Knitted Christmas Stockings

We made it! It is the 12th day of Christmas! Have you been following along the whole time? If not, you can find the links below to all the other 11 days worth of Christmas inspiration. If you have been following along, thank you!! I really appreciate all the readers and email subscribers of A Wonderful Thought. This job takes a lot of work, but it is made easier when I know I am touching others lives by inspiring them to be more creative. Thank you for all of the kind comments and encouragement I get from you. ♥ For this last day of Christmas, we are sharing stocking ideas. I will be sharing the knitted Christmas stockings that we use every year.

You can find the pattern below, and at the bottom of the post check out all the other Christmas stocking ideas from the many talented bloggers we have joining us for this blog hop.

If you want to see what I have posted for the other days, follow these links:

• Day 1 – Finger Knitted Christmas Wreath
• Day 2 – 30 Homemade Christmas Gift Ideas
• Day 3 – Rustic Christmas Advent Calendar
• Day 4 – Paper Christmas Cookies Kid’s Craft
• Day 5 – Cream Cheese Christmas Tree with Crackers and Pepper Jelly
• Day 6 – DIY Wooden Bead Feather Ornament
• Day 7 – White Village Christmas Mantel
• Day 8 – Christmas Morning Muffins in a Jar
• Day 9 – Simple Hand Embroidered Gift Tags
• Day 10 – Blush and Rose Gold Christmas Tree
• Day 11 – Homemade Snickers Bars

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Welcome to Day 12 of the Fourth Annual 12 Days of Christmas Series!

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These stockings are one part of our Christmas decor that never changes. We have used them ever since we were married and our collection grew as we had kids. They are all made from the same knitting pattern as Mr. Wonderful’s childhood stocking. In fact, the stocking all the way to the left is his original stocking from growing up. I have removed or blurred the names on the stockings for privacy, except for mine of course.

You can tell apart the older stockings as the red and green look a little more faded on them. In fact, on Mr. W’s stocking, the red almost looks orange. But I love that fact! It means that these stockings have seen so many happy memories of Christmas mornings and have been stretched to the limit with gifts over and over. I also love knowing that our kids will take theirs with them when they have their own families and hopefully continue on with this tradition. 🙂

Mr. Wonderful’s, mine and our oldest son’s stockings were all made by Mr. W’s grandmother. Unfortunately as she got older, she was not able to knit anymore. She knew that I had done some knitting, so she passed on all of her knitting supplies to me. When I say I have done some knitting, it was something easy, like a scarf. Ha! I did not have enough knowledge of knitting to attempt making some stockings for our younger boys. Maybe someday… but luckily we knew someone who could do it. 🙂

My sister in law is a wonderful knitter, so we commissioned her to make three more stockings for us. They turned out wonderful and it is so nice to have the same stockings for everyone in the family! We had her make them in the opposite colors of the ones we had already. That way they are all a little different but still go together.

You can choose whatever color combinations you want for the stockings. You can also make them with or without names. The pattern does not include names but they are easy enough to add. Here is a closeup of my stocking. You can see how the letters are formed.

Another nice thing about these stockings is that they stretch! 🙂 So if Santa needs to get an unusual sized item in there, it fits! And he can fill it with a lot of stuff!

Unfortunately we don’t have a fireplace, so they reside on our stairwell railing. I think these would look so cute hanging from a mantel! If you like these stockings and want to make some for your own family, I have included the pattern HERE. I am not sure where Mr. Wonderful’s grandmother got it originally as that was many years ago, but I am sure she wouldn’t mind me passing it on. I hope your family can get as much joy out of them as our family has!

Since this is the last day of our 12 days of Christmas series, I will be taking a little time off to enjoy some much needed rest and relaxation. And most importantly to spend some of that precious family time! 🙂 Merry Christmas from our family to yours! See you in the new year!

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