Plaid Crochet Stocking Pattern

Add a cozy, handmade touch to your holiday décor with this Plaid Stocking Crochet Pattern. Featuring a classic plaid design and a timeless Christmas look, this crochet stocking is perfect for hanging on the mantel, filling with small gifts, or gifting to someone special. Whether you love traditional holiday colors or want to experiment with a modern palette, this plaid crochet stocking can be customized to fit your style.

This pattern is designed to be approachable for confident beginners and enjoyable for experienced crocheters who love textured, colorwork projects.

Why You’ll Love This Plaid Stocking Crochet Pattern

• Classic plaid crochet stocking design for timeless Christmas décor
• Works up beautifully in traditional or modern color combinations
• Great project for holiday decorating or handmade gifts
• Structured shape that holds its form when hung
• Fun way to practice color changes and crochet plaid techniques

This pattern calls for bulky weight yarn and a J/6.0 mm hook. But worsted weight yarn could definitely be used. I would go down to an H/5.0 mm hook and your stocking will come out slightly smaller than the pattern suggests.

Pattern Details

This plaid stocking crochet pattern creates a bold, eye-catching design without complicated shaping. The plaid effect is created through strategic color changes, resulting in a stocking that looks detailed and festive while still being easy to follow.

• Skill Level: Easy to Intermediate
• Construction: Worked in sections and finished with a hanging loop
• Design: Plaid pattern with a classic stocking shape

Yarn & Supplies

To make this crochet plaid stocking, you’ll need just a few basic supplies:

• Bulky weight yarn in three coordinating colors
• J/6.0 mm Crochet hook
• Yarn needle
• Scissors

Plaid Crochet Stocking Pattern

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Materials
Bulky weight yarn in 3 colors, 100g gray and white, 200g black (I used Paintbox Simply Chunky)
J/6.0 mm hook
yarn needle
scissors

Level
intermediate

Pattern notes & stitches to know
magic ring
sl st – slip stitch
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
dc – double crochet
sc2tog – single crochet 2 together (single crochet decrease)

· written in US terms

· ch 1 does not count as sc

· ch 2 does not count as dc

· Pattern is made from the bottom up with turned rounds

· Gauge: 12 sc x 14 rows = 4” x 4”

· Approx Finished Size (with cuff folded): 21.5” x  8”

PLAID CROCHET STOCKING PATTERN

With Black, make a magic ring

TOE

Round 1: ch 1, 6 sc in ring, pull ring closed tight, join to first sc with sl st (6 sc)

Round 2: ch 1, turn, 2 sc in each stitch around, join to first sc with sl st (12 sc)

Round 3: ch 1, turn, *sc in 1 stitch, 2 sc in next* repeat from * to * around, join to first sc with sl st (18 sc)

Round 4: ch 1, turn, *sc in 2 stitches, 2 sc in next* repeat from * to * around (24 sc)

Round 5: ch 1, turn, *sc in 3 stitches, 2 sc in next* repeat from * to * around, join to first sc with sl st (30 sc)

Round 6: ch 1, turn, *sc in 4 stitches, 2 sc in next* repeat from * to * around, join to first sc with sl st (36 sc)

Round 7: ch 1, turn, *sc in 5 stitches, 2 sc in next* repeat from * to * around, join to first sc with sl st (42 sc)

Round 8: ch 1, turn, *sc in 6 stitches, 2 sc in next* repeat from * to around, join to first sc with sl st (48 sc)

Round 9 – 14: ch 1, turn, sc in each stitch around, join to first sc with sl st (48 sc)

Change to White, do not fasten off black.

Plaid begins in the next round. Do not fasten off any colors, unless otherwise indicated.

Photos are from a swatch, but the method is the same.

Round 15: ch 2, turn, *dc in 3 stitches with white, change to gray in last step of last dc, dc in 3 stitches with gray, join white in last step of last dc* repeat from * to * around, (do not join white in the last stitch of the round, keep with gray), join to first dc with sl st (48 dc)

Round 16: ch 2, turn, *dc in 3 stitches with gray, change to white in last step of last dc, dc in 3 stitches with white, join gray in last step of last dc* repeat from * to * around, (change to gray in last step of last dc of the round), join to first dc with sl st (48 dc)

Round 17: ch 2, turn, *dc in 3 stitches with gray, change to black in the last step of last dc, dc in 3 stitches with black, join gray in last step of last dc* repeat from * to * around, (do not join gray in the last stitch of the round, keep with black), join to first dc with sl st (48 dc)

Round 18: ch 2, turn, *dc in 3 stitches with black, change to gray in the last step of last dc, dc in 3 stitches with gray, join black in last step of last dc* repeat from * to * around, (join white in the last step of the last dc in the round), join to first dc with sl st (48 dc)

Repeat rounds 15 – 18 to Round 24 (48 dc)

The space for the heel is made in the next round

Round 25: ch 2, turn, dc in 3 stitches with gray, change to black in the last step of last dc, dc in 3 stitches with black, do not join gray, fasten off gray, ch 21, skip 21 stitches, dc in next 3 stitches, change to gray in the last step of the last dc, *dc in 3 stitches with gray, change to black in last step of last dc, dc in 3 stitches with black, join gray in last step of last dc* repeat from * to * around, , (do not join gray in the last stitch of the round, keep with black), join to first dc with sl st (27 dc)

There will be a hole where the heel is. Leave it for now. The heel will be finished at the end.

In the next round, work in each stitch and ch around

Round 26: ch 2, turn, *dc in 3 stitches with black, change to gray in the last step of last dc, dc in 3 stitches with gray, join black in last step of last dc* repeat from * to * around, (join white in the last step of the last dc in the round), join to first dc with sl st (48 dc)

Repeat rounds 15 – 18 to Round 36 (48 dc)

CUFF

Change to black

Round 37 – 49: ch 1, turn, sc in each stitch around, join to first sc with sl st (48 sc)

The hanger is made in the next round. Make sure it’s lined up with the back of the heel.

Round 50: ch 1, turn, sc in each stitch to the back of the heel (approx., 30 stitches) ch 6, sc in next stitch (do not skip any stitches), sc in remaining stitches around, join to first sc with sl st (48 sc)

Round 51 – 64: ch 1, turn, sc in each stitch around, join to first sc with sl st (48 sc)

Fasten off. Weave in the ends.

HEEL

(photos are from a different stocking, but the pattern is the same)

Join Black to the corner of the heel space

Round 1: ch 1, sc2tog, sc across to opposite corner (approx. 19 stitches), sc2tog, turn so your working across the top of the heel, sc2tog, sc across (approx. 19 stitches) to last 2 stitches, sc2tog, join to first sc2tog with sl st

Round 2: ch 1, turn, sc2tog, sc across to opposite corner (approx. 17 stitches), sc2tog, turn so your working across the top of the heel, sc2tog, sc in across (approx. 17 stitches) to last 2 stitches, sc2tog, join to first sc2tog with sl st

Repeat round 2, decreasing the stitch count by 4 each round, to Round 8

Fasten off. Leave a long end for sewing.

Use the long end to sew the opening closed.

Weave in the ends.

And you’re done with this plaid stocking!! I hope you love it!

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