Free Bobble Crochet Christmas Stocking Pattern

Bobble crochet Christmas stocking

Tahlequah Bobble Crochet Christmas Stocking is a fun crochet project that someone in your family will love to have for their very own! This boho style Christmas stocking features double rows of bobble stitches in the foot and leg of the stocking.

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What yarn should I use for this stocking?

I used Pound of Love yarn, provide by Lion Brand Yarn. This is a worsted weight 100% Premium Acrylic. Each skein contains a whopping 1020 yds! This yarn is a great fit if you are going to make a set of stockings for your family all in the same yarn.

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What else will I need to make this stocking?

You will need a size K (6.5 mm) crochet hook and a yarn needle. My favorite crochet hooks are Furls Streamline hooks, which you can find here.

What stitches and skills will I be using?

This bobble stitch crochet stocking begins with a magic circle at the toe. You can use other methods for starting the toe if you prefer, but I tend to use magic circle because it is my favorite. Find a tutorial for magic circle here, or for other circle-starting methods, click here.

You will need to single crochet and make bobble stitches. Find a single crochet tutorial here and a crochet bobble stitch tutorial here.

You’ll also be using short rows to form the heel and making a hanging loop at the top edge. I’ll share some pictures along with the pattern below to help you with those.

Where can I get this bobble crochet Christmas stocking pattern?

The Tahlequah Christmas Stocking pattern is free and you can get it right here in this post!

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Tahlequah Bobble Crochet Christmas Stocking

By April Garwood of Banana Moon Studio

Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Finished Measurements: About 6″ wide x 16″ long.

Yarn: Lion Brand Yarns Pound of Love (100% Premium Acrylic; 1020 yds; 454 g; Weight Category 4/medium): #100 White, 1 skein.

Crochet Hook: K (6.5 mm), or size needed to obtain gauge.

Notions: Yarn needle

Gauge: 13 sts x 14 rows = About 4″ in single crochet.

Notes

Pattern is written in standard US terms.

Stocking begins at the toe. After working the foot, you will work back and forth in short rows to create the heel. Next you will work across the sides and top of the short rows and go back to working in the round for the leg.

Abbreviations Used in order of appearance:

yo yarn over

st stitch

ch chain, tutorial here

rnd round

WS wrong side

sc single crochet, tutorial here

sl st slip stitch, tutorial here

RS right side

rem remaining

For a printable list of 40 standard US crochet terms, click here.

Special Stitches

Bobble *Yo, insert hook in designated st, yo, pull through st, yo, pull through 2 loops, repeat from * until you have 6 loops on your hook, yo, pull yarn through all 6 loops, ch to close st.

View a bobble stitch tutorial by clicking here.

Stocking

Foot

Begin with Magic Circle, tutorial here.

Rnd 1 (WS): 6 sc in ring, join to first st with sl st, turn – 6 sts.

Rnd 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in each st, join to first st with sl st, turn – 12 sts.

Rnd 3: Ch 1, *sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, repeat from * around, join to first st with sl st, turn – 18 sts.

Rnd 4: Ch 1, *sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st, repeat from * around, join to first st with sl st, turn – 24 sts.

Rnd 5: Ch 1, *sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st, repeat from * around, join to first st with sl st, turn – 30 sts.

Rnd 6: Ch 1, * sc in next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st, repeat from * around, join to first st with sl st, turn – 36 sts.

Rnds 7-12: Ch 1, sc in each st around, join to first st with sl st, turn.

Rnd 13: Ch 1, sc in first st *bobble [see Special Stitches] in next st, sc in next st, repeat from * around to last st, bobble in last st, join to first st with sl st, turn.

Rnd 14: Ch 1, sc in each st around making sure to skip the closing ch of each bobble, join to first st with sl st, turn.

Rnds 15-16: Repeat Rnds 13 and 14.

Rnds 17-20: Ch 1, sc in each st around, join to first st with sl st, turn.

Rnds 21-23: Repeat Rnds 13-14, repeat Rnd 13 again.

Heel

Row 1 (RS): Ch 1, sc in first 18 sts, turn, leaving rem sts unworked – 18 sts.

Row 2: Ch 1, sc in first 17 sts, turn, leaving rem sts unworked – 17 sts.

Row 3: Ch 1, sc in first 16 sts, turn, leaving rem sts unworked – 16 sts.

Row 4: Ch 1, sc in first 15 sts, turn, leaving rem sts unworked – 15 sts.

Row 5: Ch 1, sc in first 14 sts, turn, leaving rem sts unworked – 14 sts.

Row 6: Ch 1, sc in first 13 sts, turn, leaving rem sts unworked – 13 sts.

Row 7: Ch 1, sc in first 12 sts, turn, leaving rem sts unworked – 12 sts.

Row 8: Ch 1, sc in first 11 sts, turn, leaving rem sts unworked – 11 sts.

Row 9: Ch 1, sc in first 10 sts, turn, leaving rem sts unworked – 10 sts.

Row 10: Ch 1, sc in first 10 sts, sc in each of the 4 skipped sts from each of the previous odd-numbered heel rows as shown in the picture below, turn – 14 sts.

White crochet piece that is round at the bottom and stair-stepped along the sides. Each stair step has an aqua colored arrow pointing down at it. Text on the image reads: Banana Moon Studio. — When you flatten out the short row heel you can see the stairsteps along the sides. These are the locations of the skipped stitches that you will stitch into in Row 10 and Rnd 11 of the heel.

Rnd 11 Ch 1, sc in first 14 sts, sc in each of the 4 skipped sts from each of the previous even-numbered heel rows as shown in the picture to the right, sc in each unworked st from last rnd of foot, join to first st with sl st, turn – 36 sts.

Leg

Rnds 1-4: Ch 1, sc in each st around, join to first st with sl st, turn – 36 sts.

Rnd 5: Ch 1, sc in first st *bobble [see Special Stitches] in next st, sc in next st, repeat from * around to last st, bobble in last st, join to first st with sl st, turn.

Rnd 6: Ch 1, sc in each st around making sure to skip the closing ch of each bobble, join to first st with sl st, turn.

Rnds 7-8: Repeat Rnds 5-6

Repeat Rnds 1-8 three more times for a total of 32 rnds. Fasten off.

Hanging Loop

Photo of a white crochet Christmas stocking with bobble stitches on it. A hand points to the top edge at the back of the fold above the heel. Text on the image reads: Banana Moon Studio. — The photo above shows where on the stocking you will place the hanging loop. This is a slightly different stocking, but the placement is the same.

Row 1: Fold stocking in half so that it is flat and shaped like a stocking. Find the two stitches right in the crease along the back of the leg. Sl st in the one on the right, ch 8, sl st in the next 2 sts, turn – 8 chs, 3 sl sts.

Row 2: Ch 1, sc in each ch, sl st in st next to where you started – 8 sts.

Close up of the top edge of a crochet Christmas stocking with arrows around the back of the fold showing locations for stitches. The four stitches around the fold are from left to right, marked with yellow, white, aqua, and purple arrows. Text on the image reads: Banana Moon Studio. — The photo above shows the locations of the sl sts to make the hanging loop. In Row 1, you will sl st at the aqua arrow first, then the white arrow, then the yellow arrow. In Rnd 2 at the very end you will sl st at the purple arrow.

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I hope you enjoyed making your bobble crochet Christmas stocking! Who did you make it for? Did you make yours white or some other color! I hope you’ll join my Facebook group and share a picture of your finished stocking there. I’d love to see it!

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Happy crocheting!