Halloween Stockings

Halloween is my favorite holiday of the year. Each year I go more and more out for the holiday and it is with great sadness that we can't decorate our classrooms for Halloween. All the same, I tried these as an experiment and somewhere along the line they became my Halloween Stockings.

I saw a pair of fishnet stockings, somwhere, online that was knitted with regular knitting needles. I thought, hmm... I bet I can do that with a knitting loom... and I did!

The back of the socks, laying side by side. They are sewn up the backs with orange ribbon and tied up in a bow on the top.


The back in action


The front side of the sock. In the cuff of the sock I sewed in elastic to hold the socks up.


I do intend to write up a pattern/tutorial for it.

Loom Knitted Socks

Using Yarn Gear's Sock Tutorial I made a few pairs of socks.

This was my first attempt using just some scraps of yarn:


An action shot:


Yes I know "Holy crap they're bright!"

This pair is my favorite. I doubled up on the yarn to make them thicker and this is also my first attempt at changing colors:






The cuffs are a little loose but they don't slip down or off ever so that's good. Next time I'll try the rib stitch to tighten up the heel since I have such small ankles.

On this pair the cuff is made from fun fur.

I'm planning on making another pair in green.