16 Pages. Stockings are great fun to make, they are quick to finish and make great take along projects. This magazine gives instructions for making just about every variation of sock you can think of. There instructions for many types of heel and toe variation, sizing for adults and children and many methods for commencing a stocking. There are also instructions for refooting a worn stocking.
Sock knitting was not just a necessity back at the turn of the century - it was an art form. Here are the contents of this edition:
Balbriggan Heel Bicycle Stockings Common Heel or Square Heel Dutch Heel, or Horse Shoe Heel French Heel Flat Toe French Sock for Child German Heel German Method of Commencing a stocking General Rules for Stocking Knitting Lady's Open-Knit Stockings Manufacturers Heel Materials for Stocking Knitting Niantic Heel Pointed Toe Re-Heeling Stocking and Socks Round Toe Stocking Knitting Stocking Top with Ribbing Commenced Stocking Top with Ribbing Finished Stocking Leg with Decreasings Commenced Swiss Heel Star Toe of Four Points Star Toe of Five Points Sock for a Child Welsh Heel
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