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Free crochet christmas stocking pattern: a Mini Stocking Ornament amigurumi, about 15 cm tall in DK yarn with a 2.5 mm hook. A plump red stocking with a white cuff and a green stripe has a smiling face, rosy cheeks and a striped candy cane sticking out of the top. You need about 55 m of yarn: 30 m red, 15 m white, 5 m green and 5 m pink. Plan on roughly 2 hours. It hangs on the tree by its green loop, and it also works as a tiny gift topper or a stocking-stuffer for anyone who loves Christmas. You can spin the 3D model and follow the round-by-round pattern.
How to crochet the Mini Stocking Ornament
Beginner-friendly · 15 cm tall · about 2 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook
- Crochet the 5 pieces in rounds: Stocking, Candy cane, Cheek ×2, Hanging loop (53 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 5 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
- Add the face: safety eyes by round and stitch, or embroider them for a child under 3.
Every round with its stitch count is in the Pattern tab below, and in the free printable PDF.
What you'll need
0 of 9 gathered
Gauge
1 sc ≈ 4 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 3.6 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 25 sc × 28 rounds); yarn about 1.9 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.
Worked in
Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.
Parts
0 of 34 rounds done
- Size before assembly: about 5.9 cm at the widest, 11 cm long; 35 rounds. Multi-colour rounds are listed stitch by stitch from the round-start marker; keep the round start on the piece's centre top line (as it sits on the finished toy). The order is for right-handed crocheting (right to left on the outside); left-handed: reverse it.
- Change to red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R2).
- Change to green (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R26).
- Change to white (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R27).
- → Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside. Bend ≈ 90° around round 14<!-- the bend spreads over 5 rounds -->. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces up on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 14, on the centre top line). It is a gradual bend: with the needle and matching yarn run a line of stitches along the inner side from round 8 to round 21, one stitch in every round along one column, then pull the yarn until the piece bends to the angle (the inner side gathers by about 13 rounds) and fasten off inside.
- Size before assembly: about 1.3 cm at the widest, 4.9 cm long; 14 rounds.
- Change to white (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R2).
- Change to red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R4).
- Change to white (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R6).
- Change to red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R8).
- Change to white (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R10).
- Change to red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R12).
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done. Bend ≈ 160° around round 5<!-- the bend spreads over 5 rounds -->. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces toward the toy's left on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 5, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left). It is a gradual bend: with the needle and matching yarn run a line of stitches along the inner side from round 2 to round 7, one stitch in every round along one column, then pull the yarn until the piece bends to the angle (the inner side gathers by about 5 rounds) and fasten off inside.
- A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Size before assembly: about 2 cm at the widest, 0.7 cm long; 2 rounds. Each piece is two circles (front and back): make 2 circles — 1 as below and 1 plain in green (same rounds, no colour changes).
- Fasten off. Hold a front and a plain circle wrong sides together and sc around through both layers: 16 sc. Do not stuff. Leave a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing.
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