| Searching for new sock patterns? Try some old ones! Knitting Vintage Socks: New Twists on Classic Patterns adapts sock patterns from the Weldon's Practical Needlework book series (Interweave Press), a compilation of "newsletters" published more than 100 years ago.
Knitting Vintage Socks features 24 classic patterns updated for today's knitters with gauges, up-to-date yarns, and twenty-first-century methods and sizes including the following: - Gentleman's Shooting Stockings with Fluted Pattern
- Ladies Silk Stockings with Clocks
- Baby's Bootikins
- Heelless Sleeping Sock
- Evening Stockings for a Young Lady
- Child's French Sock in Citron Pattern
- Diaper Knitting
- Fascinating household and historic tidbits from the era, along with little-known tips like an unconventional way to shape a heel.
- Thorough but easy-to-follow patterns and instructions - including a helpful Techniques section
A sturdy spiral binding makes this book a breeze to bring along.
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