Abstract: A holder for holding sewing articles, such as stockings and socks includes a formed wire device having opposed generally parallel, spaced apart tines, the distal ends of which are covered with soft polymer tips for engaging a portion of an article to be sewn. The formed wire tines are integrally joined to spaced apart handle parts which include connecting legs extending in reverse bends to a second bend in an opposite direction which defines an arcuate hook part and provides a channel between the hook part and the connecting legs for receiving a portion of the end of an article to be sewn while another portion of the end is hooked over the distal ends of the holder tines. Articles to be sewn, such as stockings and socks, may be conveniently held by the holder while embroidery work and the like is applied to part of the upper end of the article.