Christmas Plarn Stocking Pattern
Here is the long awaited Christmas stocking made from recycled plastic bags or plarn. People have been asking for a Christmas stocking pattern to crochet using recycled plastic bags for the last several Christmas seasons. So I finally tackled the project and finished up the eco-friendly stocking as shown in the picture.
Below you will find the free crochet pattern for my recycled Christmas stocking. I hope you enjoy the pattern and Merry Christmas!
Free Christmas Plarn Stocking Pattern
Materials needed:
One ball of plastic bag yarn “Plarn” Approx. 25-30 plastic grocery bags
1 oz. of scrap red yarn
Hooks:
“N” U.S. size metal hook for stocking
“H” U.S. size crochet hook for trim
Description: Plastic Bag Plarn Christmas Stocking
Stocking measures 7” wide and 18” long with a 2” hanging loop
Directions:
Rnd 1
With plastic bag yarn (plarn) Ch 39, Sl St to join in first st of chain to form ring.
Rnd 2
Ch 2, work Hdc in each st around to beg Ch 1. Join with Sl St to beg Ch 1.
Rnd 3 – 23
Hdc in each st around, do NOT join but just continue working Hdc around which creates a seamless stocking until stocking measures 10” long. FO.
Heel
Row 1
Holding plarn and red yarn together, attach with Sl St into the stocking, Ch 1, Hdc in ea of the following 11 sts. (12 sts with Ch 1 counting as first st.)
Row 2
Ch 1, turn, Hdc in ea st across. (12 sts)
Row 3 – 7
Ch 1, turn, work one Hdc dec over the next 2 Hdc sts, then Hdc in ea st down to the last 2 sts of row. Work one Hdc dec over the last 2 sts. (Hdc decrease is done by working just one Hdc over two sts.)
Repeat until just 4 sts remain.
Row 8
Ch 1, turn, Hdc in ea st. (4 sts with Ch 1)
Row 9
Ch 1, turn, work 2 Hdc in 1st st, Hdc in ea st down to last st. Work 2 Hdc in last st.
Repeat Row 9 until you have 12 sts again.
Next Row
Ch 1, turn, Hdc in ea st. Drop red yarn now and FO.
Draw up heel so your ends are together and joints match for heel. (See photo and click to supersize it for closeup)
Foot
Rnd 1
Using just plarn and with RS facing, attach at corner of heel where the two ends meet.(See photo above.) Hdc in ea st of heel, around stocking leg and around other side’s heel. Ending back at beginning heel corner.
Continue working in rnds on foot without joining.
Rnd 2
Work one Hdc dec over the next 2 Hdc sts, then work one more Hdc dec over the next 2 sts again. (2 decs made). Then Hdc in ea st down to the last four sts of rnd, work one Hdc dec over the next 2 Hdc sts, then work one more Hdc dec over the next 2 sts again.
Row 3
Hdc in ea st around foot until it measures 5” long. End at bottom where heel side is and then Sl St in next st for a smooth edge finish.
Tip: If necessary add a st(s) at heel where it attaches to stocking to help with the shape of your stocking. I had to add one st at Row 5 at heel where it attached to stocking to help with the shaping. Remember crafting with recycled materials is always a work in progress so adjust your stitches as needed to create your unique item.
As stated above, repeat Row 3 until you have 5″ long foot.
Toe
Add red yarn to where the plarn is still attached from the end of your foot. Work one Hdc dec over the next 2 Hdc sts, Hdc in ea st around to other side edge. Work one Hdc dec over the next 2 Hdc sts to match decrease from the other side, then Hdc in ea remaining st of rnd.
Next Rnds
Work 3 Dec’s evenly around each round until only 8 sts are left. Leave long yarn tail for closing the end of the toe. Weave or Sl St close the toe. FO.
Using red yarn and smaller H hook, stitch closed the heel joints.
Trim and Loop Holder
At upper left edge, attach red yarn, Sc around evenly around top edge of stocking and join with Sl St to beg. Ch 18 and join back into same st as the base of Ch 18 for loop holder. Weave under ends around loop base to secure loop holder to stocking. FO.
If you have any questions or find discrepancies in this pattern, please email me using contact tab above.
Abbreviations:
Beg – Beginning
Ch – Chain
Dc – Double Crochet
Dec – Decrease
Ea – Each
FO – Finish Off
Hdc – Half Double Crochet
Plarn – Plastic Bag Yarn
Rnd – Round
Sc – Single Crochet
Sk – Skip
Sl St – Slip Stitch
St – Stitch
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Tags: Christmas, crochet, free-pattern, plarn
December 3, 2009
Too cute!
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December 3, 2009
Very cute! You need to be selling these on Etsy!
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December 4, 2009
Oh that is sooo neat! Great job Cindy
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December 4, 2009
Cool!!! Thanks for the pattern. Will try out with my recycle T-shirt yarn instead
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December 5, 2009
Wow! I’m inspired to dig out my hooks and give this a try. thanks for sharing this – Happy Holidays!
December 6, 2009
I’ve been wanting to make one in t-yarn for a long time! I’ll work it out my own way but this will be a great help. Thanks!
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December 6, 2009
This is such a cute recycle idea! I’m linking to you here..http://knittingdragonflies.blogspot.com/2009/12/this-and-thatrecycle-it.html
Great blog!
Vicki
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December 7, 2009
[...] Cindy at My Recycled Bags likes to crochet useful things out of recycled grocery bags. This time she has created a pattern for a Christmas plarn stocking. [...]
December 7, 2009
You never cease to impress me! I didn’t get a chance to email everyone this week about the blog carnival being up, some issues with blogcarnival.com or something, so I’m going to the articles individually to give the link (since it seems the trackbacks aren’t always going through, either… ugh, the blog world!). Thanks for submitting again
– http://focusorganic.com/all-things-eco-blog-carnival-volume-seventy-nine/
Stefanie´s last blog ..All Things Eco Blog Carnival Volume Seventy Nine
December 7, 2009
[...] RecycleCindy at MyRecycledBags.com offers up a Christmas Plarn Stocking Pattern. [...]
December 8, 2009
Thanks for submitting to the MIFS carnival!! LOVE this!!!
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December 11, 2009
Hello! Great pattern! I wrote about it on Ecoblog, Italian environmental website:
http://www.ecoblog.it/post/9465/decorazioni-natale-2009-la-calza-fatta-con-i-sacchetti-di-plastica
Thk u!
December 11, 2009
[...] consultare la Guida Maglia&Crochet su Pinkblog, mentre chi è già esperto può consultare il pattern su Myrecycledbags. Una variante della calza di Babbo Natale per decorare la casa è di creare tante piccole calze da [...]
December 11, 2009
[...] consultare la Guida Maglia&Crochet su Pinkblog, mentre chi è già esperto può consultare il pattern su Myrecycledbags. Una variante della calza di Babbo Natale per decorare la casa è di creare tante piccole calze da [...]
December 17, 2009
Wow! That is really GREAT!