Vicki’s Vintage Vacation: The Fine Gauge of Victorian Stockings
Victorian women knitted their stockings with yarn finer than our contemporary sock yarn.
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Victorian women knitted their stockings with yarn finer than our contemporary sock yarn.
Making felt is an ancient art, possibly the oldest method of creating fabric on record.
Enjoy this excerpt from “Ladies Useful Stockings to Knit,” an adaptation from Weldon’s Practical Needlework featured in PieceWork March/April 2010.
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.
The complex, counted-thread queen stitch (American) is also known as the rococo (English) and renaissance stitches.
The crown stitch is basically a fly stitch with the additional two straight stitches that further anchor the top-loop leg.
The Nightingale is a simple rectangular garment which was often knitted, crocheted, or constructed from fabrics such as flannel.
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.
These little knitted jugs are generally about 3 to 4 inches (8 to 10 cm) high, often knitted in the round in two colors, in stripes, using fine yarn and fine needles.
Frequent PieceWork contributor Christopher John Brooke Phillips explores the history of the knitted Monmouth cap in his article, “The Monmouth Cap,” in PieceWork’s special issue Knitting Traditions Spring 2012.
The Knitted Rugs lack an accompanying illustration. What on earth do these Weldon’s Knitted Rugs look like?