will enjoy creating handmade Christmas decorations that are sure to become treasured family heirlooms.