A reader writes, "Last week, my wife and I were going through old boxes in her parents house. We came across some crafty felt Christmas stockings that my mother in law made back in the late 1960s, early 1970s. We even found the McCall's pattern she used to make them.
In addition to the Christmas stockings, we found doorknob covers, a few holiday pins, even a mouse made from half a walnut shell and a Santa made from a beer can pull tab! We even found the original MaCall's pattern."
Vintage stockings
Crafty late 1960s Xmas stockings
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