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Crochet Christmas stocking with a name.

Type a name to make a Christmas stocking from two flat single crochet panels. Choose a size and your swatch gauge for the name chart, every written row, assembly instructions and yarn calculation. Print the pattern or save it as PDF in your browser.

Illustration of a red crochet stocking with a cream NOEL name band
Illustration based on the chart, not a photo of a stitched sample.

Calculated pattern: all four sizes are untested with yarn. Swatch first and check the panel shape before sewing.

Uppercase and lowercase Latin letters, extended Latin accents, the Russian alphabet (including Ё), digits, spaces, hyphen, full stop and apostrophe. Arabic and Korean are not supported; use Latin transliteration or draw a chart manually. Case and accents are preserved; their full height is included in the name band.

Measured gauge per 10 cm

18 × 18 is an example. Match plain and tapestry gauge with your yarn and hook; enter the measured values.

Yarn used in 10 × 10 cm swatches (optional)

Measure each strand of the tapestry swatch separately. Enter all three values to estimate yarn.

Calculated front-panel schematic, heel left and toe right
Calculated front-panel schematic. A diagram of the stitches, not a photograph or a crocheted sample.

NOEL · Classic · 75 rows per panel · 34 sc across the leg.

Calculated dimensions before seam take-up: 37.8 cm around the leg, 32.2 cm from top to foot, 28.3 cm heel to toe, 41.7 cm total height. Measure your panels before sewing.

Name-band chart

Name-band chart from the front-panel rows67 ←68 →69 ←70 →71 ←72 →73 ←74 →75 ←
One square = one sc. MC is red; CC is cream. Row numbers match the front instructions. Heel left; read in the arrow direction. The back band is plain CC.

Yarn

Worked stitches, including the hanging loop: MC 5127; CC 549. The front band also carries the unused yarn inside each stitch.

Metres are not available until all three measured swatch lengths are entered. There is no measured yarn allowance for this stocking.

For metres, unravel and measure a 10 × 10 cm plain sc swatch, then each colour of a 10 × 10 cm tapestry swatch made at the same gauge. Plain CC is assumed to use the same length per stitch as plain MC. Estimates include foundation chains at 1.1 times stitch width, a seam reserve of three times the panel edge length, 15 cm per tail, 10% extra (another 5% for a minor colour) and rounding up to 5 m. Chain and seam allowances are planning assumptions. Use the same yarn type for both colours.

Before you start

  • US crochet terms throughout. sc = single crochet; ch = chain; sc2tog = single crochet two stitches together. MC = body and letters; CC = name band.
  • Use smooth yarn in two contrasting colours, a hook that gives your measured gauge, a yarn needle, scissors and stitch markers. Swatch in plain sc and in tapestry sc carrying the other colour; adjust the hook until both gauges match.
  • These are decorative stockings, not socks. The starting gauge of 18 sc and 18 rows per 10 cm is a planning example, not a measured stocking sample.
  • Work through both loops. Ch 1 and turn between rows; the turning chain never counts as a stitch. An increase is 2 sc in one stitch. A decrease is sc2tog over two stitches.
  • The graph shows the named face with the heel on the left. Read odd rows right to left and even rows left to right, looking at this face. For the back, use the same shaping and replace every name-band stitch with CC.
  • In the front name band carry the unused colour inside every stitch, including the plain margin rows. Change colour on the last yarn-over of the preceding stitch. Keep the carried yarn relaxed and toward the inside on both sides; practise this on your swatch.
  • All four sizes are calculated. None of the four sizes has been checked against a crocheted sample. Stitch arithmetic and matching edges do not verify drape, seam bulk or load capacity.

Checks passed: 150 written rows replayed with stitch counts and colours; 218 matching boundary units per panel. The top opening is 68 stitches. These checks do not replace making a sample.

Front panel

Work the name as written. At the first CC stitch join CC; fasten off CC after the final row. After each row turn, except the last; fasten off after the last row.

