Bubble Christmas Stocking Knitting Pattern

This Bubble Christmas Stocking Knitting Pattern creates a whimsical textured holiday decoration with super bulky yarn. I love using thicker yarn to quickly knit up impressive projects and beloved gifts for years to come. Get your free written pattern instructions with video tutorial below.

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Christmas Stocking Attributes

Skill-Level: Intermediate. Best for knitters comfortable with Knit 4 Below, increase, and decrease techniques.

Knitted Flat: This pattern creates a sturdy and substantial piece knitted flat on a long circular needle with super bulky yarn. The bigger the yarn, the bigger the knitting needles, the faster it knits up.

Simple Shaping: There are no complicated heel and toe techniques. Instead, we easily shape the foot with a series of basic increase and decrease stitches.

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Knitting Supplies

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Yarn: Super Bulky Weight #6.
220 yards (201 m) total.
Select any fiber and colors of your choice.

Suggested Yarn: Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick. This yarn blend has the feel, warmth, and softness of wool with the easy care and washability of acrylic. It’s commonly found in many big box craft shops here in the US.

Knitting Needles: Circular Size 10 US (6.0 mm), Length 24″ or longer.
Although this piece is knitted flat, a circular needle accommodates its length.

Note: We are intentionally knitting this pattern on smaller needles than the yarn gauge recommends. This tighter weave allows the bubble stitch texture to pop and keep the contents inside without gaps or holes.

Knitting Tools

• Tapestry Needle
• Scissors
  Optional:
• Knitting Blocks and T-Pins
• Digital Row Counter – Using row counters tutorial >
• Needle Point Protectors – How to prevent stitches from falling off your needles >

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Knitting Construction

Stocking Dimensions

Full-sized is finished at 8″ wide and 18″ tall.

Knitting Gauge

Create Gauge Swatch in Super Bulky Weight #6 yarn with Size 10 US needles.

10 stitches and 18 rows = 4 x 4 inches in Bubble Stitch.

Color Change Options

Design with your custom yarn color combinations. Switch yarn colors prior to the following knitting rows for the design of your choice.

Knitted Top/Cuff Down

This pattern is knitted top/cuff down, which is a method of making socks that uses the top of the cuff as the starting point.

Cuff Ribbing

Begin by casting on 40 stitches on your knitting needle in Color A yarn, which is white in my pictured sample. We are casting on the edge of the rib stitch cuff.

Helpful Tip: Begin Cast On with an 80-inch long yarn tail.

Knit up the cuff in the classic 2×2 Rib Stitch with two rows in Stockinette Stitch for cuff top seam. Once you see how quickly these first 16 rows knit up, you’ll start getting excited about how soon it will be created.

Stocking Body in Bubble Stitch

The body of your stocking is knitted in the popular Bubble Stitch. It knits up quickly and really pops.

You may wish to knit your piece in all one color, with a different cuff color, or colorful stripes. The written pattern instructions include recommended row color changes. Mix and match color combinations to make your own creative design!

Shape Stocking Foot

This pattern is designed to create a beautifully shaped stocking foot as easily as possible. We are using simple knit and purl increase and decrease techniques to create the shape.

Casting Off Stitches

Once you have completed knitting, increasing, and decreasing all 79 rows, it is time to cast off purlwise on the wrong side of your work.

Wrong Side of Knitted Work

Here’s a quick look at the wrong side of your knitting. This is the backside, which has never-to-be-seen purl dash lines in reverse stockinette stitch and the cinched bubble stitches.

Seam Edge

Fold your piece with the right sides touching. The wrong side is visible on the outside so you can easily tack the piece together using yarn and a tapestry needle with the Mattress Stitch.

Finishing

Simply fold your stocking right-side-out.

Wet blocking is optional. I feel the super bulky yarn shape looks great unblocked!

Make Braided Hanging Loop

• Cut 9 strands of yarn 16 inches long each.

• Knot one end, braid with three strands together, knot to finish.

• Insert each knotted end into the top of the seam.

• Tack loop with yarn and tapestry to hold in place.

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Knitting Techniques

Need to brush up or learn a new technique? Check out my entire library of Knitting Techniques to help you along as you knit up this blanket pattern.

NOTE: Because the knitting abbreviations KFB (increase) and K4B (bubble) are so similar to the eye, I am bolding and underlining the technique K4B in the written pattern instructions belowto help you best see the difference.

• Slip Knot 
• CO = Cast On Long Tail
• K = Knit Stitch 
• P = Purl Stitch
• K4B = Knit 4 Below
• KFB = Knit Front + Back to Increase
• PFB = Purl Front + Back to Increase
• K2TOG = Knit Two Sts Together to Decrease
• P2Tog = Purl Two Stitches Together to Decrease
• SSK = Slip, Slip, Knit to Decrease
• SSP = Slip, Slip, Purl to Decrease
• Rem = Number of Stitches Remaining on the Needle
• Cast Off Purlwise
• Weave in Yarn Tails
• PM = Place Marker
• SM = Slip Marker
• Rem = Number of stitches remaining needle
• * * = Repeat Pattern Between Asterisks