By Sewing Contributor Courteney from the blog Crafting with Court.
I have many crafting talents; knitting is not one of them. I can knit a pot holder or a scarf but the list pretty much ends there. However, I love the look of knitted stockings. I already have store bought knitted stockings that I embellished for the humans in my life, but my dog needed his own stocking to hang by the chimney with care. I couldn’t find a knitted dog themed stocking in stores, so I set out to make my own. By cutting up an old sweater, I was able to have a stocking that looks knitted but only required my sewing skills! So, get ready to make your furry best friend the best “knitted” stocking ever.
Materials:
- One oversized sweater
- ½ yard cotton fabric that complements the sweater fabric
- Thread
- Scissors
- Pins
- Ribbon
- Print out and assemble this Dog Bone Stocking Pattern
Bone Pattern 1, Bone Pattern 2
- Pin your pattern to your fabric and cut around it. Cut out Dog Bone Pattern 1 from both the sweater and the cotton. Cut out Dog Bone Pattern 2 from both the sweater and the cotton.
- With the right sides facing each other, pin your two Dog Bone Pattern 1 pieces together and your two Dog Bone Pattern 2 pieces together.
- Run a ½” seam around the edge of both Dog Bone Pattern 1 and 2 pieces. Leave yourself a small opening in each. You may want to use a zig zag stitch depending on how well the sweater is holding up. Pull your fabric through the opening so the right sides are out and pin the opening closed.
- Place the Dog Bone Pattern 1 piece down with the cotton side up. Place the Dog Bone Pattern 2 piece on top of it with the sweater side up. Line up the bottoms and pin together.
- Run a ¼” seam around the entire edge of the dog bone. This will sew the Dog Bone Pattern 1 and 2 pieces together creating the pocket for the stocking. I continued the seam the whole way around to make it look continuous.
- Cut a piece of ribbon long enough to hold your stocking. Mine is about 4”. Pin the ribbon to the upper left of the dog bone. Sew it in place.
- Hang your stocking and wait for Santa to fill it with goodies!