  1. Row 1 ←: Ch 48; starting in second chain from hook, 47 sc in MC. (47 sts; 0 unworked.)
  2. Row 2 →: Ch 1, 2 sc in next stitch in MC; 45 sc in MC; 2 sc in next stitch in MC. (49 sts; 0 unworked.)
  3. Row 3 ←: Ch 1, 2 sc in next stitch in MC; 47 sc in MC; 2 sc in next stitch in MC. (51 sts; 0 unworked.)
  4. Row 4 →: Ch 1, 51 sc in MC. (51 sts; 0 unworked.)
  5. Row 5 ←: Ch 1, 51 sc in MC. (51 sts; 0 unworked.)
  6. Row 6 →: Ch 1, 51 sc in MC. (51 sts; 0 unworked.)
  7. Row 7 ←: Ch 1, 51 sc in MC. (51 sts; 0 unworked.)
  8. Row 8 →: Ch 1, 51 sc in MC. (51 sts; 0 unworked.)
  9. Row 9 ←: Ch 1, 51 sc in MC. (51 sts; 0 unworked.)
  10. Row 10 →: Ch 1, 51 sc in MC. (51 sts; 0 unworked.)
  11. Row 11 ←: Ch 1, 51 sc in MC. (51 sts; 0 unworked.)
  12. Row 12 →: Ch 1, 51 sc in MC. (51 sts; 0 unworked.)
  13. Row 13 ←: Ch 1, 51 sc in MC. (51 sts; 0 unworked.)
  14. Row 14 →: Ch 1, 51 sc in MC. (51 sts; 0 unworked.)
  15. Row 15 ←: Ch 1, 51 sc in MC. (51 sts; 0 unworked.)
  16. Row 16 →: Ch 1, sc2tog over next 2 stitches in MC; 47 sc in MC; sc2tog over next 2 stitches in MC. (49 sts; 0 unworked.)
  17. Row 17 ←: Ch 1, sc2tog over next 2 stitches in MC; 45 sc in MC; sc2tog over next 2 stitches in MC. (47 sts; 0 unworked.)
  18. Row 18 →: Fasten off. With heel on the left of the named face, mark its leftmost 34 stitches. Join MC in the leftmost marked stitch; ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 13 unworked.)
  19. Row 19 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  20. Row 20 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  21. Row 21 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  22. Row 22 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  23. Row 23 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  24. Row 24 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  25. Row 25 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  26. Row 26 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  27. Row 27 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  28. Row 28 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  29. Row 29 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  30. Row 30 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  31. Row 31 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  32. Row 32 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  33. Row 33 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  34. Row 34 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  35. Row 35 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  36. Row 36 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  37. Row 37 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  38. Row 38 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  39. Row 39 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  40. Row 40 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  41. Row 41 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  42. Row 42 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  43. Row 43 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  44. Row 44 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  45. Row 45 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  46. Row 46 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  47. Row 47 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  48. Row 48 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  49. Row 49 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  50. Row 50 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  51. Row 51 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  52. Row 52 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  53. Row 53 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  54. Row 54 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  55. Row 55 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  56. Row 56 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  57. Row 57 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  58. Row 58 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  59. Row 59 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  60. Row 60 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  61. Row 61 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  62. Row 62 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  63. Row 63 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  64. Row 64 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  65. Row 65 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  66. Row 66 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  67. Row 67 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in CC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  68. Row 68 →: Ch 1, 5 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 3 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 2 sc in CC; 3 sc in MC; 2 sc in CC; 5 sc in MC; 1 sc in CC; 5 sc in MC; 6 sc in CC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  69. Row 69 ←: Ch 1, 10 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 5 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 1 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 3 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 1 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 3 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 5 sc in CC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  70. Row 70 →: Ch 1, 5 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 2 sc in CC; 2 sc in MC; 1 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 3 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 1 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 5 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 10 sc in CC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  71. Row 71 ←: Ch 1, 10 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 2 sc in CC; 4 sc in MC; 1 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 3 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 1 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 1 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 1 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 5 sc in CC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  72. Row 72 →: Ch 1, 5 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 1 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 1 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 1 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 3 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 1 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 5 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 10 sc in CC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  73. Row 73 ←: Ch 1, 10 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 5 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 1 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 3 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 1 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 2 sc in CC; 2 sc in MC; 5 sc in CC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  74. Row 74 →: Ch 1, 5 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 3 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 2 sc in CC; 3 sc in MC; 2 sc in CC; 5 sc in MC; 1 sc in CC; 1 sc in MC; 10 sc in CC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  75. Row 75 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in CC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)

Back panel

Use the same outline. The band is CC throughout; fasten off MC before the band and join CC. After each row turn, except the last; fasten off after the last row.

