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If you were limited to just one way to shape the toe of knitted socks, what method would you choose? I will occasionally ask myself silly questions like this one to promote entertaining the possibility of trying a new technique.
In the past, most needleworkers learned this craft at their mother’s side, but today this is rare. In the March/April 1997 issue of PieceWork, contributor Kax Wilson recalled her mother’s time spent mending during the early twentieth century.
To learn to spin, I tossed Jenna into the deep end and sat her down in front of a spinning wheel before teaching her on a spindle.
Anna Zilboorg’s Firework socks, featured on the cover of January/February 2011, are a particular PieceWork favorite.
Join knitwear designer Vicki Square on an excursion through knitting Weldon's socks and stockings.
Victorian women knitted their stockings with yarn finer than our contemporary sock yarn.
Weldon’s-era Victorian knitters had some interesting ideas and innovations for sock heels particular to various countries from the United Kingdom to the continent.
Enjoy this excerpt from “Ladies Useful Stockings to Knit,” an adaptation from Weldon’s Practical Needlework featured in PieceWork March/April 2010.
Meet Alan and Milissa Dewey, the fiber-tool restoration duo behind Bobbin Boy.We had to know more about these superheroes of the spinning world.
The original socks were the most expensive socks for sale in the Gjirokastra gift shop where I purchased them. According to the shopkeeper, the higher price was attributable to the fine quality of the heavy wool yarn used to knit the sock.
I have worn out three pairs of shoes . . . and a part of the time my feet have had nothing between them and the rough stones.
Here is an excerpt from Charlotte Booth’s article, “Re-Creating Ancient Egyptian Socks,” from the November/December 2011 issue of PieceWork.
