Glitzy Festive Stockings

When we were children my brother and I would place hessian sacks at the end of our beds for Father Christmas to fi ll with gifts overnight. The sacks felt huge back then and I remember how we would drag them into our parents’ 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 fi replace nonetheless and are large enough to fi t a few small gifts. The sight of a festive stocking hanging ready by the fi replace for Santa to fi ll 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.