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I've designed a custom stocking just for my friend's son who is serving an LDS mission in Houston, TX. I increased the size of the stocking by about 1/3, so my friend will have plenty of room to send goodies to her son. I made the stocking to represent a male missionary and because my friend wanted me to personalize the stocking, I personalized the tie to the state he is serving in (Texas), and embroidered his name on the name tag. I am really excited about the way it turned out! (I blacked out the Elder's name on the tag that's why the tag looks a little messy...)

I'm excited to introduce my original character stocking series...  Prince Charming  Elsa from Frozen  Anna from Frozen  Wheezy the Penguin from Toy Story also represents my son's favorite operating system Linux  Alice in Wonderland  Belle from Beauty and the Beast Ariel from The Little Mermaid I started off making these stockings by using Red Heart's free basic stocking pattern which you can find by clicking here . I did change all the double crochet in the pattern to half double crochet for tighter stitches. I did color changes and embellishments according to character. I did not write everything I did down, but wanted to share my work. I used the crocodile stitch on the bottom of the mermaid stocking and it was quite tricky to do because of how I had to assemble it but I think it turned out fantastic! If you have any questions about my work, leave me a comment. 

I am so excited about this post! I have a couple of kids who are huge Minnie Mouse fans and I created the additions to the pattern for them. You can find the basic stocking pattern from Red Heart here . I used half-double crochet for the body of the stocking instead of double crochet that is written in the pattern. Here are my additions to this pattern. Colors Red for the main stocking, black for toe, heel, and ears. White for cuff and skirt trim.   CUFF With H hook, and black yarn ch 47. Work 4 rows of sc in black. Switch to white yarn and crochet 14 rows of single crochet. Edge only the lower part of the cuff according to pattern. Sew cuff seam. Attach to main part of stocking with black yarn, starting at seam using sc with the black part on top. Do not fasten off. Go onto the ears. Ears  With black yarn still attached, slip st in first 2 stitches. EAR 1 : Ch 3. Skip 2 sc and Hdc 7 times in next sc, ch1 sk 2 sc and slst in next sc. Turn, 2 hdc in each hdc and ...