European Ornamental Holiday Stocking

Chocolate brown with swirling gold stitchwork and a fringe that looks windblown.

This is an ornamental holiday stocking in suzani fabric. Reusing a textile in a smaller form is a long-standing craft practice, and a stocking shows off a section of the cloth's pattern. A little hanging stocking in a deep brown ground, embroidered with looping golden scrolls. A braided band marks the cuff, with a loose, fluffy fringe spilling over one side. A twisted cream cord forms the hanging loop. It is 4 inches wide and 6 long.

The fringe clearly has opinions about staying neat.