  1. Row 1 ←: Ch 48; starting in second chain from hook, 47 sc in MC. (47 sts; 0 unworked.)
  2. Row 2 →: Ch 1, 2 sc in next stitch in MC; 45 sc in MC; 2 sc in next stitch in MC. (49 sts; 0 unworked.)
  3. Row 3 ←: Ch 1, 2 sc in next stitch in MC; 47 sc in MC; 2 sc in next stitch in MC. (51 sts; 0 unworked.)
  4. Row 4 →: Ch 1, 51 sc in MC. (51 sts; 0 unworked.)
  5. Row 5 ←: Ch 1, 51 sc in MC. (51 sts; 0 unworked.)
  6. Row 6 →: Ch 1, 51 sc in MC. (51 sts; 0 unworked.)
  7. Row 7 ←: Ch 1, 51 sc in MC. (51 sts; 0 unworked.)
  8. Row 8 →: Ch 1, 51 sc in MC. (51 sts; 0 unworked.)
  9. Row 9 ←: Ch 1, 51 sc in MC. (51 sts; 0 unworked.)
  10. Row 10 →: Ch 1, 51 sc in MC. (51 sts; 0 unworked.)
  11. Row 11 ←: Ch 1, 51 sc in MC. (51 sts; 0 unworked.)
  12. Row 12 →: Ch 1, 51 sc in MC. (51 sts; 0 unworked.)
  13. Row 13 ←: Ch 1, 51 sc in MC. (51 sts; 0 unworked.)
  14. Row 14 →: Ch 1, 51 sc in MC. (51 sts; 0 unworked.)
  15. Row 15 ←: Ch 1, 51 sc in MC. (51 sts; 0 unworked.)
  16. Row 16 →: Ch 1, sc2tog over next 2 stitches in MC; 47 sc in MC; sc2tog over next 2 stitches in MC. (49 sts; 0 unworked.)
  17. Row 17 ←: Ch 1, sc2tog over next 2 stitches in MC; 45 sc in MC; sc2tog over next 2 stitches in MC. (47 sts; 0 unworked.)
  18. Row 18 →: Fasten off. With heel on the left of the named face, mark its leftmost 34 stitches. Join MC in the leftmost marked stitch; ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 13 unworked.)
  19. Row 19 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  20. Row 20 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  21. Row 21 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  22. Row 22 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  23. Row 23 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  24. Row 24 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  25. Row 25 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  26. Row 26 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  27. Row 27 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  28. Row 28 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  29. Row 29 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  30. Row 30 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  31. Row 31 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  32. Row 32 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  33. Row 33 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  34. Row 34 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  35. Row 35 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  36. Row 36 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  37. Row 37 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  38. Row 38 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  39. Row 39 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  40. Row 40 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  41. Row 41 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  42. Row 42 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  43. Row 43 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  44. Row 44 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  45. Row 45 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  46. Row 46 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  47. Row 47 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  48. Row 48 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  49. Row 49 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  50. Row 50 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  51. Row 51 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  52. Row 52 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  53. Row 53 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  54. Row 54 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  55. Row 55 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  56. Row 56 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  57. Row 57 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  58. Row 58 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  59. Row 59 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  60. Row 60 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  61. Row 61 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  62. Row 62 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  63. Row 63 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  64. Row 64 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  65. Row 65 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  66. Row 66 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in MC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  67. Row 67 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in CC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  68. Row 68 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in CC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  69. Row 69 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in CC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  70. Row 70 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in CC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  71. Row 71 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in CC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  72. Row 72 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in CC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  73. Row 73 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in CC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  74. Row 74 →: Ch 1, 34 sc in CC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)
  75. Row 75 ←: Ch 1, 34 sc in CC. (34 sts; 0 unworked.)

Assembly and hanging loop

  1. Fasten off both panels. Block gently to matching outlines without stretching the name. Place the named face outward and the back behind it, with both heels on the left and all shaping aligned. Pin the corners and the name-band edges.
  2. With MC, whipstitch through matching edge loops from the top of the heel side down around the sole and toe and up the instep to the top. Match row end to row end, foundation chain to foundation chain and the 13 unworked foot stitches one for one. Leave both top edges (34 stitches each) open. Take small extra stitches at the instep corner to close any gap.
  3. Hanging loop: with MC, ch 23; sc in second chain from hook and each chain across (22 sc). Fasten off with tails for sewing. Fold into a loop and sew both ends securely inside the heel-side top seam. Weave in every end. Keep the name band upright; do not fold it over.

Before you start.

How do you add a name to a crochet Christmas stocking?

Enter a name above. The tool centres the shared letter chart in the front panel and writes the tapestry single crochet rows. The back band stays plain. If the smallest letters do not fit between the seam margins, shorten the name or choose a larger size.

Can you crochet a Christmas stocking flat?

Yes. This pattern starts at the sole and makes two flat panels with single crochet increases and decreases. A shorter row starts the leg at the heel side. Sew the matching outlines together and leave the top open.

How much yarn do I need for a crochet Christmas stocking?

The tool counts the worked stitches in both colours. Enter measured yarn lengths from plain and tapestry swatches for a metre estimate including seams, tails and a margin. Without those measurements it does not claim a yarn length.

Can I make a mini crochet Christmas stocking?

Choose Ornament for the smallest outline. The name space is narrow, so try one initial or a short number. Small is a larger decorative stocking, not the ornament.

Is this crochet stocking pattern in US or UK terms?

All instructions use US terms: sc means single crochet. The equivalent UK stitch is double crochet. There are no US double crochet stitches in this pattern.

Has this stocking been tested with yarn?

No. All four sizes are calculated and none has been made into a physical sample. The engine checks written stitch counts, chart colours and matching panel edges. Swatch and check the outline before assembly.

Prefer knitting? Try the knitted Christmas stocking or mini knitted stocking and advent charts. For another project use the crochet letter graph or crochet name blanket.

Technique references: Craft Yarn Council terms and flat-panel stocking construction. This outline and its grading are calculated by Purlgrid.