Help Build the World’s Biggest Stocking to Support Children of Fallen Soldiers

Yarnspirations is looking to build the largest knit and crocheted Christmas stocking, three feet at a time, in order to support the Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation.

The idea is that knitters and crocheters will buy Caron United, the acrylic, made in the USA yarn that already supports that foundation, whip up 3 foot by 3 foot blankets, mail them in and have them added to the stocking.

If you use Caron United, 15 cents from the purchase price of each skein goes to the foundation (though they will accept blankets made in any worsted/medium weight yarn) and when the stocking is done the finished blankets will be donated to military charities. They also prefer blankets worked in red, white or green for the holiday theme, but other colors will be accepted.

The Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation provides scholarships and educational counseling to the children of fallen soldiers.

Learn more about the project, get patterns and find out where to send your finished blankets at the project FAQ page. What a great way to help others this holiday season.

[Photo via Yarnspirations.]

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Why should the fireplace get all the fun? Instead of knitting stockings this year, why not whip up a pair of Christmas themed socks? These Christmas sock knitting patterns are lots of fun to make and you can wear them to holiday gatherings for years to come.

For our friends in the southern part of the world, there are the Christmas in July socks from the Kiwi Lodge – Kylie (Ravelry link). These shorty socks are covered in Christmas trees and have bright pink heels and toes for a tropical feel. There’s also an option to make a longer sock if you celebrate somewhere it’s colder.

Twin Stitches Designs (Ravelry) has a fun pattern with mix and match colorwork motifs you can use to build your own cozy Christmas socks. From the sample socks I see Christmas puddings, trucks hauling trees, Santa belts, ornaments and a couple of different borders. There may be more patterns included but the listing doesn’t say. Make a pair that matches or use different motifs on each foot for extra holiday cheer.

If you want to stick to Christmas puddings on your holiday socks, check out this cute pattern from Stone Knits. These lovely socks feature a band of puddings around the leg and a bit of holly by the toes.

These vintage holiday light socks from Grey Owl Knits by Sarah are classic looking and lots of fun at the same time. I love this color combination but of course you can make your lights and stripes whatever colors you like or have on hand. They’re worked using stranded knitting.

And if you’d like even more of a mix of patterns for your socks, try Barbara Ceglédi’s Christmas Chaos socks, a free pattern on Ravelry. The pattern includes 25 little motifs you can choose from, ranging from snowflakes and Christmas trees to elf hats, reindeer and hearts.

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