How to Crochet a Mini Stocking Advent

This pattern is worked in continuous rounds, using two colours, ‘Yarn A’ for the main part of the stocking, and ‘Yarn B’ for the heel and trim.

Toe
Using ‘Yarn A’, make a MC.
Round 1: 6dc into MC. (6dc)
Round 2: 2htr in each st around. (12htr)
Round 3: *2htr in next st, 1htr* rep around. (18htr)
Rounds 4 - 7: 1htr in each st around. (18htr)
Remove hook and insert stitch marker to keep stitch secure. 
Do not fasten off.

Heel
Join 'Yarn B' onto the next stitch.
Row 1: 1dc, 2htr, 5tr, 2htr, 1dc, slst in next st, ch1 and turn.
Row 2: (Skip the slst and work back along the 11 stitches you have just created) 1dc, 2htr, 5tr, 1dc, slst in next st and ch1 and turn.
Row 3: Rep row 2, slip stitching into the appropriate stitch in 'Yarn A' at either end of the heel.
At the end of row 3, do not ch1 and turn, instead fasten off 'Yarn B'.

Ankle
Round 8: Insert hook back into 'Yarn A' and 1htr in each stitch around the toe and around the heel you just made. (18htr)
Round 9 - 12: 1htr in each st around. (18htr)
Remove the stitch marker and continue to htr around until you reach the back of the stocking, change to 'Yarn B' and fasten off 'Yarn A'. (18htr)
Round 13: 1htr in each st around, slst to join. (18htr)
Round 14: Slst in each st around, ch6, slst in the same st again (at the base of the chain).
Fasten off and weave in all ends.

This pattern is worked in joined rounds using ‘Yarn A’ and ‘Yarn B’ to create the stripes and ‘Yarn C’ to create the heel and trim.

Each round is completed with a slip stitch and you carry the 2 yarns up the inside of the stocking swapping between stripes so there is no need to cut the yarn at the end of each round. Sometimes the slip stitch is worked as a normal slip stitch and sometimes it is worked into the back loop only, this will be indicated on the pattern for each round.

Toe
Using ‘Yarn A’, make a MC.
Round 1: Ch1 (does not count as stitch), 6dc in MC, slst to join. (6dc)
Round 2: 2htr in each stitch around, slst in BLO with ‘Yarn B’ to join. (12htr)
Round 3: Using ‘Yarn B’ 2htr in next st, 1htr* rep around, slst in BLO with ‘Yarn A’ to join. (18htr)
Round 4: Using ‘Yarn A’ htr in each st around, slst in BLO with ‘Yarn B’ to join. (18htr)
Round 5: Using ‘Yarn B’ htr in each st around, slst in BLO with ‘Yarn A’ to join. (18htr)
Round 6-7: Rep rounds 4-5.
At the end of rnd 7, normal slst with 'Yarn B' to join.
Fasten off 'Yarn A' and 'Yarn B'.

Heel
Count backwards 5 stitches from the join and attach 'Yarn C'
Round 1:1dc, 2htr, 5tr, 2htr, dc, slst in next st, ch1 and turn.
Round 2: (Working back along the stitches you have just created) dc, 2htr, 5tr, 2htr, dc, slst in next st, ch1 and turn.
Round 3: dc, 2htr, 5tr, 2htr, dc, slst in next st.
Fasten off ‘Yarn C’.

Ankle
Attach 'Yarn A' at the back of the stocking, in the middle of the heel.
Round 8: 1htr in each stitch around, slst in BLO using 'Yarn B' to join. (18htr)
Round 9: 1htr in each stitch around, slst in BLO using ‘Yarn A’ to join. (18htr)
Round 10 - 11: Rep rows 8 - 9. (18htr)
Round 12: 1htr in each st around, slst in BLO using ‘Yarn C’ to join. (18htr)
Fasten off ‘Yarn A’ and ‘Yarn B’.
Round 13: Using ‘Yarn C’ htr in each stitch around, slst to join.
Round 14: Slst in each st around, when you reach the back of the stocking, ch6, slst in the same st again (at the base of the chain).
Fasten off and weave in all ends.
 

This pattern is worked in continuous rounds using ‘Yarn A’ for the main part of the stocking, ‘Yarn B’ for the trim, and ‘Yarn C’ for the initial.

Toe
Using ‘Yarn A’, make a MC.
Round 1: 6dc into MC. 
Round 2: 2htr in each stitch around (12htr)
Round 3: *1htr, 2htr in next st* rep around (18htr)
Round 4: 1htr in each st around (18htr)
Round 5 - 7: Repeat round 4, slst to join. (18htr)
Place a stitch marker in this stitch. Continue on to heel.

Heel
Row 1: 1dc, 2htr, 5tr, 2htr, 1dc, slst, ch1 and turn.
Row 2: (Skip the slip stitch and work back along the 11 stitches you just worked) 1dc, 2htr, 5tr, 2htr, 1dc, slip st into the stitch marked with the stitch marker (leave the stitch marker in its place), ch1 and turn.
Row 3: Rep row 2.
Continue on to ankle.

Ankle
Round 8: 1htr in each st of the heel and continue to htr round the rest of the toe. (18htr)
Round 9-12: 1htr in each st around. (18htr)
1htr in each st until you reach the back of the stocking, change to ‘Yarn B’.
Round 13: 1htr in each st around, slst to join.
Round 14: Slst in each st around, ch6, slst into same st.
Fasten off and weave in ends.

The letters are added on to each stocking using a surface slip stitch. To do this technique, put your hook through the front layer of your stocking at the start of your letter and pull back through a loop of 'Yarn C'. (Keep the working yarn inside the stocking and work your slips (which will look like chains) on the front.) Once you have pulled through a loop, insert your hook into the next space along for your letter, yarn over and pull back through the surface of your stocking and straight through the loop on your hook. Repeat this slip stitch across the surface of your stocking following the shape of the letter you are doing.

Tip: You may wish to draw your letter out first on the stocking using white chalk, and then brush off once completed.

Lay out your stockings so that they are in the desired order. Then working from right to left if you are right-handed, or from left to right if you are left-handed, do the following:
 
Ch50, dc around the loop of your first stocking, *ch15, dc around the loop of the next stocking* repeat until all your stockings are attached then ch50 and cut yarn and fasten off.