Christmas Stocking in Regia 4 Ply - R0099 - Downloadable PDF

Christmas Stocking Knitting Pattern – Regia 4 Ply (Design R0099)

This free downloadable PDF knitting pattern from Regia (Design R0099, published by Coats PLC) provides full instructions for creating a beautifully textured Christmas stocking worked in the round on double-pointed needles. The finished stocking combines classic cable detailing with smooth stockinette panels, making it a striking and traditional holiday decoration. The pattern is suitable for knitters who are comfortable working in the round and reading cable charts.

What Is Being Made

The project is a knitted Christmas stocking intended as a festive decoration. It is constructed in the round using four double-pointed needles, beginning at the top cuff and working down through the leg, heel, foot, and toe. The stocking features a rolled edge at the cuff, a structured cable panel running down the leg, and a shaped heel and toe worked in stockinette stitch. The design is classic and elegant, making it suitable for display as well as use.

Materials Required

• Yarn: Regia 4-faedig 4 Ply yarn – a blend of 75% new wool and 25% polyamide, sold in 50g skeins with approximately 230 yards (210 metres) per skein. The pattern calls for 100g in shade #01992 ecru. Importantly, the yarn is worked double throughout, meaning two strands are held together at all times, which creates a denser, more durable fabric ideal for a stocking.
• Needles: A set of five US 6–8 (4–5mm) double-pointed needles, or the size needed to achieve the correct gauge.
• Crochet Hook: One US G/6–7 (4–4.5mm) crochet hook, used as a finishing or construction aid.
• Cable Needle: One cable needle is required for working the cable pattern sections.

Techniques Used

• Knitting in the round on four double-pointed needles (dpns), with stitches distributed across the needles throughout construction.
• Holding yarn double – both strands of Regia 4-faedig are used together throughout the entire pattern, effectively creating a heavier fabric from a 4 ply yarn.
• Rolled edge cast-on – stitches are cast on and worked for three rounds in stockinette to create a natural roll at the cuff top.
• Cable knitting using a cable needle, following a charted cable pattern with a 6-stitch repeat motif.
• Heel construction – the heel is worked as a flap, with stitches picked up along the heel flap edges to rejoin working in the round for the foot.
• Stitch increases using M1k (make one knitwise) at gusset points between needles.
• Stitch decreases including K2tog (knit two together), used within the cable pattern at specific rounds and during shaping.
• Stitch redistribution across needles at key construction points, such as when transitioning from the leg to the heel and from the gusset to the foot.

Stitches and Stitch Patterns

• Stockinette stitch (st-st): Knit on right-side rows, purl on wrong-side rows; when working in the round, all stitches are knitted. Used for the heel flap, toe, and side panels of the foot.
• Cable pattern: A charted pattern based on a 6-stitch repeat motif, worked entirely in rounds. Rounds 1 to 16 are worked once, after which rounds 17 to 21 are repeated continuously. A notable instruction applies at the 12th pattern round, where a K2tog decrease is worked at the beginning of the round, and the last two stitches of the round are crossed with the first two stitches of the following round – a technique that maintains the cable's continuity across the needle boundary.
• Roll edge: Three rounds of stockinette at the cast-on edge, which naturally curls to form a neat