Modern Stocking

Classic goes high-tech when you fashion stockings from aluminum window screening. Fill the stockings with bright packagesm shiny foil-wrapped candies, and metal jingle bells before hanging them from a windowsill.

• aluminum screening
• utility shears
• large-eye needle
• thin silver wire or thread
• beams or charms for trim (optional)

Click here to download stocking patterns

1. Using utility shears, cut a pair of basic stocking shapes from screening material, then whipstitch them together using a large-eye needle and thin silver wire. (Wear gloves to protect your hands.)

2. Turn down the upper edge to create the cuff, then trim it with beads or charms purchased from the jewelry section of crafts stores.