details+materials abbreviations

CANDY STOCKINGS
Cute mini Christmas stockings let you hang all sorts of candy in your tree.
Personalize your stockings with numbers, letters, or holiday and candy images.
details+ materials
Gauge
9 stitches and 10 rows = 1"
Yarn
2 or more colours of KnitPicks Stroll sock yarn
(superwash merino wool and nylon), 1 ball of each colour.
The sample is knit in KnitPicks Stroll Glimmer, in the following colours:
figi, white, dragonscale, and fiesta.
abbreviations
BO Bind off
CO Cast on
dec decrease/decreased
inc increase/increased
k knit
k2tog knit two together
p purl
rem remain/remaining
sl slip
st/sts stitch/stitches
w&t wrap and turn
Needles
1 set of 2.25 mm (US 1) needles for working in the round, or size
needed to obtain gauge
Notions
yarn needle
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November 10, 2012
pattern notes
The stockings are worked in the round, from the top down,
with short row heels.
CHARTS
All charts except for the Hard Candy Argyle and Little Kisses
should be repeated on the front and back.
When working the charts, whenever there are 6 or more
stitches of the same colour, twist the working yarn with the
non-working (floating) yarn(s) every 3–4 stitches. This will
prevent long yarn floats on the inside of the stocking, which
could snag on the candy.
Be sure to keep the yarn floats loose while working the
charts, or the stocking will end up looking puckered.
GARTER STITCH
Rnd 1 k all sts
Rnd 2 p all sts
LEG
Select a chart to work for the leg (see the last three
pages of the pattern). All charts have half of the total
stitches and should be repeated twice, except for the
Hard Candy Argyle and Little Kisses charts, which should
be worked once.
Alternatively, you could work the 18 rnds of the leg in a
solid colour or in stripes.
HEEL
Row 1 k7, w&t. This is left side of heel, and is made up of
the first 7 stitches of the rnd to center the design properly
over the heel.
Row 2 sl wrapped st, p13, w&t. (All 15 heel sts should be
on one needle, and the other 15 sts should be on the other
needle if using a circular needle, or divided between the
other 2 needles if using double-pointed needles).
Row 3 sl wrapped st, k12, w&t.
Row 4 sl wrapped st st, p11, w&t.
Row 5 sl wrapped st, k10, w&t.
HEEL—SHORT ROWS
Row 6 sl wrapped st, p9, w&t.
w&t To wrap and turn, slip the next st onto the right
needle, pass the yarn in front, and wrap the yarn around
the base of the stitch. Turn to work the next row. On the
next row, the pattern will ask you to “sl wrapped st” (slip
wrapped stitch) to the right needle.
Row 7 sl wr st, k8, w&t.
Work wrapped stitch Using the right needle, lift the wrap
around the stitch onto the left needle, and knit or purl into
both the stitch and its wrap as one.
Row 11 sl wrapped st, k5, work wrapped st, turn.
Row 8 sl wrapped st, p7, w&t.
Row 9 sl wrapped st, k6, w&t.
Row 10 sl wrapped st, p5, w&t.
Row 12 sl wrapped st, p5, work wrapped st, turn.
Row 13 sl st, k6, work wrapped st, turn.
pattern
Row 14 sl st, p7, work wrapped st, turn.
CUFF
Row 17 slst, k10, work wrapped st, turn.
CO 30 sts, and join to work in the rnd. You may want to
place a marker somewhere on the first needle to indicate
the beginning of the round, or let the yarn tail from the cast
on indicate the beginning of the round.
Row 18 sl st, p11, work wrapped st, turn.
Work in garter stitch for 12 rnds.
Work in St st for 10 rnds.
Row 15 sl st, k8, work wrapped st, turn.
Row 16 sl st, p9, work wrapped st, turn.
Row 19 sl at, k12, work wrapped st, turn.
Row 20 sl st, p13, work wrapped st, turn.
FOOT
Row 20 sl st, k 14, pick up 1 st in the gap between the heel
and the rest of the sts, k1, pass previous st over, k to other
gap between foot and heel, pick up 1 st, pass previous st
over.
Work even in St st for 7 rnds.
TOE
Rnd 1 Starting with needle that has the 15 heel sts, k1,
k2tog tbl, k to last 3 sts on needle, k2tog, k1. k1 on next
needle, k2tog tbl. k to last 3 sts in rnd, k2tog, k1.
Rnd 2 k1 rnd even.
LOOP
Fold the cuff down at the point where the garter stitch
ends. At the heel side of the cuff, pick up 3 sts and work in
i-cord for about 6 inches, or double the desired length of
the loop.
Cut yarn leaving a 6" tail, pull through sts using a yarn
needle, and tie off.
Using the tail, sew the top of the i-cord to the base to form
a loop.
FINISHING
Weave in ends and block.
Rep last 2 rnds until 10 sts remain.
Cut yarn leaving a 6" tail, pull through sts using a yarn
needle, and tie off.
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charts
charts
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charts
(continued)
Hard Candy Argyle
Snowflake
Little Kisses
Hard Candy
Christmas Tree
Candy Cane
Big Kiss
Peppermint
Cupcake