How to Crochet Fishnet Stockings
Hand crocheted fishnet stockings can be customized to fit any figure, and in colors and patterns to coordinate with any outfit. Trendy, hand knit and crocheted socks sell in boutiques and on online auction sites for up to $100 a pair, but crocheted fishnet stockings can be made for less than $10 and the project is small enough to tuck into a bag to be worked on while waiting in a doctor's office or while running errands. Elastic yarn and reinforced heels and toes make these stockings practical as well as trendy and fun.
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Instructions
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Create a slip knot and slide it onto your crochet hook. Chain sixteen, turn, and single crochet into the second chain from the hook and each chain across the row before single crocheting twice into the last chain stitch. Work in the round along the opposite side of the chain, single crocheting in each chain across. Do not join; additional rows will be worked in a spiral in the round.
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Single crochet twice in the next single crochet. Single crochet evenly to the opposite side of the toe, and single crochet twice in the opposite end. Single crochet evenly across the other side of the round. This creates one increase row.
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Single crochet in each single crochet around. Continue working increase rows and working evenly around until the end fits evenly against the width of your toes.
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Single crochet in each single crochet around, until the toe cap reaches a depth of two inches, or as deep as desired.
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Chain four stitches, skip three single crochet and single crochet in the next single crochet. Continue around until there are fewer than three single crochet remaining before the first chain four loop. Chain four, and single crochet into the next chain four loop. Continue until the stocking reaches the edge of the heel at the bottom of the foot.
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Stretch the sock flat, width wise. Chain one and turn. Work twenty-five single crochet evenly across the base, or as wide as needed to fit the base of the heel.
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Chain one and turn. Work in single crochet evenly across the previous row, leaving the last stitch unworked. Chain one and turn. Continue to work in decreasing rows until there are ten single crochet remaining. Chain one and turn.
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Single crochet in the next ten stitches. Insert your hook in the side of the last single crochet worked and draw up a loop. Insert your hook into the last single crochet of the previous row and draw up a loop. Yarn over, and draw through all the loops on the hook. Slip stitch into the next row below. Chain one and turn.
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Skip the slip stitch and single crochet into the next 11 stitches. Insert your hook in the side of the last single crochet worked and draw up a loop. Insert your hook into the last single crochet of the previous row and draw up a loop. Yarn over, and draw through all the loops on the hook. Slip stitch into the next row below. Chain one and turn. Repeat until the heel is completely joined together.
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Chain five, then continue the netting pattern established earlier around the sock, using chain-five loops instead of chain-four loops. When the sock is high enough to reach the lower curve of the calf, begin using chain six loops. As the calf curves back inward at the knee, work a section of chain five loops, until the thigh begins to widen. Work in chain six and chain seven loops as needed to widen the top of the stocking, checking the fit often.
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When the stocking is the length desired, chain three and turn. Work four double crochet in the next chain space, and one double crochet in the next single crochet. Continue around and join with a slip stitch. Chain three and double crochet evenly around. Finish off and cut the yarn, leaving a 3 inch tail. Weave the end of the yarn into the last row of stitching.
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Tips & Warnings
If the top band of the stocking is too loose, sew a thin band of elastic to the inside of the top band with a needle and thread.
Non-elastic sock yarns may be used, but the stocking will sag and not conform evenly to the leg.
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Comments
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This is wonderful! I added a link to your article on my crocheted socks hub. What brands of sock yarn have you used for this pattern?
