Lucy's Christmas Stocking

Lucy’s Christmas Stocking will make any little child in your clan very happy on Christmas morning! It’s a nice roomy sock with plenty of space for all the goodies! This stocking knits up quickly at a comfortable gauge and will be done before you know it. I love knitting Christmas stockings—the only socks where you just need to make one! The pattern includes both an upper and a lower case alphabet chart, along with numbers and a sample Lucy chart with date as an example. There are 2 blank charts for you to use for personalizing your stocking (If your child’s name has no “below the line” letters this space is 2 rows narrower). The features of this sock include a turned over lined cuff with picot edging, a short-row heel and and a grafted wedge toe, along with a variety of Nordic colorwork motifs. Instructions also include an I-cord for hanging the stocking. **Size:** One **FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:** Circumference: 11 inches Leg Length: 12 inches Foot Length: 9 inches **GAUGE:** 22 sts and 26 rnds = 4”/10cm on gauge size needles (over stranded colorwork) **NEEDLES:** Choose needle types base on your preferred method for working small circumferences in the round US 6 (4.0mm) -- gauge needle(s) US 5 (3.75), or one size smaller than gauge needle(s) 2 US 4 (3.5mm) DPNs **YARN:** DK weight wool yarn in 6 colors: natural, light grey, grey, charcoal, red and green, 1 skein each. **NOTIONS:** 3 stitch markers, tapestry needle, 12-inch length of smooth yarn for a holder **SKILLS USED:** working in the round, decreasing (k2tog, ssk), picking-up sts, working yarn overs, making stitches