Friday, October 11, 2013
OPERATION HOLIDAY STOCKINGS
You Are Invited To Support Our Troops!
This stocking was designed specifically for Operation Holiday Stockings, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that sends stockings to our brave troops serving overseas. Please consider sending one or more to:
Operation Holiday Stockings
P.O. Box 3186
Sequim, WA 98382
Edited to add: They can be any color. For this year please mail in time to arrive by Nov 15th. They accept stocking year round, so keep them in mind.
Operation Holiday Stockings
P.O. Box 3186
Sequim, WA 98382
Edited to add: They can be any color. For this year please mail in time to arrive by Nov 15th. They accept stocking year round, so keep them in mind.
MATERIALS:
Approximately 1.25 ounce Red
Heart Super Saver worsted weight yarn
Small amount of White yarn
for cuff
Size US G (4.5 mm) hook
Tapestry needle
SIZE:
4 X 8 inches
GAUGE:
7 dc = 2 inches
4 dc rounds = 2 inches
ABBREVIATIONS:
Ch = chain
Dc = double crochet
St = stitch
Sts = stitches
Sc = single crochet
Hdc = half double crochet
Rev sc = reverse single
crochet
NOTES:
- Read instruction through before beginning.
- Yarns used in sample are Red Heart Super Saver;
Paddy Green and White.
- For best results stocking needs to be worked at
a fairly tight tension. That is why
I used a G hook for this project.
If you crochet loosely, please use a smaller hook.
- Ch 2 at the beginning of rounds does not count
as a stitch. Skip the ch 2 and work
into the first dc.
INSTRUCTIONS
All
slipstitches in this section should be pulled tight. The stitch should almost disappear.
Rnd
1: Ch 3, working over starting tail 10 dc in 3rd
ch from hook. Join with a slipstitch in
first dc. Remember to pull the
slipstitch tight. (10 sts)
Rnd
2: Ch 2, dc in same st as join, 2 dc in next
st. *Dc in next st, 2 dc in next
st. Repeat from * three times. Join with
a slipstitch in first dc. (15 sts)
Pull the beginning tail tight to close
any hole in the toe.
Rnd
3: Ch 2, dc in same st as join, dc in next st, 2
dc in next st. *Dc in next 2 sts, 2 dc
in next st. Repeat from * three times.
Join with a slipstitch in first dc. (20
sts)
Rnd
4: Ch 2, dc in same st as join, dc in next 2
sts, 2 dc in next st. *Dc in next 3 sts,
2 dc in next st. Repeat from * three
times. Join with a slipstitch in first dc.
(25 sts)
Rnd
5: Ch 2, 2 dc in same st as join, dc in each st
to end of round. Join with a slipstitch
in first dc. (26 sts)
Rnd
6-8: Ch 2, *dc in each st around. Join with a slipstitch in first dc. (26 sts)
Heel:
Slipstitches in this section should NOT be pulled
tight.
Row 1 (right side): Ch 1, sc in 1 st, hdc in next
st, sc in next st, slipstitch in next st, ch 1 turn. (4 sts)
On rows 2-12 the last sc and slipstitch
are worked into the dc sts of round 8.
Row 2: Sc in 2 sts, hdc in
next st, sc in next 2 sts, slipstitch in next st, ch 1 turn. (6 sts)
Row 3: Sc in 2 sts, hdc in
3 sts (when working in hdc of previous row go into the front 2 loops of st), sc
in 2 sts, slipstitch in next st, ch 1 turn. (8 sts)
Row 4:
Sc in 3 sts, hdc in 3 sts, sc in 3 sts, slipstitch in next st, ch 1
turn. (10 sts)
Row 5: Sc in 3 sts, hdc in
5 sts (when working in hdc of previous row go into the front 2 loops of st), sc
in 3 sts, slipstitch in next st, ch 1 turn. (12 sts)
Row 6: Sc in 4 sts, hdc in 5
sts, sc in 4 sts, slipstitch in next st, ch 1 turn. (14 sts)
Row 7: Sc in 4 sts, hdc in
7 sts (when working in hdc of previous row go into the front 2 loops of st), sc
in 4 sts, slipstitch in next st, ch 1 turn. (16 sts)
Row 8: Sc in 4 sts, hdc in
9 sts, sc in 4 sts, slipstitch in next st, ch 1 turn. (18 sts)
Row 9: Sc in 4 sts, hdc in
11 sts (when working in hdc of previous row go into the front 2 loops of st),
sc in 4 sts, slipstitch in next st, ch 1 turn. (20 sts)
Row 10: Sc in 4 sts, hdc in
13 sts, sc in 4 sts, slipstitch in next st, ch 1 turn. (22 sts)
Row 11: Sc in 5 sts, hdc in
13 sts (when working in hdc of previous row go into the front 2 loops of st),
sc in 5 sts, slipstitch in next st, ch 1 turn. (24 sts)
Row 12: Sc in 5 sts, hdc in
15 sts, sc in 5 sts, slipstitch in next st. Join with a slipstitch in first sc. Pull the slipstitch tight. (26
sts)
Now go back to working
in rounds, resuming above round count.
Leg:
All slipstitches in this section should
be pulled tight.
Rnd
9: Ch 2, turn. (When working in hdc of previous
row go into the front 2 loops of st). Dc
in 6 sts, 2 dc in next st, dc in 12 sts, 2 dc in next st, dc in each remaining
st. Join with a slipstitch in first
dc. (28 sts)
Rnd
10-13: Ch 2, dc in each st around. Join with a slipstitch in first dc. (28 sts)
Fasten off.
Cuff
:
All
slipstitches in this section should be pulled tight.
Change to the trim color.
Rnd
14: Attach yarn with a sc. Sc in each st around. Join with a slipstitch in first sc. (28 sts)
Rnd
15: Ch 1, sc in each st around. Join with a slipstitch in first sc. (28 sts)
If you don’t like crocheting reverse
single crochet repeat round 15.
Rnd
16: Ch 1, rev sc in each stitch. Fasten off without joining and use the
tapestry needle to join.
Weave in ends.
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I've been knitting up to 30 stockings for Operation Holiday Stockings every year. I just mailed a package this week. Now I'm so excited to have your crochet pattern! It's not the size of the stocking or the contents. It's the fact that our service men and women know that we care and value what they do enough to make the stockings. Check her website.
# posted by 
: 7:52 PM
: 7:52 PM
Thanks for your comment. I'm thrilled to have come across OHS and to be able to make and send stockings.
Thank you Suzetta for creating this stocking pattern for us. We have received many and they are beautiful. Thanks too for your support to our troops and to OHS.
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