​Crochet Stocking Ornament

You’ll need:

Odds of I Love This Cotton Yarn in “Red”;

Odds of Knit Picks Dishie Yarn in “Swan”;

Crochet hook 3,5 mm;

Yarn needle.

Instructions

You’ll work the stocking beginning with the toe, then the heel, then up to the top. 

1st row: Using red, 6 sc into a magic ring. (6);

2nd row: 2 sc in each st around. (12);

3rd row: (Sc, 2 sc) 6x around. (18);

4th row: (Sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc) 6x around. (24);

5th-12th rows: Sc in each st around. 

Do not fasten off, but leave red yarn attached. You’ll pick it back up again in Round 18. 

You’ll now be working the heel of the stocking in turned rows. 

13th-17th rows: Using cream, sc in next 12 sts, ch 1, turn. (12);

Fasten off, leaving a long tail.  Use this tail and yarn needle to sew the “back” of the heel together. Weave in end. 

18th row: Picking up red, sc evenly into the ends of the cream rows and unworked red stitches from Round 12. (24);

19th-24th rows: Sc in each st around;

25th row: Using cream, in front loops only, sc in each st around.  R26: Sc in each st around. Sl st, ch 26, sl st in same stitch. This creates a loop for hanging the ornament.

Fasten off and weave in end.