[Description][Please note: The yarn shade order in the pattern is for the original (mainly blue) stocking. Swap the shades around to make the alternative colourways - you should have enough yarn to make all three shown in the images.

When we were children my brother and I would place hessian sacks at the end of our beds for Father Christmas to fill with gifts overnight. The sacks felt huge back then and I remember how we would drag them into our parent’s room on Christmas Day, probably at some ridiculously early hour. We would rummage through them and tear open some small gifts and find satsumas and nuts right at the bottom that we would eat during the day.

These decorative crochet stockings are not large enough to hold lots of presents, but they would make the perfect addition to the fireplace nonetheless and are large enough to fit a few small gifts. The sight of a festive stocking hanging ready by the fireplace for Santa to fill epitomises all things festive don’t you think? To me they symbolise the expectation of celebration and people arriving to make merry with us, so I hope you will enjoy making them.

Janie x]