New Year's socks

The tradition to hang New Year's socks has its roots. Of course, Santa Claus (or, as before,called, St. Nicholas) always puts gifts in a New Year's sock for gifts, which each family member hangs over a fireplace. But the very legend of socks has its origin. According to this legend, Saint Nicholas liked to leave his gifts unnoticed, thus making a surprise for all household members. And then he once heard that in one poor house lived three good sisters who could die of hunger. At night St. Nicholas came to this house and threw through the chimney three small ingots of gold. And that the gold did not get into the fire, St. Nicholas threw it into the socks, which were dried over the fireplace. This story has received wide publicity, and since then people have started to hang out socks on the eve of Christmas, and to receive a gift from Saint Nicholas.

We offer you to hang in the houseNew Year's socks. They can be done on their own. Ideas, how to make a New Year's sock for gifts, there is a lot. The easiest way is to sew it from the fabric. To make New Year's socks, you will need:

• dense fabric (most often use a red cloth, but you can choose the color at your discretion)


• artificial fur


• lining fabric


• sintepon


• wide satin ribbon in the tone of the main fabric

Let's start making New Year's socks. On a sheet of paper, you can draw a template,which will serve you as a template for patterning socks. Sew New Year's socks large enough, because they must contain gifts that you have prepared. In any case, the more sock, the better it looks.

By the pattern make a sock pattern. You will need two items from each typefabrics: basic, sintepon and lining. From the artificial fur should be cut a wide edge, which can decorate the sock. Now you can sew a New Year's sock together. From the underside of the product, sew together the main fabric and a thin sintepon. The underlining part of the sock is sewn separately. When the lining is ready, it is inserted into the inverted toe. On top decorate the New Year's sock with a strip of fur. So you can sew New Year's socks for the whole family. You can choose a separate color for each sock.

New Year's socks should be decorated. For example, you can sew pompoms. From artificial fur, cut two circles. Each circle is stitched around the perimeter with a thread. Then the thread is tightened, and a little sintepon is put inside the pompon. So make two pompoms. At each end of the satin ribbon, one pompon is sewed. The ribbon itself can be tied to a bow and sewed to the fur of the sock.

The above described method is the basis for sewing New Year's socks. But New Year's socks with their own hands can also beto tie. In this case, the pattern, which will be decorated with a sock, can be unscrewed immediately in the process of work. Patterns for socks should be chosen thematic: snowflakes, New Year's attributes, snowman, etc.

If you like to embroider, can decorate New Year's socks with embroidery. New Year's cross-stitch embroidery will be excellentlook at your products. And on New Year's socks you can embroider the names of family members. Do not forget about the application of fabric, which can also decorate socks.

Where can I hang New Year's socks? They are traditionally hung over the fireplace. But do not be upset if there is no fireplace in your house. Christmas socks can be hung anywhere: above the baby's bed or near the Christmas tree. The choice of the place depends only on you.

We hope that you liked these New Year ideas with your own hands and you will create wonderful Christmas socks for your family members.